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New Method Could Aid Search for Life on Alien Worlds 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 13, 2017
A newly proposed technique could make it possible to search for life on alien planets much sooner than scientists had expected.

By David Aragorn
Hubble Captures ‘Shadow Play’ Caused by Possible Planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 13, 2017
Searching for planets around other stars is a tricky business. They’re so small and faint that it’s hard to spot them. But a possible planet in a nearby stellar system may be betraying its presence in a unique way: by a shadow that is sweeping across the face of a vast pancake-shaped gas-and-dust disk surrounding a young star.

By David Aragorn
The Milky Way’s black hole is spewing out planet-size ‘spitballs’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 13, 2017
Every few thousand years, an unlucky star wanders too close to the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. The black hole’s powerful gravity rips the star apart, sending a long streamer of gas whipping outward.

By David Aragorn
Basking in Light 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 13, 2017
Sunlight truly has come to Saturn’s north pole. The whole northern region is bathed in sunlight in this view from late 2016, feeble though the light may be at Saturn’s distant domain in the solar system.

By David Aragorn
The Permian Extinction—When Life Nearly Came to an End 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- January 12, 2017
A quarter of a billion years ago, long before dinosaurs or mammals evolved, the 10-foot (0.3-meter) predator Dinogorgon, whose skull is shown here, hunted floodplains in the heart of today’s South Africa. In less than a million years Dinogorgon vanished in the greatest mass extinction ever, along with about nine of every ten plant and animal species on the planet.

By David Aragorn
Dinosaur Eggs, Meteorites, Signs of an Ancient Civilization: What are these Giant Balls?0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- January 12, 2017
Found 30 metres underground at a coal mine, they are dubbed Jurassic pearls or the marbles of a Siberian colossus. The ten spheres are around half the size of a human, a metre or so in diameter, and almost perfectly round and smooth. To add to the mystery, they change color after rain. What are they?

By David Aragorn
American scientists discover the first Antarctic ground beetle 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- January 12, 2017
Fossilised forewings from two individuals, discovered on the Beardmore Glacier, revealed the first ground beetle known from the southernmost continent. It is also the second beetle for the Antarctic insect fauna with living descendants.

By David Aragorn
Bizarre 3-Fingered Mummified Hand Found in A Tunnel in the Peruvian Desert 0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- January 12, 2017
A mummified three-fingered hand with eight inch fingers has been found in a Peruvian tunnel in the desert.

By David Aragorn
Top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2016 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- January 12, 2017
2016 has revealed an amazing array of archaeological discoveries, pushing the boundaries of scientific research and our understanding of the past. The following list represents 10 of the most exciting announcements across the year.

By David Aragorn
Pier Gerlofs Donia: The Giant Frisian Rebel, Warrior, and Pirate 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- January 11, 2017
Pier Gerlofs Donia was a Frisian warrior, pirate, and rebel who lived between the 15th and 16th centuries AD.

By David Aragorn

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