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NASA announces ‘Dragonfly’ mission to Titan 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 28, 2019
A new $850 million drone-like lander will be venturing on to (and above) the surface of Saturn’s enigmatic moon.

By David Aragorn
U.N., European bodies outline joint push against space junk 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 28, 2019
European and U.N. bodies on Thursday outlined a joint push for global action on space junk, saying that debris orbiting the earth must be cleaned up as satellites launched by private companies and other new entrants are adding to the crowding.

By David Aragorn
Growing embryonic tissues on a chip 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- June 27, 2019
It’s no surprise that using human embryos for biological and medical research comes with many ethical concerns. Correct though it is to proceed with caution in these matters, the fact is that much science would benefit from being able to study human biology more accurately.

By David Aragorn
UFOs Remain Elusive Despite Decades of Study 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- June 27, 2019
The UFO-investigating group MUFON turns 50 next month. What have we learned over the past five decades?

By David Aragorn
NASA’s search for signs of life on Mars yields another shock 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 27, 2019
It was just a couple of days ago that NASA announced something pretty exciting about Mars. Its Curiosity rover had detected shockingly high levels of methane, suggesting an unseen geological or even biological process was at work on the planet. Signs of past or present life? Perhaps, but a follow-up reading has now generated more questions than answers.

By David Aragorn
Town commemorates historic UFO abduction 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- June 27, 2019
The Mississippi town of Pascagoula has placed a marker next to the river where two men were abducted by aliens.

By David Aragorn
Scientists Find Extraterrestrial Cyanide Compounds in Meteorites 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 27, 2019
A research team led by scientists from Boise State University and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has identified several complex cyanide compounds in a set of CM chondrite meteorites. These extraterrestrial organometallic compounds are a source of free cyanide and also bear a striking similarity to portions of the active sites of hydrogeneses (enzymes that provide energy to bacteria and archaea by breaking down hydrogen gas), which suggests that these compounds may have played an important role during the origin and early evolution of life on Earth.

By David Aragorn
US Navy Releases New Footage Showing UFO Sighting 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- June 26, 2019
A US Navy pilot says new footage released shows the moment he and his colleagues came face to face with UFOs.

By David Aragorn
Diamond detectors could aid the search for dark matter 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- June 26, 2019
The particles could be spotted when they slam into electrons or atomic nuclei in the crystals

By David Aragorn
‘Bathtub rings’ around Titan’s lakes might be made of alien crystals 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 26, 2019
The frigid lakeshores of Saturn’s moon Titan might be encrusted with strange, unearthly minerals, according to new research being presented here.

By David Aragorn