NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Probe Finds Evidence of Water on Asteroid Bennu
“…asteroids like Bennu may have played a part in delivering water – as well as the building blocks of life – to Earth in the distant past.” NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe seems to have hit the jackpot within a week of arriving at its destination. Measuring approximately 500 meters in diameter, Bennu has long been of interest to scientists because of … Continue reading
Unidentified Triangular Craft Recorded During SpaceX Dragon Capsule and the ISS Docking
As the docking procedure between SpaceX Dragon Capsule and the ISS was underway on December 8th an unidentified object or craft was recorded during the live coverage. The unidentified triangular object comes into the view moving behind the Dragon capsule until it disappears into space. Below the footage of the UFO which resembles a TR-3B craft. These crafts are said … Continue reading
NASA’s InSight Lander Senses Martian Wind
NASA’s InSight lander who’s main mission is to study the deep interior of the red planet, arrived on Mars on November 26, 2018. But already there are some unexpected surprises… The spacecraft’s seismometer and air pressure sensor picked up vibrations from 10-15 mph (16-24 kph) winds as they blew across Mars’ Elysium Planitia on Dec. 1, 2018. The seismometer readings … Continue reading
NASA Confirms Voyager 2 Has Entered Interstellar Space
NASA has confirmed that the probe has become the second spacecraft ever to leave the heliosphere. Launched in 1977, both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have traveled further from the Earth than any other man-made object in history and remain fully operational despite 40 years of traveling through space. Their original mission to visit the four gas giants was made … Continue reading
Mystery Object Appears and NASA Cuts ISS Live Feed Out Again
Are these all just coincidences? via Sputniknews: The US space agency NASA is once again accused of cutting the feed on International Space Station (ISS) cameras after an unidentified object appeared on the screen. In a video posted to YouTube on November 4, one of the cameras on the side of the ISS recorded what appears to be a large … Continue reading
Scientists Use ‘Radio Search’ to Detect Artificial Emissions from ‘Oumuamua
First discovered in October 2017, intergalactic object ‘Oumuamua continues to intrigue! via phys.org: It’s the first time a visitor from another star system has been seen nearby. But what is it? An asteroid, a comet … or an alien artifact? Scientists at the SETI Institute have attempted to address this question by using the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) to observe … Continue reading
NASA Probe Arrives at Asteroid Bennu Which Could Strike Earth One Day
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe which was launched in 2016 has pulled up alongside an asteroid that could one day strike Earth. A 2010 dynamical study by Andrea Milani and collaborators predicted a series of eight potential Earth impacts by Bennu between 2169 and 2199. – wikipedia via unexplained-mysteries: Part of NASA’s ongoing New Frontiers Program, the spacecraft has travelled 2 billion … Continue reading
Meteorite that Landed in Madagascar Came from Early Solar System
Four months ago, people in a small Madagascar town caught sight of a fireball shooting across the early-evening sky. Its boom was so loud, the ground shook. A search for pieces of this celestial visitor soon followed. Researchers stitched together eyewitness accounts to help them understand what came down from the heavens on July 27. What people saw crashing down, … Continue reading
Astronomers Baffled by Bizarre Solar System
Four gargantuan planets have been observed orbiting a relatively young star approximately 500 light years away. Known as CI Tau, the star, despite being a mere two million years old, seems to have acquired a perplexing array of gas giants with the most extreme range of orbits astronomers have ever seen. The largest (and closest) planet is eleven times the … Continue reading
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Weird, Shiny Object on Red Planet
NASA’s Curiosity team posted an update to its mission blog on Wednesday with a lovely look at a shiny lump sitting on the planet’s surface. NASA’s Curiosity rover made the rather curious discovery on Mars. It’s bright, shiny, mysterious, and might (or might not) be a meteorite. Writing on the Curiosity team’s blog on Wednesday, Dr. Susanne P. Schwenzer referred … Continue reading
