Scientists from the University of Stockholm have detected gigantic methane plumes escaping from the sea floor of the Laptev continental slope. It is believed that this is due to the melting of methane hydrates that have been frozen on the floor of the ocean. They are now melting and releasing the gas because the Arctic Ocean, along with the rest of the arctic, is warming rapidly.
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NASA has announced that an experimental propulsion system that needs only energy from sunlight appears to produce sufficient thrust to power spacecraft. This means that, once a spacecraft is in orbit, it will be able to accelerate away from the earth to the edges of the solar system, without fuel. This means that travel throughout the solar system is going to become much more possible and far cheaper.
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Out There is often asked why we don’t point out more hoaxes. This video may or may not be a hoax, but it is almost certainly a collection of balloons floating in the blue skies of Italy and causing a good deal of excitement.
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The great majority of UFO photos taken during the day are actually birds snapped at the moment their wings are closed. In this case, though, the object appears to be metallic and circular or oval. This is a probable unknown.
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