On June 22nd at 21:25 UT, a small asteroid (NEOCP A10eoM1/2019 MO) entered Earth’s atmosphere and exploded in broad daylight south of Puerto Rico. Airwaves recorded by the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization’s infrasound station in Bermuda pegged the blast energy between 3 and 5 kilotons of TNT. The explosion was clearly visible in images from
A mother from Colorado has shared a warning on Facebook after her daughter suffered a rare form of tick paralysis following an overnight camping trip. Heidi Ganahl’s daughter Jenna camped overnight near Bailey, Colorado. When she returned, Heidi found a few ticks in her daughter’s hair. A lone star tick. Picture via the Centers for Disease
If you go to the beach, you’re likely to see some form of plastic pollution scattered in the waves or sprinkled among the sand grains. But researchers have identified a new, and perhaps more permanent type of plastic pollution: “plasticrust,” a veneer of plastic encrusted right onto wave-licked rocks. A strange new blend of rock
The last total solar eclipse our planet experienced was the Great American Eclipse, which darkened the sky of the United States from the West to the East coast on August 21, 2017. The next total eclipse will be on July 2, visible in the South Pacific and South America. Total solar eclipse of July 2 2019.
After a few weeks of rest, the volcano Anak krakatau has erupted again on June 25, 2019, 9:22am, local time. The eruption was caught on by PVMBG cameras recently installed on the island. Eruption of Anak Krakatau this morning captured by CVGHM’s camera. pic.twitter.com/27VBJ0cqfp — Devy Kamil Syahbana (@_elangtimur) June 25, 2019 The explosion lasted
Unlike some of its perpetually active neighbors on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Raikoke Volcano on the Kuril Islands rarely erupts. The small, oval-shaped island most recently exploded in 1924 and in 1778. The long dormant period ended around 4:00 a.m. local time on June 22, 2019, when a vast plume of ash and volcanic gases shot up from its 700-meter-wide
Residents of Ahlbach, Germany, were mostly asleep at about 4 a.m. Sunday when they were jolted by a sudden blast. Something seemed to have exploded, large enough to feel like an earthquake, and a massive crater in a cornfield was all that remained. The mysterious crater found in a field near Ahlbach, Germany, on Monday,
A gigantic freshwater aquifer is hiding under the salty Atlantic Ocean, just off the northeastern coast of the United States. While the aquifer’s exact size is still a mystery, it may be the largest of its kind, taking up a region stretching from at least Massachusetts to southern New Jersey, or nearly 220 miles (350
Summer is the season for tourists, and that includes a cosmic traveler. The next large asteroid measures three times the length of a football field and is expect to whiz by Earth on Thursday at more than 25,400 mph (40,800 km/h). A giant asteroid will whiz by earth on June 27 2019. Picture by Shutterstock.com
Frozen sperm samples can remain viable after exposure to microgravity conditions that are somewhat similar to those found in space, new research reveals. The findings suggests that at least one obstacle on the path towards space-based reproduction may not be insurmountable. Sperm survives microgravity. Good news for space colonists! Picture via Shutterstock.com However, the study
NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) project is an ambitious attempt to study the internal structure and outer atmosphere of the Sun. Since it began orbiting our star, NASA’s space telescope has made numerous achievements, from understanding the Sun’s complicated gas currents hidden beneath its surface, to tracking changes in its magnetic fields. But UFO
Around the ruins and dense rainforest of a mysterious “lost city” in Honduras, researchers have discovered a treasure trove of biodiversity, including numerous species once thought to be extinct and others previously unknown to science. A recent expedition headed deep into a previously unexplored corner of the forest around Ciudad Blanca, in La Mosquitia, Honduras. Brand New Species And
For a few weeks in summer, the water has retreated allowing archeologists to examine graves of prehistoric civilisations dating from the Bronze Age to the time of Genghis Khan. Especially rich in finds are necropolises from the time an ancient Hun population that held sway at the site around some two thousand years ago. By early July,
Tina Hines gestured she wanted to write something and scrawled “it’s real” on a piece of paper after momentarily being revived. When her family asked her what was real she looked upwards and nodded. She later claimed the note refers to Heaven existing. And she revealed what the astonishing scenes she saw while unconscious, which include
Scientists have recreated Titan-like conditions in a lab, and found that organic molecules from Titan’s atmosphere could be forming rings of alien crystals around the methane lakes that dot the Saturn moon’s surface. Previously, the team led by researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory had discovered two of these ‘molecular minerals’. Now they’ve discovered
Chernobyl has become a byword for catastrophe. The 1986 nuclear disaster, recently brought back into the public eye by the hugely popular TV show of the same name, caused thousands of cancers, turned a once populous area into a ghost city, and resulted in the setting up of an exclusion zone 2600 km² in size.
