Nearby Star Could Explain Why Our Sun Didn’t Have Sunspots for 70 Years
“Astronomers have been documenting changes in starspot frequency on our sun since they were first observed by Galileo and other astronomers in the 1600s, so there is a good record of its 11-year cycle. The exception is the Maunder minimum, which lasted from the mid 1600s to early 1700s and has perplexed astronomers ever since.” by Gail McCormick, Pennsylvania State … Continue reading
Scientists Think There’s a Mirror Universe Where Time Moves Backwards
If you’ve ever watched any of the Star Wars movies, then you’ve probably heard people talk about the Jedi and the Sith balancing each other out. Fantasy movies also talk about the precarious balance between good and evil. It’s this basic idea of balance that has led scientists to believe in the existence of a mirror universe. by Joshua Hawkins … Continue reading
These 7 Mind-Boggling Paradoxes In Physics Will Stretch Your Mind!
7- The Fermi Paradox When you look at the dark night sky and stare into the vastness of space, you are only looking at our local neighborhood and at the very best, about 2500 stars . 6- The Bootstrap Paradox The Bootstrap paradox is a paradox of time travel. 5- The Grandfather Paradox The grandfather paradox is another time travel … Continue reading
Mysterious Dwarf Planet Ceres May Have Originated in Outer Regions of Solar System, Study Says
“They believe that Ceres formed on the cold edges of the Solar System, somewhere beyond Saturn, and that it during the reshuffling of the outer planets got planted in the asteroid belt.” by Max Gorbachev via Sputniknews Image: © NASA . NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA Named after the Roman goddess of agriculture and fertility, Ceres is part of an asteroid belt that lies … Continue reading
Plumes From Earth’s Mantle Could Cause Supervolcano Eruptions, Continental Breakdown
“This instability can have a lot of implications for the surface tectonics, and also earthquakes and supervolcanic eruptions…” by Andrei Dergalin via Sputniknews Image: CC BY-SA 2.0 / Argonne National Laboratory / Composition of Earth’s mantle The new research suggests that the two large low-shear-velocity provinces, located beneath Africa and the Pacific respectively, differ in how close to the surface … Continue reading
5 Most Extraordinary Teleportation Cases in History
A common trope in science-fiction literature, films and TV, teleportation describes the movement of matter from one location to another, without said matter physically traversing the distance in between. Despite being argued as scientifically possible, we are yet to find a way to realise this futuristic dream. Or, are we…? The Paranormal Scholar YouTube IF YOU ENJOY THIS SITE PLEASE … Continue reading
Scientists Explain What Actually Happens When You Die!
Death is an integral part of life. At the same time, dying has always been accompanied by some central questions that we cannot all answer. What exactly happens when we die? How do we feel when we leave life? And last but not least: is there really such a thing as life after death? The Unknown List YouTube IF YOU … Continue reading
Study Says Even Moderate Drinking Can Lead to Brain Changes, Faster Ageing
via Sputniknews Image: bridgesward/Pixabay Earlier studies said that only heavy drinking results in brain damage, suggesting that moderate amounts of alcohol do not harm our system significantly. Some research even asserted that a glass of wine per week may be good for one’s health. Even an innocent alcoholic drink per day can lead to a reduction of one’s brain size, … Continue reading
Caltech Finds Two Supermassive Black Holes Set to Collide, Warping Space & Time
“The mass of each of the supermassive black holes is hundreds of millions of times that of our Sun.” by Kirill Kurevlev via sputniknews Image: © ESO/L. Calçada © ESO/L. Calçada The object in space that showed evidence of the future collision is called a quasar. Quasars are galaxies’ active cores, where a supermassive black hole sucks material from a … Continue reading
Results of New Search for Alien Technosignatures Revealed
“For decades, astronomers have scoured the night sky for evidence of intelligent extraterrestrials, focusing their efforts primarily on picking up alien radio communications.” via Unexplained-Mysteries Image credit: josephwoodall2 – Pixabay The search involved scouring the heavens with the Murchison Widefield Array telescope. The question of whether we are alone in the universe remains one of the biggest philosophical conundrums of … Continue reading
