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Venus May Have Once Supported Life
If you were looking at our solar system from a planet orbiting another star, you might speculate that there’s life on two planets: Earth and Venus. They have about the same size and mass, both orbit in or close to the sun’s habitable zone and both have atmospheres. Of course, a closer look reveals that the high temperature on Venus, … Continue reading
1967 Solar Storm Nearly Led to Nuclear War
A powerful solar storm nearly heated the Cold War up catastrophically a half century ago, a new study suggests. The U.S. Air Force began preparing for war on May 23, 1967, thinking that the Soviet Union had jammed a set of American surveillance radars. But military space-weather forecasters intervened in time, telling top officials that a powerful sun eruption was … Continue reading
Astronomers Discover Mystery Object Beyond Neptune With Weird Unexplainable Orbit
“I hope everyone has buckled their seatbelts because the outer solar system just got a lot weirder.” That’s what Michele Bannister, an astronomer at Queens University, Belfast tweeted on Monday. She was referring to the discovery of a TNO or trans-Neptunian object, something which sits beyond Neptune in the outer solar system. This one is 160,000 times fainter than Neptune, … Continue reading
The Extinction-Level Asteroid That Could Kill Us All in 2175
Meet 101955 Bennu. There’s no reason to be alarmed, but scientists say a 1,500-foot-wide asteroid might slam into Earth in 2175, potentially killing us all. The asteroid, named 101955 Bennu, has been orbiting the Sun for some time now, completely circling it every six years. But scientists recently told CTV News that at its current trajectory, it would have a … Continue reading
How You Might Soon Be Able To ‘Play’ With the Cats in Cat Videos
Researchers at MIT say they’ve found a way for viewers to ‘touch’ objects that appear on a screen. Researchers at MIT may have found a way to make cat videos even better. A new imaging technique known as Interactive Dynamic Video (IDV) uses cameras and algorithms to let users “touch” video content. IDV creates video simulations by studying the “tiny, … Continue reading
Perseid Meteor Shower for 2016
Every year in August, Earth passes through a stream of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. The shower is beloved by sky watchers. It is rich in fireballs and plays out over a two-week period of warm, starry summer nights. This year’s display is going to be even better than usual. “Our models predict an … Continue reading
Earth Could Be WIPED OUT By The Power Of A BLACK HOLE – And There’s NO WAY To Prepare
EARTH could be destroyed without warning by a powerful gamma ray burst stemming from a black hole deep in space, it has been claimed. All life could be killed off from the explosion, and scientists have no clue when it could happen, according to experts. Long gamma ray bursts – or GRBs – last about one minute and it is … Continue reading
Eating More Plant Protein Associated with Lower Risk of Death
The largest study to examine the effects of different sources of dietary protein found that a high intake of proteins from animal sources – particularly processed and unprocessed red meats – was associated with a higher mortality rate, while a high intake of protein from plant sources was associated with a lower risk of death. Results from the study – … Continue reading
Scientists Make A SHOCKING Claim That Mind Control Bug Affects 40% Of Population!
How certain are you that your actions are YOURS? What if we tell you that there may be a parasite in your brain pulling strings? Will that be too much science fiction for you? Well, according to scientists a certain single-celled parasite called Toxoplasma gondii, which burrows in the brains of domestic cats, can find its way into humans and … Continue reading
‘Alien Megastructure’ Star Only Gets More Mysterious
Last fall, a little-known star called KIC 8462852 became our planetary obsession when astronomers said that its erratic flickering could be the result of an alien megastructure. Further observation of Tabby’s Star yielded no signs of aliens, but the sudden dips in luminosity continue to defy explanation. Now, things just got a bit weirder. In an unpublished paper posted today … Continue reading
