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This is our new dog Kira, a cross between a water dog and a Podenko. She has been with us since February 7, 2024 and is busy winning our hearts. She is a sweet, affectionate dog who quickly adapted to us within a week. She is very quick and curious, a very different dog than Noleke.
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08-11-2016
Secret German World War II Base Rediscovered Near North Pole
Secret German World War II Base Rediscovered Near North Pole
By Tom Metcalfe, Live Science Contributor
The research team from the Russian Arctic National Park, based in Arkhangelsk, say they’re the first to fully explore and map the wartime site on the remote island. These canisters once contained food and other supplies that were regularly airdropped to the base by German aircraft.
Credit: Evgeny Ermolov/Russian Arctic National Park
The remains of a secret World War II German base have been rediscovered on an island near the North Pole by a team of Russian researchers.
The wartime "Schatzgrabber" ("Treasure Hunter" in German) weather station was built by the German military in 1943 on Alexandra Land, one of the isolated Franz Josef Land islands in the Barents Sea, located more than 680 miles (1,100 kilometers) north of the Russian city of Arkhangelsk.
The islands are snowy and ice-bound for much of the year and the site was last visited in the 1980s, the researchers said. But earlier this year, in August, a Russian archaeological team was able to explore and catalog the remains of the wartime weather station for the first time. [See Photos of the Secret World War II German Base]
"This summer in the Arctic was very warm, so the entire area of Schatzgrabber was completely free of snow and ice, which made it possible to explore the area fully," team leader Evgeny Ermolov, a senior researcher with the Russian Arctic National Park, which now administers the island, said in a statement.
Among the finds are the remains of several German army and naval uniforms, and fragments of weapons and ammunition — including rifle and machine-gun rounds, land mines and hand grenades — that were abandoned when the last of the base's occupants were evacuated by a German U-boat in 1944.
About 10 German meteorologists and laborers were stationed on the island from 1943, as part of a secret network of Arctic stations to give advanced warnings of weather conditions over the northern oceans and northern Europe, which the German military considered essential to their strategic operations.
Ermolov said the research team recovered more than 600 objects from the remains of the base station buildings, an emergency supply depot near the base station and an emergency aircraft landing strip. These artifacts have been sent to the Arctic National Park museum in Arkhangelsk for further study, the researchers said.
Ermolov said the very dry and almost microbe-free environment of Alexandra Land also helped to preserve many wood, leather and cloth objects at the sites, as well as many remains of books and documents, including German naval manuals, meteorology textbooks, astronomical tables, weather records, magazines and a copy of Mark Twain's classic novel "Tom Sawyer."
But sardines weren't the only thing on the wartime menu in Alexandra Land. The waters of the bay beside the weather station began to freeze as the winter approached, and several boats filled with supplies and equipment were crushed by ice, the researchers said.
"Some of the supplies and equipment sank, and so the diet for the weather over the winter was rather limited. It is no surprise that they wanted some fresh meat, and so they killed polar bears, because that's all there was," Ermolov said.
But he added that the weathermen failed to cook the bear meat properly, and almost everyone who ate it suffered a bout of trichinosis, a painful and unpleasant roundworm infection caused by eating contaminated meat.
In response to the medical emergency at Alexandra Land, a daring rescue flight set out from a German air base at Banak, in Norway, in July 1944, to carry a doctor to the island and to bring back the stricken weathermen, according to the German historian Franz Selinger.
But the large FW-200 "Condor" aircraft damaged a wheel when it landed and a second aircraft had to be sent from Banak to airdrop a replacement wheel so that the first aircraft could take off with the medical evacuees.
Ermolov said the researchers had to search a very large area, but they were fortunate to find traces of the emergency airfield, including the remains of fuel barrels, tents, batteries, crates, smoke bombs and signal flares made in 1941.
"Earlier it was only known from written sources, but now we have real proof," Ermolov said.
Last outpost
The German base on Alexandra Land was not lost completely to history: after the war, some of the structures were used by the Soviet military until Russia’s Nagurskoye air base was built on the island in the 1950s.
A team of German military specialists also visited the islands in the 1980s to remove the minefields that had been planted around the wartime base to protect it from an assault, Ermolov said.
But he added that this summer was the first time that the site has been comprehensively studied and recorded since it was abandoned.
"We've made a complete description of the station and all the remaining objects, including [the remains] of the bunkhouse, the weather station, a network of fortifications and the landing strip where the staff were evacuated in July 1944," he said.
The cryptic name of the weather station, from the German word for Treasure Hunter, has fueled speculation that the secret base on Alexandra Land was used for more than keeping a watch on the Arctic weather. Some theories suggest the base was occupied by a unit of Nazi SS troops and may have had a role in the development of secret weapons, or a search for a mythical "Nordic homeland" in the islands of the Arctic Circle.
But polar historian William Barr told Live Science that the base was strictly a scientific base, and one of about 10 German weather stations on the scattered Arctic islands north of Europe (albeit an ill-fated one).
"It was quite disastrous — the expedition leader went crazy, and when they were flown out he had to be strapped down to the floor of the aircraft, so he wouldn’t run riot," Barr said.
And the Russian researchers have found no evidence to back the speculative theories about the Schatzgrabber base: "We have prepared a complete diagram of the station, and geo-referenced all the facilities, including [machinery] that suggests a German origin dating from the time of the Great Patriotic War [World War II]," Ermolov said. "Based on these data, we can eliminate some of the myths that have formed around the station for many years."
The Milky Way galaxy glows in the night sky over Chile's La Silla Observatory.
Credit: ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
If you look upward on a clear night from Earth's darkest regions, you'll probably glimpse a broad stripe of stars, cloaked in clouds of dust and gas, arcing across the sky.
What you're seeing is a portion of the Milky Way, our home galaxy, which measures 100,000 light-years in diameter. (A light-year is the distance light travels in one year — almost 6 trillion miles, or 9.5 trillion kilometers.) Its core hosts a supermassive black hole — a giant gravitational field so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape — and its multiple "arms" that spiral from the center hold hundreds of billions of stars, one of which is our own sun.
The Milky Way is estimated to be 13.2 billion years old, and is one of many billions of galaxies in the known universe. Other galaxies may be older and bigger, but as Earth's cosmic address, the Milky Way has long fascinated humans. It was recognized by astronomers thousands of years ago, and ancient civilizations featured it in their mythologies. But how and when did this galaxy get its unusual name in the first place? [Stunning Photos of Our Milky Way Galaxy (Gallery)]
The Roman poet Ovid wrote about the Milky Way in "The Metamorphoses," first published in A.D. 8, saying, "There is a high track, seen when the sky is clear, called the Milky Way, and known for its brightness."
The earliest mentions of the Milky Way can be traced back to the ancient Greeks (800 B.C. to 500 B.C.), according to Matthew Stanley, a professor of the history of science at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. But it's unclear exactly when the name emerged, he told Live Science.
"The term was in common use in Western astronomy 2,500 years ago," Stanley said, referring to stargazers in European countries. "So there's no way of knowing who first coined it and how it first came to be. It's one of those terms that's so old that its origin is generally forgotten by now."
In fact, Stanley added, the Milky Way provided astronomers with the Greek root for the astronomical term "galaxy."
"'Galactos' literally means 'the milky thing in the sky,'" Stanley said.
The milky beginnings of our home galaxy, as explained by the ancient Greeks and depicted by Tintoretto in "The Origin of the Milky Way," painted around 1575.
