earth mystery news

Follow the life of the last man on the moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 18, 2017
Eugene Cernan’s career was by any measure a triumph but a new profile spares a thought for the people left in his wake

By David Aragorn
Mystery of the ‘horrible hand’ dino solved 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- January 18, 2017
The true identity of a mysterious dinosaur known only from a pair of gigantic arms with huge claws that were found almost half a century ago has finally been revealed.

By David Aragorn
Real King Kong may have been brought down by fruit 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- January 17, 2017
It was fruit killed the beast. Gigantopithecus, the largest known ape, may have been wiped out by a diet of fruit containing little nourishment.

By David Aragorn
Deepest X-ray image ever reveals black hole treasure trove 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 17, 2017
An unparalleled image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is giving an international team of astronomers the best look yet at the growth of black holes over billions of years beginning soon after the Big Bang.

By David Aragorn
A new CERN experiment targets even higher energies (eventually)0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 17, 2017
The AWAKE experiment at CERN made a breakthrough at the end of last year. A long-term technology-development project, its aim is to drag electrons through a plasma, behind a beam of protons, and provide a route to higher energies than the Large Hadron Collider

By David Aragorn
More Than Human: Scientist is Building Animal-Like Machines to Save Lives 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 17, 2017
This new breed of machines could help save lives in situations where human responders are unable to safely reach victims.

By David Aragorn
Second Spacewalk of 2017 Successfully Complete 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 17, 2017
Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet concluded their spacewalk at 12:20 p.m. EST.

By David Aragorn
Iridium-1 Mission in Photos 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 16, 2017
On January 14, 2017, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 successfully delivered 10 satellites to low-Earth orbit for Iridium, a global leader in mobile voice and data satellite communications.

By David Aragorn
That ‘alien megastructure’ star might actually be a planet-eater 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 14, 2017
Starving stars are more common than intelligent life

By David Aragorn
NASA Releases New, Detailed Greenland Glacier Data 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 14, 2017
NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission has released preliminary data on the heights of Greenland coastal glaciers from its first airborne campaign in March 2016.

By David Aragorn