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Fireballs Lighting up Sky as Equinox Approaches
Kimberly Miller@kmillerweather – March 2016 While March is usually a slow month for meteor showers as none of the major annual events occur this month, the American Meteor Society has reported six major fireball events since March 1 and NASA says fireballs can increase as much as 30 percent in spring. A fireball is defined as a meteor that is … Continue reading
Is NASA’s SOHO Satellite Capturing Images of UFOs Near the Sun?
Online UFO hunters have once again criticized NASA over the agency’s alleged silence in the face of what UFO hunters claim to be glaring evidence of a constant and heavy traffic of massive alien UFOs — motherships, cruiseships, battleships and expeditionary fleets — passing through our inner solar system close to the Sun. UFO hunters accuse NASA of refusing to … Continue reading
Is Pluto Evaporating? New ‘Ice Retreat’ Image Shows Nowhere is Safe from Climate Change
RETREATING ice, exposed bed rock… it sounds like the latest discussion on how global warming is affecting Earth’s poles. But the disintegrating ice in question is actually frozen methane which is being lost from Pluto’s surface at a rapid rate. NASA revealed the methane is now subliming into gas, exposing eroded cliff faces and plains. The US space agency statement … Continue reading
Comet 252P/LINEAR Brightening Much Faster than Expected
On March 21st, Comet 252P/LINEAR will make a close approach to Earth–only 0.036 AU (5.4 million km) away. This is the fifth closest cometary approach on record and, as a result, the normally dim comet could become an easy target for backyard telescopes. In fact, it is brightening much faster than expected: data. “Comet 252P/LINEAR has surpassed expectations and is … Continue reading
Ancient DNA from Spain’s ‘Pit of Bones’ Could Help Write The History of Early Mankind
Ancient DNA from Spain’s ‘pit of bones’ could reveal the origin of Neanderthals New analysis of DNA from a collection of bones found in Spain – the oldest human DNA of its kind ever studied – could help write the history of early humankind. The research, published Monday in the journal Nature, focuses on hominins from the Sima de los … Continue reading
‘I Will Live Forever’: Russian Billionaire
Can the mind be uploaded into a machine? Dmitry Itskov maintains that he will live forever by uploading his consciousness in to a robotic body. Four years ago the Russian entrepreneur founded the 2045 Initiative, a non-profit organization with only one goal – to find a way to achieve everlasting life within the space of just three decades. The key … Continue reading
Pregnant T. Rex Found, May Contain DNA
A pregnant Tyrannosaurus rex has been found, shedding light on the evolution of egg-laying as well as on gender differences in the dinosaur. The remains also could contain the holy grail of all dinosaur fossils: DNA. “Yes, it’s possible,” Lindsay Zanno told Discovery News, referring to genetic material that may be present in this as well as similar dinosaur finds. … Continue reading
On-Chip Laser that Could Have Your Computer Working at the Speed of Light
British physicists have made a breakthrough that brings the holy grail of ‘silicon photonics’ much closer. Cathal O’Connell reports. If you’re lucky enough to have a broadband connection by fibre optic cable, you already know about the speed of photonics – using light, not electric current, to send information. But while optical fibres use light to give us superfast internet, … Continue reading
Two Record Breaking Comets Approach In March – Should We be Worried?
A pair of comets showing very similar orbits are approaching Earth, and astronomers will use radio-telescopes to obtain radar images, while advanced amateurs may capture images of each of the twin comets. While both will pass at a safe distance, one of them will have a record-breakingly close flyby. Comet 252P/LINEAR 12 was already known to be passing by Earth … Continue reading
Impossible Cosmic Event: NASA Telescope Captures Moment Massive Object Ejects Out of Black Hole
In what was considered as a nearly ‘impossible cosmic event’, a NASA telescope captured the moment a massive object ejected itself out of a supermassive Black Hole. They say that nothing is impossible and that anything remains in the unknown until it is found, eventually changing all previous criteria. This is the case with a mysterious, supermassive black hole and … Continue reading
