Back in September, and apparently confirmed in November, a series of tests suggested that neutrinos could move faster than light. This would have been a stunning fact if proven correct as Einstein’s theory of relativity argues that nothing can move faster than light. However, many were skeptical of these results. And it now seems that the skeptics were right this time.
Possibly the greatest UFO sighting in years. Why? Because it has a credible witness, photographic support (above), and potentially 4 corroborating witnesses. Listen to this fantastic interview from Whitley Strieber’s “Dreamland”.
Incredible time lapse photography of a massive waterspout that formed over Lake Michigan on Saturday, September 24, 2011.
In events like this, the initial reports are often the most interesting. Note that this report refers to two, yes two, separate events. This is something later reports would ignore. Many hours later NASA would claim it was “a tiny part of an asteriod”. What do you think?
The Picts, a late Iron Age culture in Scotland, have fascinated historians and laymen for generations. Because they kept no written records, little is know about the Picts. But they’ve been the subject of much conjecture. And the recent find of a stone relief will only ad to this. This image (above) shows what has been described as a “beast” with several symbols around. But Pictish iconography is such a mystery the actually meaning of the images remains unclear.
It’s also unclear why the stone image remained unrecorded until now. How it survived in such excellent condition for so long. And where it originally was made. In short, Pictish research grants here we come! But, seriously, it is a fascinating addition to existing evidence of this mysterious culture.
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy,” Hamlet said. And, once again, scientists are forced to agree. Because a truly impossible star has just been discovered.
Located in the constellation of Leo, this star (dubbed SDSS J102915+172927) contains almost no heavy metals. Only hydrogen and helium. This type of star was thought to be impossible. Because, without heavy metals, the other elements shouldn’t be able to condense and form a star. This has led many scientists to realize they may need to reexamine their theories of star formation.
So scientists are caught flat-footed once again. And, you know what, we bet they love it!
A recent study by the National Research Council finds that space junk …
has reached a tipping point, with enough currently in orbit to continually collide and create even more debris, raising the risk of spacecraft failures.
Well, it was bound to happen. Us humans, despite efforts to the contrary, are messy beasts. Where we go, we inevitably leave a trail of rubbish behind us. Space, it seems, is no different. But now, as is often the case with our trash, it’s gotten dangerous. So what do we do about it?
The Internet can still occasionally serve up something cool. The new Nokia Ovi 3D map site falls into that category. Pointless but cool. To get in on the pointless coolness click here.
Astronomers Seth Baum, Jacob Haqq-Misra and Shawn Domagal-Goldman, who’ve been searching for extraterrestial life most of their profession life, have just published a study warning that may have been a mistake. They argue that aliens may behave like we have when discovering a new species:
Just as we did to those beings, the extraterrestrials might proceed to kill, infect, dissect, conquer, displace or enslave us, stuff us as specimens for their museums or pickle our skulls and use us for medical research.
This study, which appeared in the journal Acta Astronautica, goes on to warn:
A core concern is that ETI will learn of our presence and quickly travel to Earth to eat or enslave us.
Eat or enslave us?!? We think these guys have been watching to many episodes of “The Twilight Zone”.
