2019-03-01
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Longer-lasting Surface Water and Biological Carbon Isotopes Add to the Case for Life on Mars
February 7, 2022Signs of water, and signs of life– recent news from Mars is showing increased signs of both! For the former: new long-term analysis has found that water may have been present on the Martian surface for longer than originally anticipated. ... continued
Havana Syndrome Believed to be Caused by ‘Pulsed Electromagnetic Energy’
February 4, 2022 Two new reports from the US intelligence community have been released regarding the oft-debilitating condition referred to as Havana syndrome, including one from a joint research effort within the intelligence community and a separate analysis from the CIA. Between the... continued
A Billion Years of Earth’s Geological History Is Missing, but Researchers May Have Found Out Where It Went
February 2, 2022Up to a billion years worth of history is missing from the Earth's geological record, with long spans of ancient rock strata having been seemingly erased from their subterranean resting places. Although the cause behind the missing layers has been... continued
A Powerful Ancient Solar Storm Might Be a Warning for Modern Space Weather
January 31, 2022Researchers have discovered what may have been a powerful solar storm that occurred nearly 9,200 years ago that may have been two orders of magnitude stronger than anything recorded in the modern era. Aside from the apparent sheer strength of... continued
2021’s Extreme Heat Continues to Fuel Deadly Weather Patterns
January 29, 2022When it comes to how climate change affected the Earth's average surface temperature in 2021, there's good news and bad news: the good news is that 2021 was only the sixth hottest year on record, roughly tying with 2018. The... continued
The James Webb Space Telescope Has Been Successfully Unpacked and Is Now in Position
January 27, 2022The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully reached its orbital position nearly one million miles from Earth, following the weeks-long delicate and complicated procedure required to unfold the spacecraft into its proper operating configuration. With an ability to see deeper... continued
Modern Humans Are at Least 300,000 Years Old, According to a New Discovery in Ethiopia
January 24, 2022The more precise dating of a key geological formation at a paleoanthropological site in Ethiopia has bolstered the notion that modern humans are far older than previously assumed, being well established as a species as far back as 300,000 years... continued
Can an Interstellar Probe of Our Own Catch Up to ʻOumuamua?
January 21, 2022A UK-based nonprofit organization has proposed a mission to explore the Solar System's first known interstellar visitor, the strange object called ʻOumuamua, via an ambitious long-range probe that would take decades to reach the enigmatic voyager. The proposal, called "Project Lyra"... continued
A Once-In-A-Millennium Event: Tonga Volcanic Eruption Destroys Island
January 18, 2022In what is being described as a once-in-a-millennium event, Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on January 15, obliterating the island and generating a minor, yet deadly, tsunami. Before the eruption, Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai was a seamount with a peak that rose only 120 meters... continued
A Danish Tardigrade Becomes the First Quantum-Entangled Organism
January 14, 2022An international team of researchers may have produced the first animal known to have been put into a quantum state while alive, by incorporating a tiny tardigrade into a quantum circuit. In 2017 a quantum research team found that certain photosynthetic... continued