Credit: PD-US
The Greek myth about the Milky Way's formation was immortalized by Renaissance artist Jacopo Tintoretto in the painting "The Origin of the Milky Way," around 1575. Tintoretto likely based his artwork on a version of the story that appeared in the 10th-century folklore text "Geoponica," according to the National Gallery, where the painting is displayed. The legend described the god Zeus bringing an infant Hercules to his sleeping wife Hera's breast so the baby could nurse secretly. When Hera awoke and pulled away, her breast milk sprayed into the firmament and created the Milky Way.
But although early astronomers may have observed the Milky Way, they didn't quite know what to make of it. Prior to the invention of telescopes at the start of the 17th century, galaxies were known as nebulae, perplexing, cloudy regions that didn't behave like other visible objects, such as stars and planets.
"They were accepted as anomalies that you have to watch out for and not get distracted by, but they got little attention," Stanley said.
That all changed when Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei pointed his telescope at the sky in 1609, and discovered that some of the puzzling cosmic dust clouds were made up of stars grouped closely together.
An artist's impression of our Milky Way galaxy, which is home to several hundred billion stars.
"This is the key moment for the realization that nebulae are something interesting, that they're structures of their own that can be studied," Stanley told Live Science. "That's when people start giving them particular names because they recognized shapes in them, and they realized they could have some cosmic significance."
However, most galaxies don't get descriptive names because there are simply far too many of them. The number of known galaxies continues to grow as technology improves scientists' ability to discover even very faint objects from the universe's infancy — by some estimates, the total could be as high as 200 billion. The vast majority of galaxies, once astronomers note their locations, are identified by a number following a letter or letters that indicate their position in a catalog of celestial objects.
And with the discovery of so many other galaxies, astronomers have learned that the Milky Way, despite being our home galaxy, is just not that special.
"The basic assumption is that our galaxy is totally ordinary," Stanley said.
Ordinary it may be, but the sight of the Milky Way — even a partial view from Earth or from space — is still awe-inspiring, and can help people to understand and to appreciate our place in the universe, and to recapture a little of the wonder experienced by the first astronomers who peered up at the sky thousands of years ago.
"Whoever named the Milky Way did so through standing in darkness, night after night, gazing up at our own galaxy and trying to name that feeling of being one with the cosmos," Stanley said.
"There's something extraordinary and sublime about standing on a mountaintop and seeing the vastness of our own galaxy wrapping around us," he added.
Les dossiers de Michel Duchaine:photos d’appareils militaires ultra-secrets
Les dossiers de Michel Duchaine:photos d’appareils militaires ultra-secrets
Certains secrets militaires doivent être bien gardés pour la propre sécurité des populations (ou pour garder un contrôle dessus). Les secrets concernant les aéronefs militaires sont d’une importance capitale pour éviter que l’ennemi reprenne à bon compte des connaissances qui lui permettraient de construire ses propres modèles. Dans certains cas, ces prototypes volants peuvent se révéler technologiquement très supérieurs à tout ce qui existait auparavant. Mais heureusement pour nous, il arrive que des secrets militaires soient levés et révélés au grand public. Voici plusieurs aéronefs militaires secrets dont vous ignorez sans doute tout.
Beaucoup d’avions militaires volent à des vitesses incroyables. Le Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle 2 est l’aéronef militaire américain le plus rapide jamais conçu. Le Falcon reste néanmoins au stade expérimental. Cet aéronef est un avion-fusée sans pilote contrôlé à distance grâce à des instruments de navigation automatisés. Le but d’un tel appareil est de prendre l’air afin d’administrer des attaques explosives sans que les radars ennemis aient le temps de le détecter.
Le Northrop XB-35 illustre parfaitement l’idée qu’en essayant de nouvelles choses on peut réaliser des objectifs scientifiques spécifiques. L’idée derrière le bombardier Northrop XB-35 était de créer un avion qui fonctionnerait non pas contre, mais en symbiose avec les facteurs environnementaux et les courants aériens. Dans les années 40, le XB-35 faisait si bien l’affaire qu’on lui donna le nom d’aile volante. La conception de l’avion permettait de réduire la traîne et d’en faire un appareil énergétiquement très efficient, ce qui est un avantage indéniable lors de longues missions. Cependant, des problèmes rencontrés avec les hélices ont finalement mis un terme au projet.
Pour ce prototype, l’armée de l’air voulait un appareil capable d’atteindre des vitesses incroyables. Le Boeing X-51 Waverider répond parfaitement à cette attente. L’idée était d’atteindre des vitesses supérieures Mach 6 et les ingénieurs ont réalisé cet objectif avec succès. Son statoréacteur utilisant un combustible hydrocarboné permet au X-51 d’atteindre des vitesses hypersoniques après s’être fait larguer dans l’atmosphère par un B-52.
Le concept du Boeing X-37B est de créer un appareil volant capable de survivre dans l’espace. Fruit d’une collaboration entre le ministère de la défense américain et la NASA, personne ne sait exactement ce qu’il en est du Boeing X-378. Nous savons simplement qu’il peut rester dans l’espace pendant un mois et qu’il peut ensuite se poser sur la Terre comme un avion ordinaire. La mise en orbite s’effectue à l’aide d’un réacteur de fusée à usage unique.
Dans les années 90, Lockheed-Martin a sorti un prototype d’avion furtif sans pilote. Le concept du RQ-3 Darkstar est identique à celui des drones d’aujourd’hui. L’idée était d’utiliser le Darkstar pour effectuer des missions de reconnaissance. Certaines rumeurs disent que le projet fut abandonné en 1998, alors que d’autres pensent qu’il a servi à l’invasion de l’Iraq en 2003.
Pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, un avion d’aspect inhabituel baptisé Vought V-173 a fait son apparition. En raison de sa forme originale, les gens l’ont surnommé «?Pancake Volant?». Le V-173 possède deux énormes hélices et s’apparentait plus ou moins à une aile ronde. Malgré une manœuvrabilité incroyablement simple, l’armée n’a pas su trouver d’usage légitime pour cet avion.
Le Sukhoi SU-47 fut le fruit de l’ingénierie russe. Ce prototype d’avion de combat supersonique a vu le jour pendant la guerre froide. Le SU-47 était un avion véloce pouvant atteindre des vitesses supérieures à Mach 1. Son design incomparable avec son aile en flèche inversée lui permettait d’atteindre des vitesses très élevées.
Pour complémenter les manœuvres d’appui aérien et les missions de reconnaissance, quelqu’un a décidé de créer le De Lackner HZ-1. Le pilote contrôlait les déplacements de cette plateforme volante en penchant son corps dans la direction souhaitée. Malgré l’achat de nombreux modèles, l’armée avait fait le choix de ne pas utiliser le De Lackner en raison de divers problèmes comme son pilotage difficile.
Le Tupolev TU-95LAL était un bombardier conçu par l’Union soviétique en 1961. Le bombardier était propulsé par un réacteur VVRL-100. Le TU-95 était un prototype d’avion destiné à tester la viabilité des avions à propulsion nucléaire. Après une quarantaine de vols d’essai, le projet fut abandonné pour différentes raisons de sécurité.
Le Sikorsky UH-60 modifié et transformé en Stealth Black Hawk. Selon la propagande américaine,deux de ces hélicoptères ont été capables de s’infiltrer dans la pseudo cache de Ben Laden sans être détectés par les radars, avec à leur bord 25 U.S. Navy Seals. Les hélicoptères étaient si silencieux que personne ne s’était rendu compte de leur présence avant qu’ils ne soient au-dessus de leurs têtes. Pendant le raid, un des hélicoptères s’est écrasé.Fait à noter:lea totalité des Seals ayant réussi la soi-disante mission,sont tous morts de mort violente rapidement.
