Astronomers just observed the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy sucking blobs of hot gas toward their doom at 30 percent of the speed of light. That’s an incredible 201 million mph (323 million km/h), which was enough to trigger three powerful bursts of radiation from the cloud. Researchers detected
Month: October 2018
Neanderthals are often depicted as barrel-chested, hunched-over cavemen, but a close inspection of their fossils is telling a different story. For the first time, an international team of researchers has reconstructed the ribcage and upper spine of a Neanderthal man who died roughly 60,000 years ago. The findings suggest that contrary to popular images,
You might not realize it, but every time you stand up, your body is working behind the scenes to stop you from fainting. Due to the sudden drop in blood pressure, special neurons called baroreceptors swing into action to compensate – and scientists just figured out more about how they operate. Considering the details
The Japan Coast Guard says a small uninhabited island off the northern prefecture of Hokkaido may have disappeared due to erosion by waves and floating ice. The island named Esanbe Hanakita Kojima, about 500 meters off the village of Sarufutsu in northern Hokkaido, may have vanished. An island has disappeared in Japan due to erosion.
This is amazing! This river has just taken 10 meters in height in just a few days of rain during unprecedented storms in Italy. Before and After Pictures of the railway bridge in Ponte di Piave. After heavy rainfall, the water level has increased by 10 meters in Treviso, Italy. Thousands of citizens have been
Are ghosts real? Theories and belief in ghosts vary greatly between cultures and religions across the globe. And according to livescience.com, ghosts are among the most widely believed paranormal phenomena. In fact, a poll conducted by Yougov for the Economist in October 2018, found that 48 percent of Americans believe in ghosts. 1,500 Americans took
As the spooky Halloween celebrations get underway for the creepiest day on the calendar, paranormal researcher and demonologist Tony Spera has explained why he thinks religion could be behind the paranormal. Halloween marks the night of All Hallow’s Evening, or All Hallow’s Eve, a period of mourning for the dead, saints and Christian martyrs. Speaking
The suspected ‘ghost particle’ was discovered by the LHC’s multipurpose Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) which showed bumps in the data that indicate an unknown particle with more than twice the mass of a carbon atom. While researchers are understandably excited about the potential discovery, they are are also baffled. This is because the particle would
Unseasonal and unexpectedly large snowstorms swept across Auverge-Rhone-Alpes and nearby regions, south and west of Lyon, France over the past couple of days. The same storm system brought an early blast of winter to Spain, a destructive tornado to the island of Menorca, heavy rainfall and powerful winds to Italy, Slovenia and Croatia, leaving at
The supposed proof of time travel has sparked a frenzy among online conspiracy theorists who have branded the video “100 percent real”. The bizarre video was uploaded to YouTube by the paranormal investigators behind the popular channel Apex TV. Apex TV claimed the video was emailed in by a concerned security officer who works for
The files even suggest that the first humans may even be the descendants of this Martian race. The data was collected as part of the Stargate Project – a top secret operation between the CIA and US Department for Defense, which co-opted people with gifts such as telekinesis, second sight or remote viewing. The Army
The spirit of Halloween this year will have many people dishing out horror stories or tuning into their favourite horror flicks. Among these could be the terrifying tale of Dracula, or the Halloween classic witch movie Hocus Pocus. With witches and vampires on the mind, some may wonder whether the paranormal is real. Express.co.uk is
Halloween demons will be out in full force tonight, according to renowned US pastor Paul Begley who warned his fellow Christians not to engage with the ‘evil forces at play’. He claimed the satanic spirits will be “lurking” for the souls of the unaware as they gather candy in their finest fancy dress this evening.
