earth mystery news

The 1942 UFO sighting that turned deadly 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- August 11, 2020
Okay, look at this from the perspective of an Occam’s razor enthusiast, wherein the simplest solution is equal measures zany and petrifying.

By David Aragorn
Mystery ancestor mated with ancient humans. And its ‘nested’ DNA was just found.0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- August 11, 2020
Today’s humans carry the genes of an ancient, unknown ancestor, left there by hominin species intermingling perhaps a million years ago.

By David Aragorn
How windy is it on Mars? Sand ‘megaripples’ offer a clue.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 10, 2020
A new study that monitored the subtle movements of huge ripples of sand on the Martian surface suggests that Mars may actually be windier than researchers thought.

By David Aragorn
Highly sensitive dopamine detector uses 2-D materials 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 8, 2020
A supersensitive dopamine detector can help in the early diagnosis of several disorders that result in too much or too little dopamine, according to a group led by Penn State and including Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and universities in China and Japan.

By David Aragorn
Jupiter’s huge moon Ganymede may have the largest impact scar in the solar system 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 8, 2020
Scientists have discovered what they believe may be the largest impact crater in the entire solar system, with scars covering a vast portion of Jupiter’s biggest moon, Ganymede.

By David Aragorn
Nikola Tesla Proved It Was Possible. Now Wireless Electricity Is a Reality.0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 8, 2020
This startup says it can send electric power over long distances without copper wire.

By David Aragorn
Mysterious ‘fast radio burst’ detected closer to Earth than ever before 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 8, 2020
Most FRBs originate hundreds of millions of light-years away. This one came from inside the Milky Way.

By David Aragorn
Nasa Trojan asteroids mission on course for October 2021 launch 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 7, 2020
Lucy spacecraft has passed its system integration review and can now be assembled and tested

By David Aragorn
Lava tubes on Mars and the Moon are so wide they can host planetary bases 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 7, 2020
The international journal Earth-Science Reviews published a paper offering an overview of the lava tubes (pyroducts) on Earth, eventually providing an estimate of the (greater) size of their lunar and Martian counterparts.

By David Aragorn
Plato was right: Earth is made, on average, of cubes 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 7, 2020
The ancient Greek philosopher was on to something, researchers found

By David Aragorn