Les avions traditionnels ont besoin d’une piste de décollage et d’une piste d’atterrissage. Dans le monde, certaines pistes sont particulièrement courtes et comportent donc beaucoup de risques. Pour contourner les contraintes liées au besoin de longues pistes d’atterrissage et de décollage, en 1953 la marine américaine décida d’entreprendre la création d’un appareil capable de décoller à la verticale. Ryan Aeronautical créa deux prototypes du X-13 avant que le projet ne soit abandonné.
On ne sait que très peu de choses à propos de l’Aurora. La plupart des informations rassemblées ne sont que spéculations. Dans les années 80, un rapport du budget de la défense fait référence à des dépenses s’élevant à 455 millions de dollars pour la production d’un avion noir. Or, un avion noir a été observé dans le ciel et des bangs supersoniques ont été enregistrés par l’U.S.G.S. (l’institut de recherches géologiques américain) au sud de la Californie, ce qui nous pousse à penser que cet avion a existé ou existe toujours. De plus,de nombreuses observation d’ovni semble pointer du doigt cet appareil.
L’armée de l’air américaine a disposé dans sa flotte du Lockheed U-2 «?Dragon Lady?» pendant plus de 50 ans. Le U-2 est un appareil-espion possédant un moteur unique et qui se pilote avec une seule personne à son bord. Il est capable de s’élever à plus de 70,000 pieds et peut voler sans encombre dans presque toutes les conditions météorologiques. Pour éviter les accidents de décompression, le pilote devait respirer de l’oxygène pur pendant une heure afin d’éliminer le nitrogène de son corps une heure avant le décollage.
Le D-21, conçu par Lockheed, était un drone de reconnaissance impressionnant. Il pouvait s’élever à plus de 90,000 pieds et atteindre Mach 3,5. Les D-21 étaient des appareils à usage unique qui s’autodétruisait une fois leur mission accomplie, et après avoir éjecté la caméra contenant les précieux renseignements collectés. Ils furent en service seulement deux ans, de 1969 à 1971.
L’A-12 Oxcart est également un appareil conçu pour des vitesses et altitudes extrêmes. La CIA a eu recours à cet avion pour des missions impliquant Cuba et l’URSS. L’A-12 n’a cependant pas servi longtemps à la CIA, ses missions n’ont duré que de 1963 à 1968. Après son retrait du service, il fut remplacé par un autre appareil.
Le F-117 Nighthawk est un avion impressionnant. Il affiche une envergure de 13 m pour 20 m de longueur. Le F-117 est le tout premier avion de combat furtif au monde. Grâce à sa conception et son revêtement, seulement 0,001 m2 (la taille d’un bourdon) de sa surface est détectable par les radars.
Lorsqu’on parle d’avions impressionnants, on ne peut pas omettre le SR-71 Blackbird. Ce dernier pouvait s’élever à plus de 70,000 pieds et atteindre Mach 3. Sa vitesse incroyable lui permettait d’échapper aux missiles antiaériens. L’armée américaine l’a retiré du service dans les années 90.
Le RQ-170 Sentinel est un appareil de reconnaissance sans pilote conçu par Lockheed-Martin. Très peu d’informations ont été publiées sur sa conception et ses fonctionnalités. On spécule qu’il est utilisé par l’armée de l’air américaine et la CIA.
Le Tacit Blue est un appareil particulièrement original. Il a été conçu pour démontrer l’efficacité des technologies furtives de l’époque. Surnommé «la Baleine», il n’a jamais été mis en service par l’armée de l’air américaine. Lors de son retrait en 1985, il avait 250 heures de vol à son actif.Il aurait coûté une fortune aux contribuables américains,ce qui explique le secret tenu autour de cet appareil.
Le Vril-7 ou RFZ-7 développé par la société du Vril,en Allemagne. La photo que vous voyez aurait été prise en 1939,selon les archives allemandes.Il serait issu de la technologie extraterrestre.
L’aile volante Horten fut en développement durant la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale.Lesaméricains s’emparèrent des plans de plusieurs prototypes durant l’opération Paperclip,en 1945. C’est cet appareil que Kenneth Arnold aurait aperçu en vol et qui fit naître le surnom de « soucoupe volante »,en 1947.
L’Arado 555 était le bombardier le plus secret et possédant la technologie la plus sophistiquée de la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale.Les allemands n’ont pas eu le temps de le fabriquer,mais il aurait pu emporter la bombe atomique jusqu’à New York.Cet appareil semble avoir 20 ans d’avance sur son temps,car un ingénieur en a fait un modèle réduit qui fonctionne.
Le TR-3b serait l’un des derniers appareils ultra-secrets sans pilote développé par les américains. L’origine de cette technologie est douteuse et serait extraterrestre. L’appareil utiliserait un « coussin magnétique » pour ses déplacement. Les responsables américains nient totalement l’existence de cet appareil qui aurait été vu dans…la zone 51.
La vie extraterrestre existe-t-elle? Les réponses de cinquante chercheurs
La vie extraterrestre existe-t-elle? Les réponses de cinquante chercheurs
La vie extraterrestre et sa forme continue de nourrir de nombreux débats. Et à opposer les scientifiques.
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Réunis dans le Gers pour le festival d'astronomie de Fleurance, des chercheurs de différentes disciplines ont été invités à se prononcer sur l'existence de la vie sur une autre planète. Ils se sont finalement accordés... sur le fait qu'ils n'étaient pas d'accord.
La question fascine, la réponse divise. Y a-t-il une vie ailleurs que sur Terre? "Oui", "peut-être", répondent physiciens, géologues ou spécialistes des météorites, qui ont fait part, samedi, de leurs divergences lors du 26e festival d'astronomie de Fleurance (Gers).
Ce rendez-vous, l'un des plus importants de la culture scientifique et d'astronomie, réunit jusqu'au 12 août une cinquantaine de chercheurs. Tous viennent partager leurs connaissances dans des conférences, ateliers et débats. Né en même temps que la Nuit des étoiles, le festival aborde cette année la question de la recherche de la vie.
Va-t-on découvrir des traces de vie dans le système solaire ou sur une exoplanète? Pour Pierre Thomas, professeur à l'École normale supérieure de Lyon, "C'est oui. J'ai un faisceau d'arguments. Et je serais prêt à le parier." Ce dernière considère que "l'apparition de la vie a été facile sur Terre" et doit "donc être facile ailleurs".
"On ne sait pas encore ce qu'est vraiment la vie"
Ce géologue, travaillant à la formation des planètes et satellites et sur l'origine du système solaire, vise trois endroits où l'on pourrait, selon lui, trouver des traces de cette vie: le sous-sol profond de Mars, les océans sous-glaciaires d'Europe et d'Encelade, mais également les satellites de Jupiter et de Saturne.
Mais tout le monde ne partage pas cet optimisme. Brigitte Zanda, "météoritologue", se veut plus réservée sur une vie extraterrestre. Selon elle, cela "reste de l'ordre de la croyance" car "on ne sait pas encore ce qu'est vraiment la vie". Elle considère que "la probabilité de vie sur une planète est peut-être infinitésimale. Même si le nombre de planètes est infini, on ne peut tirer aucune conclusion".
Pour le géologue espagnol Juan-Manuel Garcia-Ruiz, il faut en outre "tracer une frontière entre vie et réaction chimique". "On n'a aucune preuve de la vie. Mes expériences ont montré que la réaction chimique peut mimer la vie primitive de la Terre", détaille le directeur du laboratoire d'études cristallographiques de Grenade, dont les publications ont longtemps suscité des critiques de la part d'une partie de la communauté scientifique.
Questions sur la forme d'une autre civilisation intelligente
Juan-Manuel Garcia-Ruiz espère beaucoup du programme ExoMars de l'Agence spatiale européenne qui va permettre en 2020 de sonder des roches de la planète rouge. Mais il souhaite pour cette mission qu'on "développe des technologies pour déterminer les traces moléculaires de la vie".
