On December 9, 1965, the small town of Kecksburg, Pennsylvania was shaken by an event that would go down in history as one of the most mysterious and debated UFO crashes of all time. The Kecksburg UFO Crash, as it came to be known, has captivated the imagination of people for decades, with theories ranging from government cover-up to extraterrestrial encounters. Table of Contents The Kecksburg UFO Crash on December 9, 1965Official Explanation vs. Witness Accounts Of the Kecksburg UFO CrashInvestigations and Efforts to Uncover the TruthThe Kecksburg UFO Crash on December 9, 1965 According to witnesses, a large, acorn-shaped…
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We may have learned a lot about the moon from Apollo missions, but we haven’t solved all of its mysteries. There are various mysterious things that have been spotted on the lunar surface. But this story about an Anunnaki spaceship that was found on the lunar surface during the secret Apollo 20 mission will surely give you chills. According to an official report, between 1961 and 1975, 17 missions were launched, of which 11 were manned missions (Apollo 7 through Apollo 17). Six successful lunar landings were made during this period. The hugely expensive flights of Apollo 18, 19, and…
While astronomers and engineers were trying to calibrate one of the James Webb Space Telescope’s instruments last summer, they serendipitously found a previously unknown small 100–200-meter (300-600 ft) asteroid in the main asteroid belt. Originally, the astronomers deemed the calibrations as a failed attempt because of technical glitches. But they noticed the asteroid while going through their data from the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI), and ended up finding what is likely the smallest object observed to date by JWST. It is also one of the smallest objects ever detected in our Solar System’s main belt of asteroids. “We — completely unexpectedly…
Astronomers have found another Earth-sized planet. It’s about 31 light-years away and orbits in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star. It’s probably tidally locked, which can be a problem around red dwarf stars. But the team that found it is optimistic about its potential habitability. The prospect of finding Earth-like planets raises the prospect of finding life elsewhere. But they’re difficult to spot. Of the approximately 5,200 exoplanets we know of, only a tiny minority can be described as Earth-like. NASA calls them terrestrial planets, and they range from half of Earth’s mass to twice Earth’s mass. But…
Oops! They’ve done it again. Sierra Space blew up their space habitat for the third time – intentionally — all in the name of testing. The commercial space company conducted a new duration test called an Accelerated Systematic Creep Test for their LIFE Habitat (Large Integrated Flexible Environment), putting a 1/3 size scale model of the space module under a sustained amount of excess pressure until it failed. The habitat burst after more than 150 hours of constant pressure, exceeding NASA’s certification target of 100 hours. Sierra Space says that the test proves astronauts could live and work in a…
In 1992, humanity’s effort to understand the Universe took a significant step forward. That’s when astronomers discovered the first exoplanets. They’re named Poltergeist (Noisy Ghost) and Phobetor (Frightener), and they orbit a pulsar about 2300 light-years away. Even though we thought there must be other planets around other stars, and entire science fiction franchises were built on the idea, we didn’t know for sure and couldn’t just assume it to be true. A quick glance at human history shows how wrong our assumptions about nature can be. Since then, thanks largely to NASA’s Kepler and TESS missions, a flood of…
There’s a lot of matter in the Universe, but not all of it is visible to us. Matter is, essentially, anything that has mass and takes up space. That includes us, the planets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies. It also includes dark matter. It’s all spread out through space. Is matter distributed evenly or is it grouped in clumps? Or could it be in some other configuration? To answer those questions specifically, astronomers map matter and compare it to theoretical models of the Universe. How do they do that? The first step is to build telescopes and use them to make…
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), located in China, is currently the world’s largest and most sophisticated radio observatory. While its primary purpose is to conduct large-scale neutral hydrogen surveys (the most common element in the Universe), study pulsars, and detect Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), scientists have planned to use the array in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Integral to this field of study is the search for technosignatures, signs of technological activity that indicate the presence of an advanced civilization. While many potential technosignatures have been proposed since the first surveys began in the 1960s, radio transmissions are…
Alex and Amy Lindsay were left in ‘total sʜᴏᴄᴋ’ when they attended their 12-week appointment expecting to see one baby – only to learn there were three on the way. The couple, who already had Elijah, 4, and two-year-old Zion, are now proud parents to five little boys. Estimates vary, but experts believe the odds of having identical triplets are anything from one in 60,000 to one in 200m. Amy gave birth to Abel, Asher, and Azariah in July at Sunderland Royal Hospital after 35 weeks of pregnancy. “I felt really blessed. It was a high ʀɪsᴋ pregnancy, but they…
All births are unique and special in their own way. But it’s even more extraordinary when a baby is born “en caul,” meaning the amniotic sac remains unbroken during the birth, which makes the infant appear to be inside a bubble. Having an en caul birth is so rare, in fact, that many moms have never even heard of it until it happens to them. A caul birth occurs in about 1 in every 80,000 births. Babies who are fortunate enough to be born with their caul are said to be lucky and to have a special affinity for water.…
Gorgeous maternity photos by Monet Nicole Monet Nicole is a midwife and professional birth photographer with many years of experience. She has attended hundreds of births, and her Instagram profile is a rich portfolio with special photos of home births, water births, natural births, and cesarean births. Her photos stand out because they capture the raw beauty of birth, are realistic, and highlight everything a mom and dad feel at those moments. Through her Instagram profile, however, she often shares her thoughts and experiences. In one of her most recent posts, she wrote about the 7th birth of a mom.…
When Jessica Farley found out she was pregnant with her third baby, she knew she wanted a homebirth. What she wasn’t expecting was to have an unexpected “freebirth” of sorts, birthing her son in the shower with her midwife on speakerphone. But rather than panic when she began crowning with just her and her partner Tom at home, Jess, from Queensland, embraced the moment and told that it was an incredible moment having just the two of them present for their son’s birth. Having read a lot and listened to podcasts about birth, particularly with third babies, throughout her pregnancy,…