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New Wrinkles in the Search for “Planet X”0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 25, 2017
Are astronomers being misled by the quirky alignment of orbits that they’re finding in the distant Kuiper Belt?

By David Aragorn
Cyborg bacteria outperform plants when turning sunlight into useful compounds 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 24, 2017
Photosynthesis provides energy for the vast majority of life on Earth. But chlorophyll, the green pigment that plants use to harvest sunlight, is relatively inefficient. To enable humans to capture more of the sun’s energy than natural photosynthesis can, scientists have taught bacteria to cover themselves in tiny, highly efficient solar panels to produce useful compounds.

By David Aragorn
Allegheny County leads the state in reports of UFOs and Bigfoots 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, UFO News
- August 24, 2017
The Kecksburg UFO is not the only report in the area – Pittsburgh and surrounding areas are awash in reports of the paranormal.

By David Aragorn
Pioneering ESA mission aims to create artificial solar eclipses 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 24, 2017
Due to launch together in 2020, the two satellites making up Proba-3 will fly in precise formation to form an external coronagraph in space, one satellite eclipsing the sun to allow the second to study the otherwise invisible solar corona.

By David Aragorn
Is There Hope for Planet X?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 24, 2017
At ten times the mass of Earth, at a distance 20 times farther from the Sun than Neptune, in a far-flung region filled with icy bodies known as the Kuiper belt, supposedly orbits the mysterious Planet X.

By David Aragorn
Superconductivity research reveals potential new state of matter 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 24, 2017
Common phenomenon could be key to understanding mechanism of unconventional superconductivity

By David Aragorn
Record-shattering 2.7-million-year-old ice core reveals start of the ice ages 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- August 23, 2017
Scientists endured bitter winds to retrieve ancient ice from a blue ice field in the Allan Hills of Antarctica.

By David Aragorn
20 Townsville UFO sightings 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- August 23, 2017
THE truth is out there.

By David Aragorn
Wasn’t Totality Great?! So, When’s the Next Eclipse?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 23, 2017
The Great American Eclipse may be over, but that just has us asking about the next eclipse. There are some exciting destinations getting ready for their own dances with darkness.

By David Aragorn
Failed stars may act more like giant planets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 23, 2017
They form the same as stars, but have the kind of wild weather typically seen on Jupiter or Neptune.

By David Aragorn

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