Pour plusieurs spécialistes, l'existence d'une civilisation intelligente reste une éventualité. "Si la vie s'est développée, il est probable qu'il y ait une intelligence", remarque Brigitte Zanda. Une chose est sûre, l'apparence de l'extraterrestre "n'aura aucun rapport avec la forme humaine", poursuit-elle. Une théorie contestée par l'avis du professeur Simon Conway Morris, de l'université de Cambridge, dans son livre The Runes of Evolution.
"La nature a plus d'imagination. On a découvert sur Terre des formes de vie qui semblent bizarres", rappelle le physicien niçois Jean-Marc Levy-Leblond. Le professeur Thomas, lui, qualifie de menteurs "ceux qui disent avoir vu des extraterrestres avec deux bras et deux jambes".
Toujours pas de trace trouvée...
Reste à comprendre pourquoi après tant d'années de recherches, aucune trace n'a été trouvée. Les moyens techniques pourtant aujourd'hui à disposition permettraient de détecter un signal, même très faible "à plusieurs dizaines d'années lumière", souligne le Pr Levy-Leblond.
Ce dernier formule plusieurs tentatives d'explications: celle d'une civilisation trop évoluée technologiquement ou encore celle d'un monde sous 30 km de glace dans l'incapacité de communiquer...
Cet enseignant également essayiste envisage aussi un scénario catastrophe, ce serait même "le plus probable", selon lui: "On peut envisager que des civilisations se sont auto-détruites comme nous risquons de le faire avec les guerres, la pollution...", avance-t-il.
Une projection d'artiste montrant le système solaire Kepler-47 avec deux planètes en orbite autour de deux étoiles. Photo d'illustration.
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Des scientifiques ont capté des "messages très inhabituels" en provenance de l'espace profond et envisagent une origine intelligente. L'institut Seti, lui, invite à la prudence et rappelle que "les déclarations extraordinaires méritent des preuves extraordinaires".
Et si des extraterrestres tentaient de communiquer avec nous? C'est ce qu'aimeraient bien découvrir Ermano F. Borra et Eric Trottier, deux astronomes de l'université Laval au Québec. Les deux chercheurs ont étudié les signaux provenant de 2,5 millions d'étoiles. Ils ont découvert que 234 d'entre elles "envoient des messages très inhabituels", qui pourraient porter la marque d'une intelligence extraterrestre.
L'étude, qui n'a pas manqué de connaître un écho mondial, ne prouve pas pour autant que nous avons (enfin) trouvé des extraterrestres, ni qu'il est "probable" que ces signaux soient émis par des E.T., comme l'ont estimé certains médias. Selon le centre de recherche SETI qui pilote le projet Breakthrough Listen -fondé par Yuri Milner et Stephen Hawking-, les résultats, s'ils sont "très prometteurs", n'étayent qu'une hypothèse.
Pour dépasser ce stade, il va falloir de nouvelles observations. "Les objets possédant ces spectres inhabituels découverts par Borra et Trottier méritent très certainement une étude de plus, a notamment expliqué le centre de recherche SETI dans un communiqué. Cependant, des déclarations extraordinaires méritent des preuves extraordinaires". Ce qui n'est pas encore le cas.
"Écarter les explications naturelles avec certitude"
"Il est beaucoup trop tôt pour attribuer sans équivoque ces signaux à des civilisations extraterrestres. Les protocoles internationaux de recherche de preuves de vies avancées au-delà de la Terre exigent que toutes les études soient confirmées par des groupes indépendants qui utilisent leurs propres télescopes et que toutes les explications naturelles soient écartées avec certitude", rappellent les scientifiques.
Raison pour laquelle le centre de recherche Seti a décidé de participer à cette contre-enquête en utilisant au moins deux télescopes pour effectuer "un travail minutieux". Il donc va falloir s'armer de patience... Et ne pas trop espérer.
The notion that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate is taken as fact by the physics community. The three scientists who made that discovery won the Nobel Prize five years ago. And yet, new research by Oxford University physicists suggests that it may not be that simple. There may not be any acceleration at all. If they’re right our understanding of dark energy is up for debate and so is our standard model of cosmology.
It just got more confusing to living in this particular universe.
Published in Nature’s Scientific Reports, the findings incorporate an analysis of an expanded data set and instead suggests the supporting evidence for accelerated expansion is not as airtight as previously suggested. The new data set, which the researchers say is 10 times bigger than than the Nobel-winning data set was, includes a catalogue of 740 Type Ia supernovae, which occur in binary star systems. Type Ia supernovae are important to research into dark energy — which is hypothesized to make up 68.3 percent of all energy in the universe and essentially drive forward the acceleration of universal expansion. Type la supernovae flare up with the same brightness as the stars they burst out from, and therefore glow for large distances across space. Measuring the distance of this brightness is key to researching the changing dynamics of the expansion of the universe.
According to Subir Sarkar, lead author of the Oxford team who wrote the new paper, the new data is more consistent with a constant rate of expansion for the universe. He and his team found that the evidence for accelerated expansion is, “at most, what physicists call ‘3 sigma’,” he said in a news release. “This is far short of the ‘5 sigma’ standard required to claim a discovery of fundamental significance.”
For context, Sarkar recalled the example of the new particle the Large Hardon Collider at CERN found last December, which had a significance between 3.9 and 3.4 sigma. An analogous example in this context would be the recent suggestion for a new particle weighing 750 GeV based on data from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. In August, however, that confidence dropped after new data showed the significance plummet to less than 1 sigma — indicating the initial data was almost certainly a statistical fluctuation.
The new findings, if true, would also put doubts behind current estimates of how much of our universe is made of “dark energy.” If it turns out the universe is not expanding at an accelerated rate, it upends the entire standard model of cosmology and raises big questions about whether dark energy is real, whether it plays a role in universal expansion, or whether it does something else entirely.
Sarkar and his team, however, are only poking holes in one of the many pieces of supporting evidence the universe is expanding at an accelerated rate, and not a constant one — such as the cosmic microwave background of the universe. But Sarkar thinks those tests were conducted on an assumption of an assumed model of accelerated expansion — and he also says “cosmic microwave background is not directly affected by dark energy.”
Sarkar may be onto something, but he’s going to need a lot more evidence to bolster this hypothesis, and a lot more time to persuade his fellow scientists to take this seriously.
“Naturally, a lot of work will be necessary to convince the physics community of this, but our work serves to demonstrate that a key pillar of the standard cosmological model is rather shaky,” he said. “Hopefully this will motivate better analyses of cosmological data, as well as inspiring theorists to investigate more nuanced cosmological models.”
Physicists have observed the butterfly Rydberg molecule for the first time ever, confirming a 14-year-old prediction, and the existence of a whole new type of atomic bond.
These molecules could be used in the development of molecular-scale electronics and machines because they require less energy to move.
For the first time, physicists have observed a strange molecule called the butterfly Rydberg molecule – a weak pairing of highly excitable atoms that was first predicted back in 2002.
The find not only confirms a 14-year-old prediction – it also confirms the existence of a whole new type of atomic bond.
Rydberg molecules form when an electron is kicked far from an atom’s nucleus, making them super electronically excited.
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On their own, they’re common enough. But back in 2002, a team of researchers from Purdue University in Indiana predicted that a Rydberg molecule could attract and bind to another atom – something that was thought impossible according to our understanding of how atoms bind at the time.
They called that hypothetical molecule combination the butterfly Rydberg molecule, because of the butterfly-like distribution of the orbiting electrons.