Tucked away in a remote valley of Brazil’s Serra da Capivara National Park, a group of bearded capuchin monkeys use round quartz stones to crack open cashew nuts on tree roots or other rocks. Beneath their feet, archaeologists have found at least 3,000-years-worth of discarded tools. The chimpanzees of Côte d’Ivoire have been using stone tools
Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, said his rocket company’s toughest mission yet has arrived – and you can watch it live online below. Sometime between 23:30 ET on Monday (03:30 UTC on Tuesday) and 02:30 ET (06:30 UTC) on Tuesday, a Falcon Heavy rocket will try to lift off from Cape Canaveral,
If we’re serious about perpetuating the human race off our home planet one day, a human sperm bank would come in handy. While fresh sperm samples have sustained some damage under space conditions, a small pilot study now suggests frozen sperm are unperturbed by bursts of microgravity. To create such a condition, a small
The fish, said to swim in shallow water ahead of an earthquake, comes as a warning to the residents. Measuring at 13.9 feet, the fish washed up in Barangay Poblacion in Compostela town in northern Cebu yesterday. The deep-sea fish died when locals tried to pull it from the rocks where it was hiding and
MH370 mysteriously vanished with 239 people on board while travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in 2014. While pieces of the Boeing 777 aircraft have washed up, the plane was last recorded flying over the South China Sea. Radar data showed a sudden change of direction for the Malaysia Airlines plane which flew back across
MH370 was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China, when the jet mysteriously vanished with 239 people on board. The Boeing 777 aircraft last communicated with air traffic control at 1.19am when the plane was flying over the South China Sea, before vanishing from civilian radar screens. Radar data shows the jet suddenly changed course and flew back
You might think that plastic pollution on land and sea is old news by now, but it’s taken on a new form we’ve only just noticed: Researchers have identified a crust of plastic particles building up on shoreline rocks. This ‘plasticrust’ isn’t just a worrying symbol of the garbage piling up in our oceans. The
Noctilucent clouds are supposed to be electric blue. Yet during the extreme NLC outbreak of June 21st, some observers in Europe saw a different color: red. Red and electric blue noctilucent clouds is red over Szubin, Poland on June 21, 2019. Picture by Marek Nikodem via SpaceWeatherGallery “It happened around midnight,” reports Marek Nikodem of Szubin, Poland.
Location of the epicenter of the second earthquake, in Indonesia’s Banda Sea. (Mapbox) Two strong earthquakes hit Indonesia on June 24, 2019: A M7.3 and a M6.1. The first quake struck Indonesia’s Papua and has triggered a sustained swarm of moderately strong tremors that is still ongoing. The second quake hit in Indonesia’s Banda Sea,
The Pentagon published a document on nuclear warfare entitled “Nuclear Operations” earlier this month. It was most probably a mistake because it was swiftly removed from the website – but not before the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) had the chance to archive the paper. The Pentagon published a document on nuclear warfare (entitled “Nuclear Operations”) earlier
I knew the stuff I am now using everyday is beneficial. Yes my cbd drops are becoming a weapon in the war against drug-resistant superbugs. CBD (cannabidiol) is a new powerful antibiotic. Picture via Marijuanabreak Cannabidiol, or CBD, has been touted for a wide variety of health benefits, most notably as a treatment for people with
Also known as the Devil’s Triangle, this stretch of water spans across the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean. Hundreds of planes and ships are said to have disappeared in mysterious circumstances in what is one of the most heavily travelled shipping lanes in the world. On March 4, 1918, these waters claimed their most
Underneath the salty waters of the North Atlantic ocean, geologists have discovered a giant aquifer of freshwater, hidden from view just off the US coast. While the vast size of this massive cache is surprising, it’s not entirely unexpected. Signals of the water first showed up in the 1970s, but until now, nobody suspected that
On 24 June 2019, NASA is sending an atomic clock into space. Not just any old atomic clock, either. It’s up to 50 times more accurate than the atomic clocks aboard GPS satellites, its precision only changing by one second every 10 million years. It’s only the size of a toaster, yet it could
Magic: The Gathering, the card game where you build your own deck from over 19,000 unique cards and then battle this deck against other people, is not what you would call simple. But a pre-print paper first published in March turns this already complex game up a notch, showing that a specific set of
It’s called the ‘White City’: a fabled settlement hidden deep in the lush rainforests of Honduras, said to be all that now remains of a mysterious civilisation that existed in Central America long before the Europeans came. But this lost city has its non-believers. For much of the last century, doubts have swirled around
Last week, Curiosity made its strongest detection of methane on Mars yet. Its laser spectrometer instrument registered a methane spike of 21 parts per billion by volume (ppbv) in the Gale Crater, a region the rover has been exploring since it landed in 2012. Generally, methane presence on Mars has a global average of
The NASA Curiosity rover made a remarkable discovery this week that may hint at signs of life on Mars. The surprising development brings legitimacy to the long-held notion that aliens may actually be occupying the red planet. NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered high amounts of methane in the air on Mars, indicating signs of life on the planet.
