earth mystery news

The Milky Way’s giant gas bubbles were seen in visible light for the first time 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 8, 2020
The new technique could map the velocity of gas in the towering structures called Fermi bubbles

By David Aragorn
The ‘mole’ on Mars is finally underground after a push from NASA’s InSight lander 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 6, 2020
But can it still dig?

By David Aragorn
These flexible feet help robots walk faster 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- June 6, 2020
Roboticists at the University of California San Diego have developed flexible feet that can help robots walk up to 40 percent faster on uneven terrain such as pebbles and wood chips. The work has applications for search-and-rescue missions as well as space exploration.

By David Aragorn
Face of a 7,500-year-old woman reveals Gibraltar’s earliest humans 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 6, 2020
Analysis of a Neolithic skull revealed not only how she looked but also where her people originated far across the Mediterranean.

By David Aragorn
Strawberry Moon lunar eclipse of 2020 occurs today. Here’s what to expect.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 5, 2020
Sharp-eyed skywatchers in parts of the world may be able to catch a slight lunar eclipse today (June 5) as Earth embarks on a new “eclipse season,” although North American viewers will be out of luck

By David Aragorn
A new device can produce electricity using shadows 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- June 5, 2020
It exploits the contrast between light and dark to produce a current to power a small gadget

By David Aragorn
Archaeologists Discover Largest and Oldest-Known Maya Monument 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 5, 2020
An international team of archaeologists has discovered an artificial structure — which is 1,400 m in length, 10-15 m in height, has 9 causeways radiating out from it, and is about 3,000 years old — at the archaeological site of Aguada Fénix in Tabasco, Mexico, near the northwestern border of Guatemala. This is the oldest monumental construction ever found in the Maya area and the largest in the entire pre-Hispanic history of the region.

By David Aragorn
Hubble pushed beyond its limits to reveal hidden surprises from early Universe 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 5, 2020
The universe’s first stars continue to elude, but astronomers reveal other unexpected finds

By David Aragorn
These tube-shaped creatures may be the earliest known parasites 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 5, 2020
Animals that lived over 500 million years ago may have stolen food from their hosts’ mouths

By David Aragorn
Fossilized stomach contents show armored dinosaur’s leafy last meal 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 4, 2020
In a forest rebounding after a wildfire 110 million years ago, an armored dinosaur devoured a meal of tender ferns in western Canada before suffering a sudden death – perhaps drowning in a river or a flash flood – and being washed out to sea.

By David Aragorn