And now, 14 years later, the same team has finally observed a butterfly Rydberg molecule in the lab, and in the process, has discovered a whole new type of weak atomic bond.
“This new binding mechanism, in which an electron can grab and trap an atom, is really new from the point of view of chemistry,” explained lead researcher Chris Greene. “It’s a whole new way an atom can be bound by another atom.”
Rydberg molecules are unique because they can have electrons that are between 100-1,000 times further away from the nucleus than normal.
The team was able to create them for this experiment by cooling Rubidium gas to a temperature of 100 nano-Kelvin – one ten-millionth of a degree above absolute zero – then exciting the atoms into a Rydberg state using lasers.
The team kept these Rydberg molecules under observation to see if they could indeed attract another atom. They were looking for any changes in the frequency of light the molecules could absorb, which would be a sign that an energy binding had occurred.
Eventually, they discovered that the distant electrons could indeed help attract and bind with other atoms, just as they had predicted in 2002.
“This [distant] electron is like a sheepdog,” said Greene. “Every time it whizzes past another atom, this Rydberg atom adds a little attraction and nudges it toward one spot until it captures and binds the two atoms together.”
“It’s a really clear demonstration that this class of molecules exist,” he added.
These special butterfly Rydberg molecules are substantially larger than normal molecules due to their distantly orbiting electrons, and now that we know they exist, they could be used in the development of molecular-scale electronics and machines because they require less energy to move.
“The main excitement about this work in the atomic and molecular physics community has related to the fact that these huge molecules should exist and be observable, and that their electron density should exhibit amazingly rich, quantum mechanical peaks and valleys,” Greene told The Telegraph’s Roger Highfield in 2012.
We’re looking forward to seeing what happens with them now.
Life on Mars? New NASA Tech May Finally Track it Down
Life on Mars? New NASA Tech May Finally Track it Down
NASA has a new prototype instrument that takes advantage of a sensing technique that is currently used by the military to monitor air remotely in an effort to detect chemicals, toxins, and pathogens that could threaten the lives of servicemen and women. The NASA instrument is called the Bio-indicator Lidar instrument or BILI and rather than sniffing out hazards, it would be used to sniff out life on Mars.
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IN BRIEF
NASA's BILI, a prototype lidar system, uses light to detect and analyze the composition of particles in the atmosphere.
In the future, the tech could be mounted to a rover and used to detect small levels of complex organic materials from a distance of several hundred meters on Mars.
LIGHTING UP THE RED PLANET
Light Detection and Ranging (lidar) is a system used to detect the distance, speed, and direction of an object from a very far distance. It follows a similar principle as radar but, unlike radar which uses radio waves, lidar achieves the same feat using lights.
Lidar used for mapping the Bixby Bridge in Big Sur, California. Credit: National Ocean Service
NASA has created a prototype lidar system that allows it to look for life on Mars. Dubbed the ‘Bio-indicator Lidar instrument’ (BILI), this device was created by Branimir Blagojevic, a technologist at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. BILI is a fluorescence-based lidar that could be used to detect bio-signatures in Mars’ dust clouds.
The instrument would be positioned on a rover’s mast and, as it finds a dust cloud, it would use two of its ultraviolet lasers to pulse the cloud. The light would cause the particles to resonate. Analyzing these resonances could reveal whether or not the dust contains organic particles .
“If the bio-signatures are there, they could be detected in the dust,” Blagojevic said.
FINDING LIFE BEYOND MARS
NASA has already used florescence-based lidar for their climate change studies, but this is the first time that it would be used in planetary studies. “If the agency develops it, it will be the first of a kind,” Blagojevic said.
The device could also be used in tandem with other detection methods. According to Blagojevic, “This makes our instrument an excellent complementary organic-detection instrument, which we could use in tandem with more sensitive, point sensor-type mass spectrometers that can only measure a small amount of material at once.”
This technology could eventually be mounted onto orbiting spacecraft to increase the probability of finding bio-signatures in the solar system. Blagojevic says, “Our goal is increasing the likelihood of their discovery.”
15 facts about the Sumerian King List: When GODS ruled Earth
15 facts about the Sumerian King List: When GODS ruled Earth
Among the numerous ancient texts, manuscripts and scrolls that completely disagree with mainstream history –or at least offer a complementary view— we find the ancient Sumerian King list which according to many is one of the most mysterious and important ancient texts ever discovered on Earth. Why? Because it suggests that the ancient rulers had implausible lengthy reigns: “…Alulim became king; he ruled for 28800 years. Alaljar ruled for 36000 years. 2 kings; they ruled for 64800 years. Then Eridug fell and the kingship was taken to Bad-tibira. In Bad-tibira, En-men-lu-ana ruled for 43200 years…”
This ancient text describes in great detail a time when Earth was ruled by beings referred to as ‘Gods’ for thousands of years.
The list composed in Ancient Sumerian offers details about numerous generations of kings that ruled over the land of ancient Sumer. The list not only offers us their names, but it details their supposed length andlocation of Kingship.
In this article, we bring you 15 mind-boggling facts about the Ancient Sumerian King list.
The more years the king ‘ruled’ the more important He was to history in the eyes of mortal humans.
Some scholars argue that the years of reign described in the Sumerian King list were not actual years, but are a reflection of the importance of the king
Experts argue that the antediluvian reigns described in the Sumerian King list were measured in Sumerian numerical units known as sars (units of 3,600), need (units of 600), and sosses (units of 60).
The list is only partially accepted in the academic community. Experts claim that some of the accounts are myths while other are genuine.
Mainstream scholars suggest that the Ancient Sumerian King list is a mixture of prehistorical and mythological account
There are more than a dozen of copies of Sumerian King Lists, found in Babylon, Susa, and Assyria, and the Royal Library of Nineveh from the VII century BC.
Fragments of the Sumerian Kind list were discovered in 1900’s by German-American researcher Hermann Hilprecht at Nippur.
The Ancient Sumerian king list provides a comprehensive list of the Sumerian Kings from the beginning, before the great flood, and the 10 kings who lived before the Flood who lived for thousands of years.
The first part of the Sumerian King List reads: “…After the kingship descended from heaven, the kingship was in Eridug. In Eridug, Alulim became king; he ruled for 28800 years. Alaljar ruled for 36000 years. 2 kings; they ruled for 64800 years. Then Eridug fell and the kingship was taken to Bad-tibira. In Bad-tibira, En-men-lu-ana ruled for 43200 years. En-men-gal-ana ruled for 28800 years. Dumuzid, the shepherd, ruled for 36000 years. 3 kings; they ruled for 108000 years…”
After 1906, 18 other lists have been discovered dating from the second half of the Isin dynasty.
The best-preserved specimen of the Sumerian King List is called the Weld-Blundell Prism, which is a clay, cuneiform inscribed vertical prism housed in the Ashmolean Museum.
Scholars are unable to explain why the unique list blends mythical pre-dynastic rulers with historical rulers.
The Sumerian King list suggests that Ancient kings had implausible lengthy reigns, which has led many to conclude its not real.
Researchers have mixed feelings about the Sumerian King list. The mind-boggling lengthy reigns described in the SumerianKing list has led to the creation of countless theories trying to explain the implausible lengthy reigns.
The only problem with this theory is that no one can explain why the period of reign was switched to realistic numbers afterward.
Meet ‘The Eye’ a strange and nearly perfect circular island that moves
Meet ‘The Eye’ a strange and nearly perfect circular island that moves
In the middle of South America, there is a strange and almost perfectly spherical island that moves on its own. The landmass in the middle —called the Eye— floats on a pond of clear and cold water which is extremely strange and in contrast to its surrounding area. The bottom appears to be solid in comparison to the marsh around it.
