earth mystery news

Scientists work out way to make Mars surface fit for farming 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- July 15, 2019
Aerogel sheet mimics Earth’s greenhouse effect and could help to create fertile oases

By David Aragorn
Oldest human skull found outside Africa 1
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- July 13, 2019
Scientists have identified the earliest known evidence of modern humans outside of the African continent.

By David Aragorn
Neuralink: Elon Musk’s Neurotech Venture Is Finally Giving an Update via Live-Stream 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 13, 2019
On July 16, Musk’s AI company Neuralink will have its first big reveal via a live event that will be streamed online.

By David Aragorn
Hayabusa2 stirs up rubble on surface of Ryugu, pokes asteroid with sampling horn 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 13, 2019
Second successful excursion for JAXA boffins

By David Aragorn
‘They can’t stop all of us’: Over 400,000 people planning to raid Area 51 all at once 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- July 12, 2019
More than 440,000 UFO enthusiasts signed up to “storm Area 51” through a Facebook event in efforts to “see them aliens.”

By David Aragorn
Scientists discover a black hole that shouldn’t exist 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 12, 2019
This supermassive black hole weighs approximately 250 million times more than the Sun

By David Aragorn
Japan’s Hayabusa2 touches down on asteroid again, collects first-ever subsurface samples 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 12, 2019
The space probe Hayabusa2 successfully touched down for the second time on the asteroid Ryugu, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said Thursday, adding that it believes subsurface samples have been collected for the first-ever time.

By David Aragorn
Washington Tops List of States With Most UFO Sightings Per Capita 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- July 12, 2019
For every 100,000 people in the state of Washington, some 78 have reported seeing a UFO. That works out to 5,894 UFO sightings in the state.

By David Aragorn
Hubble spots black hole surrounded by material that shouldn’t be there 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 12, 2019
The Hubble Space Telescope, which is operated by NASA and the ESA, is fantastic for spotting objects residing in the distant reaches of space. Black holes, which are impossible to actually see, give their position away thanks to the galaxies that often surround them, but a new survey has revealed a black hole with a disc of material that, according to what we think we know about black holes, shouldn’t even be there.

By David Aragorn
Dust storms swirl at Mars’ north pole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 11, 2019
Over the last month, ESA’s Mars Express has been watching dust storms brew at the planet’s north pole and disperse toward the equator.

By David Aragorn