Heads Up: A Soviet-Era Spaceship Is About to Crash Back to Earth — Maybe Into Your Backyard A derelict spacecraft launched by the former Soviet Union in 1972 is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere this week — and it’s not your typical space junk. Unlike most debris that burns up in the atmosphere, this one … Read more1980s Soviet Union is about to crash down somewhere on the planet.
Now sure, it’s not aliens in flying saucers or cows mysteriously mutilated by little green men—but it is potential scientific confirmation that life may exist beyond Earth. That the universe could be teeming with life. That’s a big deal.
The Blood Red Moon I went outdoors last night. It just so happened to be one of those nights where sleep just wouldn’t come. I’m not sure why—I woke up from a dream in a panic, but I couldn’t remember the dream itself. Just an uneasy feeling lingered throughout the early part of the evening. … Read moreThe blood moon rises
It doesn’t solve a mystery but potentially creates a new one.. or ones.. One of the fast radio bursts appears to have come from the chaotic, magnetically active environment near a type of dense neutron star called a magnetar. Meanwhile, the other fast radio burst, which scientists observed pulsating over the course of several months, … Read moreMysterious fast radio bursts may have diverse origins in space
Get ready for this bingo card moment.. Moonfall! Earth will get a second moon for about two months this year when a small asteroid begins to orbit our planet. The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, revolving around Earth in a horseshoe shape from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25. Researchers at … Read moreMoonfall: Autumn of the mini moon
This is an amazing story.. Scientists have discovered that metallic nodules on the seafloor produce their own oxygen in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean. These polymetallic nodules, generating electricity like AA batteries, challenge the belief that only photosynthetic organisms create oxygen, potentially altering our understanding of how life began on Earth. More.. https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240723-dark-oxygen-pacific-ocean-life-origins
The Webb telescope, which can detect infrared light invisible to the human eye, searched for exactly what elements are featured in the planet’s atmosphere.
Dr Mitesh Patel, from Imperial College London, said: “We’re talking about a fifth force because we can’t necessarily explain the behaviour [in these experiments] with the four we know about.” The data comes from experiments at the Fermilab US particle accelerator facility, which explored how subatomic particles called muons – similar to electrons but about … Read moreScientists may be on brink of discovering fifth force of nature!
The planet, called LP 791-18 d, is akin to both Earth and to Jupiter’s moon Io, the most volcanic world in the solar system, which NASA spacecraft Juno photographed earlier this week. Published on Wednesday in the journal Nature, a new paper reveals a new, roughly Earth-sized temperate world around a nearby small star that … Read moreNew Earth-Like Volcanic World Discovered Just 86 Light-Years Away