Until now, no one has tried explaining ‘ The Eye’ or unraveling its many mysteries.
Looking at the story behind this mysterious island, many people have come forward claiming that “a circle inside another circle represents God on Earth,” — and as paranormal investigators point out— regardless, the area deserves much more interest.
Google Earth has been the place to go to if you are looking to explore the surface of the planet like never before. For years this tool has been used by researchers, scientists and ordinary people around the globe to make fascinating discoveries.
This time Google Earth reveals a mysterious island located in the Parana Delta between the cities of Campana and Zárate, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
There, in a little-explored and swampy area, is a mysterious spherical island that is nearly 100 meters in diameter and moves —seemingly on its own from side to side— ‘floating’ in the water channel that surrounds it.
Its discoverer is an Argentine filmmaker who investigates the paranormal phenomenon, UFO cases, and alien sightings.
After the filmmaker, Sergio Neuspiller, researched ‘the Eye’ in situ, checking the anomaly in order to rule out an optical illusion, he started a Kickstarter campaign. The Kickstarter campaign is needed in order to raise the necessary funds to gather a multidisciplinary team of scientists and researchers to ‘The Eye’ in order to get to the bottom of the mysterious island in South America.
How is such an island even possible? Is it the result of an unknown natural phenomenon that we have rarely seen on Earth? How has it lasted so long without deforming? And what caused its initial formation?
Is it possible that the nearly perfect spherical island is connected to UFO activity in the area? Or is there something underneath it that causes the mysterious island to move erratically?
The truth is that if we look back at the historical records of Google Earth, we will find that ‘The Eye’ has been visible on satellite images for over a decade and has apparently always moved in a mysterious way as if it were seeking attention from anyone looking from above.
To check out the enigmatic island for yourself, head on to Google Earth and visit the following coordinates: 34°15´07.8″S 58°49´47.4″W
According to website paranormalnews.com, Pablo Suarez from Boston University who does dynamic systems modeling, said that he had not run across anything like it. To him, it does not appear to be a crater or to have been caused by any typical natural phenomenon.
Gustavo Sznaider, who works at a company specializing in satellite surveillance, stated he had never seen anything like it before either, in spite of the years of experience he’s had analyzing imagery of the Earth.
Don’t forget to visit the website http://elojoproject.com/ for more information and stop by the Kickstarter Campaign.
Bizarre Evidence Ancient Aliens Visited Earth 250,000 Years Ago, China’s Pictures Of Structures On The Moon
Bizarre Evidence Ancient Aliens Visited Earth 250,000 Years Ago, China’s Pictures Of Structures On The Moon
– Aliens and extraterrestrials have been a fascination for centuries. And according to a new finding, tangible evidence of ancient alien technology present on earth might serve to peak ufo enthusiasts’ interest even more. According to an investigation on a piece of metal found in Romania in the 1970s, the artifact was most likely brought to earth by ancient aliens. According to tests carried out on the manufactured piece, it is over 250,000 years old and is composed of 90 percent aluminum. Humans only started producing aluminum about 200 years ago. The following is an excerpt of the report by Fox News.
“Gheorghe Cohal, the Deputy Director of the Romanian Ufologists Association, told local media: “Lab tests concluded it is an old UFO fragment given that the substances it comprises cannot be combined with technology available on Earth.”
Builders working on the shores of the Mures River not far from the central Romanian town of Aiud found the objects about 33 feet under the ground, where it was buried alongside two bones.
It was quickly determined that the two large bones belonged to a large extinct mammal that died between 10,000 and 80,000 years ago, but experts were stunned to find out that the third object was a piece of very lightweight metal, and it appeared to have been manufactured.
According to a local, Mihai Wittenberger, the mysterious ancient aliens artifact is from a World War 2 German aircraft. However, this does not explain its age. The aluminum artifact is now on display at the History Museum of Cluj-Napoca.
If the item is as old as reported, it could offer insight into technology used by aliens thousands of years ago. Presently, there has been speculation that NASA is involved in a massive cover-up of an alien operation on the moon. Just recently, a photograph of the moon on a NASA employee’s desk drew the attention of alien life enthusiasts who concluded that there were definitely structures there. The images, which can be seen here and here, are apparently evidence that NASA and the United States government are aware of the existence of alien life on the moon.
The following is an excerpt from the report on this by Express.
“Conspiracy theorists say the image on the table shows structures, clear geometric shapes that cannot be confused in any way as “natural formations” or “moon rocks.”
Other bizarre pieces of evidence indicating alien existence on the moon include pictures released by China. The images were released to corroborate evidence put forward by Dr. Michael Salla that structures built by an alien civilization exist on the moon, and the United States knows about them, but won’t put this information in the public domain. The following are the videos of the alien structures.
According to Dr. Salla, there is a strong possibility that an alien regime inhabiting the moon is working together with some humans on earth in areas related to military technology. The following was his statement in relation to China discovering the artificial structures and how he came about the evidence.
“I was sent some pictures by a source who claims China will be releasing Hi Res images taken by the Chang’e-2 moon orbiter, which clearly show buildings and structures on the moon’s surface.”
He also claims NASA has deliberately bombed important areas of the Moon in an effort to destroy ancient [aliens] artifacts and facilities.
“Pictures yet to be released clearly show nuclear impact craters and building debris caused by explosions in an effort by NASA to destroy the truth.”
This is according to a report by Ufoholic. Apparently, the alien structures are situated on the far side of the moon that cannot be viewed from the earth. As for the ancient aliens technological evidence in Romania, it has been labeled “origin still unknown” by the museum.
Bone-Chilling Science: The Scariest Experiments Ever
Bone-Chilling Science: The Scariest Experiments Ever
– Since Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the popular imagination has been alive with stories of mad scientists and the chilling experiments they conduct. But sometimes, real life is even more frightening than fiction. From zombie dogs to mind control, here are some of the scariest experiments ever done.
1. Earth-swallowing black holes
When physicists first flipped the switch on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), at least a few people held their breath. For years, rumors had circulated that the particle accelerator could create mini black holes that would destroy Earth. In 2008, a group even filed suit to stop the particle collider from turning on, arguing that the atomic collisions could cause the end of the world.
Though it sounded slightly plausible, there’s basically no chance that the LHC will destroy the Earth. A comprehensive study calculated that cosmic rays bombarding Earth routinely create higher energy collisions than the particle accelerator. According to that study, “nature has already conducted the equivalent of about a hundred thousand LHC experimental programs on Earth already — and the planet still exists.”
Of course, even if the world is destroyed, at least we have a consolation prize: Earlier this year, physicists at the Swiss site announced they had found a particle that may be the Higgs boson, the elusive particle thought to give all other particles their mass.
A popular notion that the collider would create mini black holes that would suck up the Earth has been dismissed by experts as impossible. Here, an artist’s conception of what may be the smallest black hole in the binary star system IGR J17091-3624.
Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab
2. Zombie dogs
In 1940, Russian scientists released a video of severed dog heads that were kept alive for several hours, wiggling their ears in response to sounds and even licking their mouths. The scientists claimed they could keep the animals alive by an artificial blood circulation system.
But that was just the first time scientists had created zombie dogs. In 2005, American scientists created another pack of zombie dogs. The team rapidly killed the dogs by flushing all the blood from their bodies and replacing it with oxygen- and sugar-filled saline, according to the researchers from the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research at the University of Pittsburgh.
Three hours later, the team gave the dogs a blood transfusion, and an electric shock. The dogs were resurrected, and while some had permanent damage, most were no worse for wear. The research, published in the Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, suggested that the treatment could one day revive people who are hemorrhaging blood too quickly for doctors to repair their injuries.