Heavy rain falling over Saudi Arabia over the past two weeks have caused widespread flash flooding and left at least 14 people dead. Up to 300 people had to be rescued. This year has seen some of the most extreme weather conditions in decades, authorities said October 30, 2018. At least 14 people were killed, they
The Ouija is also known as a spirit board or talking board. The board tends to be flat and is marked with all the letters of the alphabet, as well as numbers zero to nine. The words “yes”, “no”, “hello” and “goodbye are often marked on the board too. People place their fingers of a
In The Satanic Bible, Satanist Anton LaVey writes: “After one’s own birthday, the two major Satanic holidays are Walpurgisnacht and Halloween.” Of course, not everyone who celebrates Halloween is doing it with satanism in mind. The celebration has become one of costume parties, carving pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns and spooky stories. However, the history of Halloween has
Many believe that on Halloween, the gap between life and death is closer than at any point of the year. Some, such as in Mexican culture, use it as a day to remember the dead as ancient folklore states the boundries between here and the ‘other side’ are extremely thin. One man claims to have
People around the globe prepare to don fancy costumes today, October 31, as they gear up for Halloween celebrations. However, the holiday has its roots in evil, and the leader of the Satanic church claimed it is one of the most important days of the year for Devil worshippers. Anton LaVey founded the Church of
Halloween at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California is an annual opportunity for scientists to test their pumpkin carving skills. NASA engineers and astronomers who otherwise spend their days tracking asteroids and designing rockets have proven themselves to be devilishly good at the Halloween tradition. Every year NASA hosts a competition for the best
Halloween revellers are in for a treat tonight thanks to a particular combination of celestial movements across the sky. The Waning Gibbous Moon tonight will bathe Earth in it’s glow from its position in the zodiac sign of Leo. The Moon in Leo will be a particularly good aspect tonight, promising you one of the
On Wednesday, October 31, the transit Sun passes through the zodiac of Scorpio and the Moon appears in Leo. Leo in astrology is the fifth sign of the zodiac and symbolises fire, passion, creativeness and cheerful humour. Scorpio, on the other hand, is often associated with water, truth, resourcefulness and occupies the eight position in
Temperatures throughout Morocco plummeted to near and below freezing throughout Morocco over the weekend, leading to first snowfall of the season more than 2 months ahead of usual. Temperatures in Ifrane, known as Morocco’s Switzerland dropped to -1 °C (30.2 °F) on October 28, 2018, leading to significant snow accumulations reaching 30 and 50 cm
At least 13 people have been killed and dozens are left trapped under debris after heavy rains unleashed by Typhoon “Yutu,” known in the Philippines as Rosita, caused flash floods and triggered landslides on October 29 and 30, 2018. The worst affected were Northern and Central parts of Luzon, the government said. According to the Mountain
We often think of space as peaceful and serene. In reality it’s filled with violent events, including collisions on the galactic scale. We know our own Milky Way has likely smashed up with other galaxies in the distant past; now astronomers have revealed that one particular collision resulted in a mysterious feature called the ‘thick
Millions of people around the world are affected by arachnophobia – the unreasonable fear of spiders, which evidence suggests could be an innate human response embedded by evolution inside the brain. But while the fear may be a relic of an ancient survival mechanism, the anxiety it provokes is something most arachnophobes today would
The dramatic assertion was made in a video posted on conspiracy theory YouTube channel ApexTV. In the video a woman, who identified herself as a Finnish national called ‘Chloe’, claimed she travelled to the year 6,000 as part of a government project. She went on to produce what she said was a plant collected during
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has released its latest summary of the state of Earth’s biosphere. You don’t need depressing headlines to tell you it isn’t full of good news. Between 1970 and 2014, populations of vertebrate animals declined by an average of 60 percent. Freshwater animals have it even worse, with
Rolling back a decades-old ban, the Chinese government will permit the use of rhino horn and tiger bone for use in traditional Chinese medicine, in a move that conservation groups warned could devastate the dwindling species. China’s State Council said Monday it would legalize the trade of rhino and tiger parts sourced from farmed
After the photograph was shared on Twitter it quickly befuddled thousands of people. On first glance, the picture could resemble a crow but it is, in fact, a cat with its head tilted sideways. Research director at Citizens for Ethics, Robert Maguire, shared the image, writing: “This picture of a crow is interesting because it’s
NASA announced Tuesday that Kepler, an orbital telescope that’s been spotting and analyzing distant planets for the past nine years, has run out of fuel and will no longer carry out scientific research. Since it launched in March 2009, the telescope identified over 2,600 planets outside of our solar system, and found that as
The telescope had been in operation for nearly ten years after being launched into space in 2009. NASA commented: “The Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel needed for further science operations. “NASA has decided to retire the spacecraft within its current safe orbit away from Earth.” Fuel supplies of Kepler ran out two
