earth mystery news

Ultraprecise atomic clocks put Einstein’s special relativity to the test 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 14, 2019
An experiment tested a foundational principle of physics known as Lorentz symmetry

By David Aragorn
Rectangle UFO reported low over Georgia 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- March 14, 2019
A Georgia witness at Woodstock reported watching a large, cylinder-shaped object moving at low altitude, according to testimony in Case 91313 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

By David Aragorn
More evidence of sound waves carrying mass 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 14, 2019
A trio of researchers at Columbia University has found more evidence showing that sound waves carry mass. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, Angelo Esposito, Rafael Krichevsky and Alberto Nicolis describe using effective field theory techniques to confirm the results found by a team last year attempting to measure mass carried by sound waves.

By David Aragorn
Scientists ‘Wake Up’ Ancient Woolly Mammoth Cells in High-Tech Experiment 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 13, 2019
Scientists in Japan have “awakened” 28,000-year-old cells from a woolly mammoth that lived on our planet years ago, and their observations could provide a better understanding of extinct animals’ lives.

By David Aragorn
NASA considering flying Orion on commercial launch vehicles 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 13, 2019
NASA is considering moving the Orion spacecraft that was to fly on the first Space Launch System mission to a commercial rocket to keep that mission on schedule for mid-2020.

By David Aragorn
Former Blink-182 Guitarist Tom DeLonge Details UFO TV Series on History Channel 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- March 13, 2019
‘Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation’ will feature new evidence, video footage, plus interviews with former military personnel

By David Aragorn
What scientists found after sifting through dust in the solar system 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 13, 2019
Just as dust gathers in corners and along bookshelves in our homes, dust piles up in space too. But when the dust settles in the solar system, it’s often in rings. Several dust rings circle the Sun. The rings trace the orbits of planets, whose gravity tugs dust into place around the Sun, as it drifts by on its way to the center of the solar system.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid Bennu, target of NASA’s sample return mission, is rotating faster over time 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 13, 2019
In late 2018, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft arrived at Bennu, the asteroid it will be studying and sampling over the next several years.

By David Aragorn
Scientists have chilled tiny electronics to a record low temperature 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 12, 2019
For the first time, nanoelectronics have been cooled to below a thousandth of a kelvin

By David Aragorn
Ancient records prompt rethink of animal evolution timeline 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- March 12, 2019
Scientists are rethinking a major milestone in animal evolution, after gaining fresh insights into how life on Earth diversified millions of years ago.

By David Aragorn