3. Mind control
Talk about a bad trip. In the 1950s, the CIA launched a top-secret program called MKULTRA to look for drugs and other techniques to use in mind control. Over the next two decades, the agency used hallucinogens, sleep deprivation and electrical shock techniques in an effort to perfect brainwashing.
CIA scientists conducted more than 149 research projects as part of MKULTRA. In one, they tested the effects of LSD in social situations by slipping the drug to unwitting bar patrons in New York and San Francisco. In others, they enticed heroin addicts to take the hallucinogen by offering them heroin.
Spooked by the Watergate scandal, in 1973 CIA Director Richard Helms ordered documents related to the project destroyed. However, some documents escaped destruction, and by 1977 a Freedom of Information Act request released more than 20,000 pages on the sordid program to author John Marks.
4. Deadly nurses
While the CIA was working so hard to control people’s minds, it turns out it’s pretty easy to get people to do what you say: All you have to do is ask like you mean it.
In 1963, social psychologist Stanley Milgram had shown that Yale University students were willing to administer a deadly shock to strangers if an authority figure requested it.
But psychiatrist Charles Hofling wanted to see how obedience influenced decisions when people didn’t know they were part of an experiment. In his innocuously titled 1966 paper “An Experimental Study of Nurse-Physician Relationships,” Hofling described a chilling experimental protocol: An unknown doctor called real nurses on the hospital’s night shift and asked them to administer twice the maximum dose of an unapproved drug to a patient. Unbeknown to the nurses, the “medicine” was actually a harmless sugar pill and the doctor was a fake.
While it’s frightening that the experiment was given the green light at all, it’s perhaps even scarier that 21 out of 22 nurses complied. The researchers clearly labeled the drug, so nurses knew they were overdosing their patients. The nurses also violated hospital rules by taking instructions over the phone and giving an unapproved medicine. The study showed just how much the aura of authority could cloud people’s ethical judgments.
5. Bat bombs
In World War II, the U.S. Marine Corps worked on a project to train bats as kamikaze bombers against the Japanese. A Pennsylvania dentist, Lytle Adams, first proposed the idea to the White House in 1942, after visiting the bat-filled caves at Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. Adams proposed strapping tiny incendiary explosives to the animals and exploiting their use of echolocation to find roosts in barns and attics. According to Lytle’s plan, the bomb-strapped bats would fly to Japan, nestle in the nooks of the mostly wooden buildings in Japanese cities, and set them ablaze.
The Marine Corps captured thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats and developed explosive devices to strap to their backs. The project was scrapped in 1943, probably because the U.S. government had made progress on the atomic bomb.
Declassified reports link Winston Churchill to a number of UFO sightings
Declassified reports link Winston Churchill to a number of UFO sightings
A series of recently declassified reports reveal a peculiar role of former British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, in the cover-up of numerous UFO sightings. Speaking about one mysterious UFO sighting, Mr. Churchill ordered details to be classified saying that: ‘This event should be immediately classified since it would create mass panic among the general population and destroy one’s belief in the Church’.”
Is this the ultimate evidence governments around the globe are aware fully aware Earth is being visited by intelligent extraterrestrial civilizations?
During his two terms, between 1940 and 1955, Churchill set up a team dedicated to uncovering the origin of the numerous encounters with unidentified flying objects: the “Flying Saucer Working Party.”
Researchers analyzed hundreds of cases and concluded that, although it was not possible to rule out the presence of extraterrestrial visitors on Earth, many of the studied cases appeared to correspond to natural phenomena, human-made unmanned aerial vehicles, or simply “psychological delusions.”
There, a pilot of the RAF (Royal Air Force) encountered, as he returned from a reconnaissance mission from continental Europe, a strange silver flying machine, which quietly disappeared near the aircraft. The enigmatic UFO had shadowed the plane for quite some time. According to reports, the crew had even taken photographs of the metallic UFO.
Upon learning of the incident, the prime minister ordered the case immediately to be classified, since, according to the prime minister, if the population found out about it, it could create panic and would destroy faith in God.
Interestingly, a weapons expert dismissed suggestions the object was a missile as the event was “totally beyond any imagined capabilities of the time.”
“There was a general inability for either side to match a plausible account to these observations, and this caused a high degree of concern,” wrote the scientist, whose details are redacted.
“Mr. Churchill is reported to have made a declaration to the effect of the following: ‘This event should be immediately classified since it would create mass panic among the general population and destroy one’s belief in the Church’.”
Dr. David Clarke, the author of The UFO files and Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Sheffield Hallam University, concluded that the “fascinating” files showed the level of concern about such “bizarre incidents” during the war. It does tie in with what we already know as you have to remember that this was also long before the phrase UFO was created,” he said.
“I suspect there is an element of truth to the statement.”
These and other claims are contained in thousands of pages of declassified files on UFOs, released online by the National Archives.
Around 18 files are made up of over 5000 reports, letters, and drawings.
Onderzoek naar 'verborgen buitenaardse basis' na UFO-waarneming boven Hawaï Onderzoek naar ‘verborgen buitenaardse basis’ na UFO-waarneming boven Hawaï in UFO 7 november 2016 19:00 0 804 Bekeken Na de waarneming van een ‘vliegende sc
Onderzoek naar ‘verborgen buitenaardse basis’ na UFO-waarneming boven Hawaï
Na de waarneming van een ‘vliegende schotel’ boven een berg in Waikane in Hawaï, wordt door sommigen geclaimd dat aliens een geheime basis op aarde hebben, schrijft Tech Times.
Een foto van het onbekende object wordt momenteel bestudeerd door paranormale onderzoekers en het Mutual UFO Network (MUFON).
De foto is op 23 oktober jongstleden gemaakt door een anonieme fotograaf. Die dacht in eerste instantie dat er iets op zijn lens zat, maar werd er al snel zeker van dat hij een UFO had gespot.
Rugbybal
De man verklaarde dat hij altijd sceptisch is geweest over dit soort verschijnselen, maar dat hij door deze ervaring van gedachten is veranderd.
“Ik geloof niet echt in stereotiepe UFO’s, maar hier schrok ik toch wel van,” legde hij uit. “Het ongeïdentificeerde object dat ik zag had de vorm van een schijf, een rugbybal, en was geel/oranje van kleur.”
Nadat hij een aantal foto’s van de bergen had gemaakt, verscheen plotseling het vreemde object, ‘dat mogelijk een UFO is’.
Landingsplaats
Volgens sommigen ligt er een buitenaardse basis verscholen in de bergen in Hawaï. Zij zeggen dat de aliens bergen uitkiezen zodat ze zich beter kunnen verstoppen voor de mensen.
De soevereine groep Lawful Hawaiian Government heeft zelfs een landingsplaats gemaakt voor UFO’s, schreef de Wall Street Journal.
De groep, die ook een centrum voor bezoekers uit de ruimte heeft opgericht, wil werken aan een vreedzame relatie tussen mensen en aliens.
“Dit is nog nooit gebeurd”: Strand in Siberië bezaaid met reusachtige sneeuwballen
“Dit is nog nooit gebeurd”: Strand in Siberië bezaaid met reusachtige sneeuwballen
Een strand in het noorden van Rusland ligt sinds een week vol met reusachtige sneeuwballen. De mysterieuze sneeuwballen zorgen voor veel opwinding op sociale media.
Het lijkt alsof ze door de mens zijn gemaakt, maar volgens lokale bewoners zijn ze vanzelf ontstaan.
Op foto’s van The Siberian Times is te zien dat er over een lengte van enkele kilometers vele duizenden ballen op het strand liggen.
