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Secret UFO files? In Canada the truth is out there — online and searchable 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- August 18, 2020
It’s the stuff of UFO enthusiasts’ dreams — or conspiracy theorists’ nightmares.

By David Aragorn
Study: Face Pareidolia Reflects Activation of Same Visual Mechanisms that Process Real Human Faces 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 18, 2020
Face pareidolia is the phenomenon of seeing face-like structures in everyday objects. It is a very human condition that relates to how our brains are wired. According to new research published in the journal Psychological Science, we process ‘pareidolia faces’ using the same visual mechanisms of the brain that we do for real ones.

By David Aragorn
200,000-Year-Old Beds Analyzed in South Africa 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- August 18, 2020
According to a Science News report, archaeologist Lyn Wadley of the University of the Witwatersrand and her colleagues have dated bedding in South Africa’s Border Cave to 200,000 years ago.

By David Aragorn
Texas Politician Alienates Twitter Users By Suggesting E.T.s Need Religion 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- August 18, 2020
GOP State Rep. Jonathan Stickland was mocked after suggesting that aliens would have to accept Jesus Christ as their savior if they wanted to visit heaven.

By David Aragorn
Death Valley soars to 130 degrees, potentially Earth’s highest temperature since at least 1931 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- August 17, 2020
Typically, such blazing heat records fall during July, which is the Northern Hemisphere’s hottest month

By David Aragorn
Mystery solved: Bright areas on Ceres come from salty water below 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 15, 2020
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft gave scientists extraordinary close-up views of the dwarf planet Ceres, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. By the time the mission ended in October 2018, the orbiter had dipped to less than 22 miles (35 kilometers) above the surface, revealing crisp details of the mysterious bright regions Ceres had become known for.

By David Aragorn
Japan’s ispace aims for 2022 moon landing for private Hakuto-R spacecraft 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 15, 2020
It’s a one-year delay from a previous 2021 target

By David Aragorn
Betelgeuse’s Mysterious Dimming Likely Caused by Huge Outburst 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 15, 2020
The red supergiant Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky and appears even more luminous because it is so close to Earth, only 650 light-years away. But the star also periodically changes in brightness, which was first noted in the 1830s by the British astronomer John Herschel. Betelgeuse experienced an unexpected dimming during December 2019 and the first quarter of 2020, reaching an historic minimum on February 7-13. This dimming has mystified astronomers, who scrambled to develop several theories for the abrupt change. Ultraviolet observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggest that the dimming was probably caused by an immense amount of superhot material ejected into space. The material cooled and formed a dust cloud that blocked the starlight coming from about a quarter of Betelgeuse’s surface.

By David Aragorn
Mars becomes Planet Hulk in eerie nightglow animation of UV-emitting atmospheric phenomenon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 15, 2020
If ever there might be a suitable world that Marvel’s Jade Giant might want to settle down on, it’s this spooky, green-tinted rendering of Mars’ nightside atmosphere delivered by the enterprising folks at NASA.

By David Aragorn
Pentagon forming task force to investigate military UFO sightings 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- August 14, 2020
The Pentagon is expected to unveil a task force dedicated to investigating reports of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) from service members led by top officials in the coming days.

By David Aragorn