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Dark matter models get most of the Universe right but fail in the details 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- September 11, 2020
On a fine scale, the Universe seems lumpier than it should be.

By David Aragorn
New fossil ape is discovered in India 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- September 11, 2020
A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in northern India comes from a newly discovered ape, the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon. The discovery by Christopher C. Gilbert, Hunter College, fills a major void in the ape fossil record and provides important new evidence about when the ancestors of today’s gibbon migrated to Asia from Africa.

By David Aragorn
NSO Astronomers to play key role in two new spacecraft mission concept studies 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 11, 2020
Astronomers from NSF’s National Solar Observatory (NSO) will play important roles in two of five concept studies recently announced by NASA. These five endeavors have each been granted $1.25 million by the Heliophysics division of NASA to investigate the feasibility of cutting-edge missions to study the Sun and its connection to Earth.

By David Aragorn
New Hubble data suggests there is an ingredient missing from current dark matter theories 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 11, 2020
Observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have found that something may be missing from the theories of how dark matter behaves. This missing ingredient may explain why researchers have uncovered an unexpected discrepancy between observations of the dark matter concentrations in a sample of massive galaxy clusters and theoretical computer simulations of how dark matter should be distributed in clusters. The new findings indicate that some small-scale concentrations of dark matter produce lensing effects that are 10 times stronger than expected.

By David Aragorn
DNA-based nanotechnology stimulates potent antitumor immune responses 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 10, 2020
Synthetic DNA nanovaccines enhance killer T cell immunity resulting in tumor control in preclinical studies

By David Aragorn
Study indicates sand-sized meteoroids are peppering asteroid Bennu 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 10, 2020
A new study published this month in JGR Planets posits that the major particle ejections off the near-Earth asteroid Bennu may be the consequence of impacts by small, sand-sized particles called meteoroids onto its surface as the object nears the Sun. The study’s primary author is Southwest Research Institute scientist Dr. William Bottke, who used data from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission.

By David Aragorn
The bizarre 1954 UFO sighting in Florence, Italy 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- September 10, 2020
It’s tempting to envision UFO sightings as only happening along backwoods roads with no witnesses, no cameras, and a single frothing abductee describing a scene lifted from The X-Files.

By David Aragorn
Mexican airport site emerges as major graveyard of Ice Age mammoths 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- September 10, 2020
Amid busy construction crews racing to build an airport in Mexico, scientists are unearthing more and more mammoth skeletons in what has quickly become one of the world’s biggest concentrations of the now-extinct relative of modern elephants.

By David Aragorn
Has Earth’s oxygen rusted the Moon for billions of years?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 10, 2020
To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron mineral hematite has been discovered at high latitudes on the Moon.

By David Aragorn
Grains of dust revise Solar System history 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 9, 2020
Scientists study the chemical composition of meteorites.

By David Aragorn