Heel bijzonder
Enkele van de sneeuwballen (Ekaterina Chernykh)
Ze variëren van de grootte van een tennisbal tot ballen met een doorsnee van bijna een meter.
Het hele strand van de plaats Nyda is ermee bedekt. Een woordvoerder van het Arctisch onderzoeksinstituut noemt het fenomeen heel bijzonder.
De ballen zouden zijn ontstaan door een combinatie van de wind, ijsvorming en de temperatuur.
Erg verrast
De inwoners van Nyda zeggen zich niet te kunnen herinneren dat er ooit eerder zulke sneeuwballen op het strand lagen.
“We waren allemaal heel erg verrast,” aldus een verbaasde inwoner. “Dit is nog nooit gebeurd. En er was helemaal niet zoveel sneeuw om de ballen mee te vormen.”
In december 2014 werden soortgelijke sneeuwballen aangetroffen in de Golf van Finland en in december 2015 lagen de oevers van Lake Michigan opeens bezaaid met sneeuwballen.
I haven't done Mercury for a while so here it goes. I was looking at the JPL index and found these interesting structures along the edges of the craters. I have found such buildings before on Mercury, but this is a new photo I have never seen before. Every structure is a different main shape, however each structure is made of of smaller cubes formed together.
The main NASA photo is big at 3.9 MB thats almost HD quality so there is no mistaking these structures as something other than what they are. The detail is as fantastic as it gets coming from NASA.
STARGATE AWAKENS AT CERN, After Causing Massive Earthquakes In Europe, Nov 2016, UFO Sighting News.
STARGATE AWAKENS AT CERN, After Causing Massive Earthquakes In Europe, Nov 2016, UFO Sighting News.
Date of video: Nov 2016 Maker of video:BPEarthWatch In the video BPEarthWatch states that there is a link between the current earthquakes in Italy and the CERN collider activity. I personally believe this to be true. If you remember when President Obama was in Norway receiving his Nobel Peace Prize, that a micro black hole opened up in the sky above his city. Coincidence...no, it was caused by CERN. If a micro black hole happened to open up below the surface, then it will eat and eat for about 3-15 minutes, just like the one over Norway, then it will disappear. That would cause the Earthquakes in Italy and other places. But no, it looks like CERN is purposely trying to create a stargaze, but the planet will suffer earthquakes in their failures. Sure a stargaze would be a way from one planet to another in a blink of an eye. This kind of technology could allow humans to use it as a portal to gather resources, meet other species and even conquer them, or just populate a new planet. It also allows aliens to come in from the other side to conquer us. Scott C. Waring-Taiwan
UFO Sighting Caught On Tape Over Lake Michigan, Nov 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Sighting Caught On Tape Over Lake Michigan, Nov 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Nov 2016 Location of sighting: Michigan, USA These glowing UFOs were recorded coming from the center of Lake Michigan this week. The UFOs were following each other. The front UFO will speed up and move faster than the others (end of video). Its really a remarkable sighting. One concern readers often have is that these lights may be Chinese lantern. First off most lanterns are red. Second, even if it is a white lantern, the fire below it will still be red orange, and we do not see that. Third, the front UFO is moving way faster than the wind. I am confident in this sighting and its great that someone caught it on video for us. Scott C. Waring-Taiwan
This Quarter-Sized, Self-Powered Drone Is the Smallest in the World
This Quarter-Sized, Self-Powered Drone Is the Smallest in the World
UPenn/Scott Spitzer
IN BRIEF
The Piccolissimo comes in two sizes, a quarter-sized one weighing less than 2.5 grams and a larger, steerable one that's heavier by 2 grams and wider by a centimeter.
According to the researchers, 100 or 1,000 small controllable flyers like the Piccolissimo could cover more of a disaster site than a single large drone and more cheaply.
The Piccolissimo is the world’s smallest self-powered controllable drone. It comes in two sizes, a quarter-sized one weighing less than 2.5 grams and a larger, steerable one that’s heavier by 2 grams and wider by a centimeter (.39 inches). Size-wise, it is actually a bit larger than Harvard’s RoboBee, but the latter is hooked to an external power source and consequently has more limited motion.
Piccolissimo is made possible by UPenn’s ModLab, which specializes in “underactuated” robots that can achieve great ranges of motion with the fewest motors possible. The tiny tech only has two parts: the propeller and the body. The motor spins the body 40 times per second in one direction, while the propeller spins 800 times per second the opposite way. The drone can be steered because the propeller is mounted slightly off-center. Changing the propeller speed at precise points during the drone’s flight changes its direction.
“One of the interesting things about the design is that much of the complexity is in the design of the body which is 3D printed,” researcher Mark Yim told Digital Trends. “Since the cost of 3D-printed parts are based on the volume of plastic in the part, and independent of complexity, the flyer is very low-cost.”
COMPLEX FUNCTION, SIMPLE DESIGN
Tiny flying microbots have huge potential for applications in agriculture or disaster relief. When equipped with smart sensors, autonomously flying micro-robots could be used for crop pollination or to monitor agriculture for dryness or drought. In search and rescue missions, they could allow rescuers to cover larger areas faster and more cheaply. “Having 100 or 1,000 small controllable flyers could explore more of a disaster site than a single big, expensive one,” says Yim.
Microbots like Piccolissimo are taking function to a fundamental size, showing that in the future of tech, sometimes less can be more.
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Scientists Seek UN Approval to Create Asgardia, Earth’s “First Space Nation”
Scientists Seek UN Approval to Create Asgardia, Earth’s “First Space Nation”
Asgardia/James Vaughan
IN BRIEF
Asgardia's founders plan to send up a satellite in 2017 and eventually build a nation where people can live, work, and follow their own rules and regulations.
While far from a reality, Asgardia does bring up questions about the legalities and logistics of space colonization.
THE FIRST SPACE NATION
Ambitious plans to create the world’s first nation in space were unveiled this week in the hopes of ushering in a new era in the space age. Igor Ashurbeyli, head of the Aerospace International Research Center (AIRC) in Vienna and chairman of UNESCO’s science of space committee heads the initiative in close collaboration with a group of scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and legal experts.
Asgardia, named after a city in Norse mythology, will essentially function as its own sovereign country where citizens can eventually live, work, and follow their own rules and regulations — that is, if everything goes according to plan. Ashurbeyli hopes to secure UN recognition for Asgardia, a nation of scientific exploration free of geopolitical restrictions, but no word yet on whether that will actually happen.
Besides joining the UN, the founders’ ultimate goal is to build a high-tech shield in space that will protect their fellow humans on Earth from “cosmic, manmade and natural threats … such as space debris, coronal mass ejections and asteroid collisions.” The first step, however, is to send up its own satellite in 2017 and begin efforts to open up access to space.
Image Credit: Asgardia
ASGARDIAN CITIZENSHIP FOR ALL
The project is still in its early stages, but the team behind it is hoping that the publicity it gathers now will attract talent willing to work on making Asgardia a reality. That talent can be anyone, as Asgardia has opened citizenship up for everyone on Earth, but what does being part of this nation mean?
Basically, Asgardians will remain physically on Earth, but also become a citizen of this new space nation, which the founders hope will one day join the United Nations. Eventually, those citizens could travel to the space nation.
“We have not seen any nation attempt this before. So this will be a first,” Ram Jakhu, an Asgardia founding member, told Business Insider. “We’ll start small and eventually people will be going there, and working, and having their own rules and regulations … This facility will become an independent nation.”
Details regarding the feasibility of this audacious plan are vague. No clarifications have been made on whether or not current space laws would allow for a country to declare itself as an autonomous, sovereign entity in space. Similarly, technical details, logistics, and funding on the project have not been detailed, but the project does bring up important questions about how space colonization should be handled in the future.
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