The telescope looking for the beginning of time
The Giant Magellan Telescope will be the world's biggest telescope -- and it will look deeper into the past than we've ever seen before. The universe is a big place. Let's …
The World Wide Web is all abuzz with Google Earth images of Antarctica that appear to show pyramids in the icy landscape. The images show what appears to be three pyramids with four sides similar to the famous Giza pyramids in Egypt. Could these be authentic man-made pyramids created by …
Stonehenge is an emblematic monument for people from all over the world. Built about 5,000 years ago, it represents the mysteries and forgotten secrets that await deciphering. Located in Wiltshire, England, three kilometers west of Amesbury, archaeologists have suggested that it could have been built using the Pythagorean theorem. Interestingly, Stonehenge dates back to …
This planetary scientist has a new idea for why we haven’t heard from aliens yet
During the summer of 1950, physicist Enrico Fermi posed a question to his colleagues over lunch, "Don't you ever wonder where everybody is?" Fermi was referring to alien life. In the 4.4 billion years it took a species capable of space travel to form on Earth, Fermi proposed that the …
This movie was intended to be realized in 2006 as the first installment of the trilogy that was planned for the future. But unfortunately the movie has never been premiered and it was abandoned. You can still find traces of it if you look online and you can see that the …
This at least curious, incident occurred on December 9, 1965, in the city of Pennsylvania. A huge fireball was seen by thousands of people. According to reports, about six states in addition to the Canadian county of Ontario have been able to see the flash passing in the sky. He quickly passed through …
Genetic 'bar codes' of five million animals from different species were surveyedResearch prompted speculation humans and animals sprang from single pairThis may have happened after a catastrophic event after the last ice ageThe study has been misunderstood by some religious parties who interpreted it as challenging evolutionary theory, which has been …
Running into an alien on the bus would be strange — but it's almost equally strange that humankind has never encountered aliens. The universe is vast. Can we really be alone in it? (Cue "X-Files" theme song.) The Fermi Paradox Think about it: What are the chances that life on Earth is …
Summer of 1943. In the midst of World War II, an American battleship tested a technology designed by Einstein himself and managed to become invisible and teleport. That is, at least, what some conspiracy theorists say. This is the true story of the USS Elridge, the ship that “traveled in …
Spottings of the wendigo have been reported in the forests of cold weather areas like Canada and Minnesota. The wendigo comes from Algonquian Native American folklore and is the result of some severe hunger pains. As the tale goes, he was once a lost hunter. During a brutally cold winter, his intense …
The quantity of organic molecules discovered on Mars is not entirely explained by the hypothesis of cosmic dust: here is a new study. Asteroids and comets may have played a more important role than what was thought to supply Mars with organic molecules (the basics of life). So far, astronomers believed that the organic traces found …
A greasy and sticky substance emitted by the processes of stellar fusion permeates the space between one solar system and another: a study has tried to understand how much there is. The Space out there is dark and cold, it smells like burnt and - now we can add - it is rather sticky : …
IN BRIEF The Facts:In 2002, Gary McKinnon hacked the Pentagon and Department of Defence in the largest publicly disclosed military computer hack of all time. He discovered strange 'off world' findings that hint the existence of a space force before Trump. Reflect On:Do we really live in a democracy when transparency doesn't …
The clouds had an eerie look last night A strange orange glow was spotted in the skies over Leicester last night. The eerie light was seen illuminating the clouds around 7.30pm and over Leicester Forest East and the source is unknown. It was still visible around three hours later from Leicester Forest East …