According to a new study, the energy costs of mining Bitcoin alone could cause a 2-degree Celsius rise in global temperatures within 20 years. Bitcoin might be promising a brave new world of financial freedom, but it’s also responsible for a huge spike in electricity use, so the new study has attempted to put a number
Volcanic explosions were recorded at Vanuatu’s Ambae volcano at 07:32 UTC (18:32 LT) on October 30, 2018. The Volcanic Alert Level remains at Level 2 and danger to direct safety to life for visitors and communities remains at 2 km (1.2 miles) radius around the eruptive vent. The explosions were accompanied by the ash column up to 4 –
This is another awesome and terrifying video of Krakatau volcano erupting at night creating volcanic lightnings and ejecting lava bombs in the air and on its flanks. WOW! AMAZING! You can follow the work of Dr Richard Roscoe on his website Photo Volcanica or his new videos on his Youtube Channel Photovolcanica. Here a series of
Sunday’s drop in temperatures throughout Morocco has led to the first snowfall, reaching 30 centimeters in Ifrane. The city, known as Morocco’s “Switzerland,” is not used to see snowfall this early before winter. Most snow falls in January. So yes it’s another unusual weather event! Almost 1 foot of snow fell in Ifrane, Morocco. via
It’s been 26 years since Hurricane Andrew became the costliest storm in Florida’s history, but today residents of the Sunshine State are still paying the price in a way few would have imagined. Captive Burmese pythons let loose by Andrew’s destruction have flourished in the southern Florida ecosystem, decimating local species in the process. And
A M6.1 earthquake has struck 25 kilometres south-west of Taumarunui at 3.13pm local time (2.13am UTC). Tuesday 30 October. This earthquake was widely-felt throughout much of the country, there are currently more than 15,000 felt reports. M6.1 earthquake hits off New Zealand on October 30, 2018. via USGS This earthquake hasn’t caused a tsunami as
The same storm that caused widespread damage and floods in Italy over the past few days, hit most parts of Croatia during the same period. The storm left one person missing. The entire coastline was hit by strong and damaging waves, while some islands reported relatively rare seiche. Another severe weather event is expected on
At least 11 people have been killed and many injured after severe storms produced heavy rain and strong winds across Italy on October 29 and 30, 2018, causing widespread floods and damage. Some of the worst affected areas are on the west coast, particularly in Liguria. Many people were evacuated due to increased river levels
The ancient city of Teotihuacán was once one of the most thriving metropolises in third century AD when the Mesoamerican culture lived. A population of 125,000 inhabitants made it one of the busiest cities in the world at the time, but nobody knows where the civilisation went. However, researchers are learning more about their culture
What dark matter actually is remains a mystery but it was first conceptualised in 1977 by scientists who suggested that the substance, which is thought to make up 85 percent of all matter in the universe, is responsible for all of the unseen matter in space. Its existence would go towards explaining why galaxies rotate
NASA’s solar probe has officially broken 1972 the record set by the Helios 2 spacecraft, to become the closest space probe to approach the Sun. The technology broke the previous record of 26.55 million miles from the Sun on Tuesday, October 29. US space agency NASA boasted in a statement the Parker Solar Probe will
UFO hunters claimed Mars photos taken by NASA were altered to conceal evidence of a “massive eruption” or explosion. The shocking claim was made after conspiracy theorists compared two sets of images snapped by the US space agency and the European Space Agency (ESA). The ESA’s photos appear to show a smoke-like streak running across
The unidentified flying object (UFO) snapped on September 3 this year has sparked a frenzy online after emerging on the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). UFO-hunters are convinced the black triangular object is a “huge” alien spaceship unlike anything seen before. According to notorious UFO conspiracist Scott Waring, the black triangle is neither man-made or natural.
As youths across the globe prepare to don spooky outfits for Halloween, one MP in Russia has taken issue with the annual event, blasting its ‘evil roots’. Controversial pro-Christian MP, Vitaly Milonov, urged Russia’s s Education Minister, Olga Vasilyeva, to ban the “pagan Satan-worshipping holiday” in schools to save them from Hell. In an address
More than 40,000 young people study at Berkeley, oblivious to the potentially catastrophic tectonic rumblings beneath their feet. But scientists at the United States Geological Survey say a huge area of unstable rock, known as the Hayward Fault runs directly below the University campus and it is overdue a catastrophic quake. They add it could
The bizarrely shaped asteroid, which was dubbed the Death Comet due to its shape, stunned astronomers when it was discovered three years ago. Asteroid TB145 was tracked down by NASA on October 31, 2015, as it made a close flyby of Earth – passing approximately 310,000 miles (498,900 km) from the planet. The asteroid’s skull-like
The Yellowstone volcano system was ranked 21st on a list of 161 volcanoes spread across the USA. The comprehensive list compiled by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) assessed the potential eruptive risk and hazard of each volcano. Yellowstone’s history of past eruptions and ongoing activity means geologists consider the supervolcano a high threat to
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