In the pitch black waters 759 meters (2500 feet) below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, a thin, undulating arm emerges from the gloom. Suddenly, it splits, and what was a lone, curious appendage is a writhing bouquet of tentacles until, finally, an honest-to-God giant squid blooms from the darkness and attacks. Then,
A newscast on Argentine television came to a screeching halt last week when the anchors spotted an unidentified flying object soaring over the city of Buenos Aires. The strange sighting reportedly occurred on the program ‘Mananas Argentinas’ last Wednesday morning. UFO appears during newscast in Argentina. Picture via Youtube video As anchor Mariela Fernandez was standing
MH370 went missing on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. To this day, the reasons behind the plane’s disappearance and its final destination remains a mystery. However, there is significant evidence of a deliberate takeover of the plane. According to aviation security expert Tim Termini, there
An ‘atmospheric tsunami’ struck Malta’s east coast early on Monday morning, June, 18, 2019, stranding boats onto the rocks in Xemxija. The strange phenomenon started at about 6am, with the sea level rising and falling by around 60 centimetres in regular cycles every few minutes during approximately an hour. ‘Atmospheric tsunami’ strikes Malta’s east coast
At least three people are dead after a derecho tore through the Midwest Friday night, downing trees and causing damage for more than 1,000 miles. A derecho, a rare weather event classified by strong, straight line winds sustained over a wide path. Heavy, sustained derecho winds sweeps across Nashville, Tennessee on June 21-22 2019 At
If feel like a guinea pig. They are playing with our health! Independent lab tests found high levels of the toxic metal arsenic in two brands of bottled water sold at grocery and big box stores. No recall from FDA as of Friday. High levels of arsenic found in bottled water sold at Whole Foods,
The strongest magnet in the Universe enters our Solar System. What would happen? Sound in the Universe What if a magnetar entered our Solar System? Artist’s conception of a powerful magnetar in a star cluster. By ESO/L. Calçada via Wikipedia / CC BY 4.0 While sound doesn’t travel in space, the galaxy is actually a
On June 23, 2019, a M5.6 earthquake hit off Petrolia, northern California at 03:50am at a depth of 9.4km (5.8 miles). The quake was reported by more than 2,500 people on the USGS website. A M5.6 earthquake hit off Petrolia, northern California right at the southern tip of the Cascadia subduction zone on June 23
The NASA Apollo 12 mission was the second to land men on the Moon. Launched in November 1969, Apollo 12 made headlines around the world only months after Neil Armstrong became the first man on the Moon. Now, almost 60 years after the historic space flight, UFO hunter Scott Waring believes he has spotted an
MH370 went missing on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. The official investigation concluded that the plane most likely ended up at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, but there are many that dispute this. Science journalist Jeff Wise believes the MH370 tragedy was a concerted
A rare M4.5 earthquake hit north of Plainville early Saturday morning. The quake was heard and felt across a wide region, including reports from Hays and WaKeeney, as well as Wichita and North Platte, Nebraska, more than 200 miles away. Magnitude 4.5 earthquake hits near near Plainville, Kansas on June 22 2019. Map via USGS
A massive refinery explosion in Philadelphia was so hot and expansive that it was visible on weather satellites. The hot blob seen by the satellite was the fireball launched from the explosive disaster. Philadelphia refinery explosion shoots fireball visible from space. Picture video 6ABC A forecaster at the National Weather Service (NWS) Key West office noticed
These snowy scenes may be difficult to digest! It’s the first day of summer and it’s still snowing in Canada and the USA! Here the last reports: Happy first day of summer: heavy snowfall in Canada and USA. Picture via Twitter Snowstorm shuts down roads to Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain National Parks on first day
Sometimes, weird architecture can be spotted from God’s eye view! For example, the Christian Science Society in Dixon, Illinois, has constructed a church that lookslike a giant phallus, complete with balls and bushy pubes. The gathering place looks like any old non-penile structure when looked up front. This church looks like a giant penis from above.
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