Two Asteroids Zipped by Earth Undetected Last Weekend
Two tiny asteroids sneaked safely past Earth last weekend, only to be discovered hours after they’d buzzed our planet. Asteroids 2018 NX and 2018 NW zipped past our blue-green orb at distances of just 72,000 miles and 76,000 miles, respectively. That’s about one-third of the distance from the Earth to the moon. Scientists think the asteroids both stretched between about … Continue reading
Russian Scientists Warns of Deadly Mutant Space Bacteria
Bacteria returning from space changes and now pose a threat to the existence of life on Earth, and measures must be taken on Earth to contain them, Russian scientists said. – RT via Unexplained-Mysteries: Bacteria that mutate during a trip in to space could become a threat to life on Earth, scientists claim. Extraterrestrial organisms may not be the only … Continue reading
Rogue Mystery Planet Crashed Into Uranus, Changing It Forever
The unknown planet that hit Uranus would have been about twice the size of Earth.. OUCH! via Science Alert: All the planets in the Solar System are more or less oriented the same as the Sun, with North and South pointed in the same direction. Not Uranus though. The blue planet’s north-south axis is tilted 98 degrees from the Sun’s … Continue reading
Scientist Find That Exoplanet Kepler-186f is Even More Like Earth Than We Thought
Life on Kepler-186f? via RT: Scientists have discovered Kepler-186f is even more like Earth than previously understood, and could be habitable. The planet appears to have seasons and a climate, thanks to its stable axial tilt. Kepler-186f is an exoplanet, meaning it’s located outside our solar system, 500 light years away. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology used simulations … Continue reading
Chinese Tiangong-2 Space Station Behaving Strangely
You’ve likely heard of the Tiangong-1 satellite that crashed back to Earth, well there is also Tiangong-2 which was launched back in 2016. via unexplained-mysteries: China’s Tiangong-2 space station recently spent ten days 95km closer to the Earth than its usual orbit. The perplexing maneuver has sparked rumors suggesting that the station, which serves as a test facility for new … Continue reading
Discovery of New Giant Stars Questions Our Cosmic History
As Neil DeGrasse Tyson is fond of saying, “We are all stardust.” Zooming out a bit, however, reveals that almost everything is stardust, more or less: after the Big Bang, stars were responsible for creating the heavier elements on the periodic table that eventually became the building blocks for planets, carbon-based life, and (in a roundabout way) Elon Musk. Stars … Continue reading
Unknown High Speed Object Observed Near Mars
While observing Mars very early in the AM, MrMBB333 spotted something strange. As you might recall, Mars is making a ‘close’ approach and you can read about it here: Mars and Earth Will be Closer Than They’ve Been in 15 Years – Here’s How to Spot it Here is the video of the strange UFO that was seen and recorded … Continue reading
Astronomers Puzzled by Incredibly Bright and Fast Mystery Burst Dubbed ‘The Cow’
Something is exploding incredibly quickly in the sky, and astronomers are scrambling to figure out what it is. On 17 June, the twin ATLAS telescopes in Hawaii spotted a bright flash in space that hadn’t been there when they’d checked about two days before. Most supernovae take a few weeks or even longer to reach their full brightness, but this … Continue reading
Asteroid Vesta, with a 13-mile-high Mountain Will Make Close Approach, Be Naked Eye Visible
Look up in nighttime sky anytime between now and July 16, and you just might spy our solar system’s brightest asteroid. Vesta, a 326-mile-wide object residing in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars, is about to make its closest approach to Earth in nearly two decades. But don’t worry, unlike other close calls with asteroids in recent history, Vesta is in … Continue reading
We May Be the Only Intelligent Life Out There, According to Study
Just another ‘aliens may not exist’ article.. I would add, based on the brutal actions against fellow man and animals, I question the use of ‘intelligent’ in describing human beings. via RT: If intelligent life is so likely to exist elsewhere in the universe, why haven’t we found it? Well, the chances of us coming across extraterrestrials are not looking … Continue reading
