The mystery of the massive amounts of shards of glass spread across Chile’s Atacama Desert has finally been solved and it involves an exploding comet from thousands of years ago.

In a new study that was led by researchers from Brown University, they claimed that the extensive heat from a comet exploding above the ground fused the sandy soil in the desert into countless patches of dark green or black silicate glass. These shards of glass stretched across an area of about 75 kilometers (46.6 miles). This event occurred approximately 12,000 years ago. Interestingly, it was believed to have happened around the same time that large mammals disappeared from the area, although more studies need to be conducted in order to know for sure.

During their research, they studied glass samples from the desert and they found that they contained small portions of minerals that came from space. The minerals included troilite, cubanite, and calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions that were very similar to those found in samples that were collected from a comet named Wild 2 and were brought back to Earth by NASA’s Stardust mission. They were able to confidently say that the minerals found in the shards of glass in the Atacama Desert came from a space object that was probably a comet similar to Wild 2.

Scott Harris, who is a planetary geologist at the Fernbank Science Center, stated, “Those minerals are what tell us that this object has all the markings of a comet,” adding, “To have the same mineralogy we saw in the Stardust samples entrained in these glasses is really powerful evidence that what we’re seeing is the result of a cometary airburst.”

This is very significant news as it remained a mystery for such a long time, especially since experts couldn’t find any proof that they were caused by volcanic activity. Another theory was that they were caused by ancient grass fires that melted the sandy soil into glass; however, since there is so much glass as well as its space minerals, a fire seemed very unlikely. Additionally, since the glass was folded, twisted, thrown, and rolled, evidence points to an exploding comet that would have caused winds as strong as a tornado.

Furthermore, chemical analysis on the glass revealed that they contained zircon minerals that were thermally decomposed in order to create baddeleyite. This means that the temperature would have been as hot as 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit (1,649 degrees Celsius) in order to form them – much hotter than a grass fire.

Pete Schultz, who is a professor emeritus in Brown University’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, weighed in by noting, “This is the first time we have clear evidence of glasses on Earth that were created by the thermal radiation and winds from a fireball exploding just above the surface.” “To have such a dramatic effect on such a large area, this was a truly massive explosion.” (Pictures of the shards of glass stretched across the Atacama Desert can be seen here.)

© P.H. Schultz/Brown University

Deposits of dark silicate glass are strewn across a 75km corridor in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile

- P.H. Schultz/Brown University

Their study was published in Geology.

Image: Schultz et al., Geology, 2021

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07-11-2021 om 23:32 geschreven door peter  

This Team Of Scientists Were Exploring This Ancient Jungle When They Made An Unexpected Discovery via Unexplained Mysteries

This team of scientists were exploring this ancient jungle when they made an unexpected discovery. Today, we take a look at what this team of scientists discovered inside this jungle.

The densely growing vines and choking trees that make up the jungles of the equator are likely one of the least-understood regions of the earth, second only to the ocean. Although the uncertainty of the contents of the jungle leads some to believe that it conceals ominous and otherworldly secrets, most of the mysteries within are simply fantastical occurrences that have yet to be discovered.

Today, we take a look at this compilation of incredible jungle discoveries. Thank you for watching! Thank you to CO.AG for the background music!

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07-11-2021 om 17:20 geschreven door peter  

Someone Just Discovered A Massive Underground Tunnel In Mexico But Didn't Expect To Find This Inside via Unexplained Mysteries

Someone Just Discovered A Massive Underground Tunnel In Mexico But Didn’t Expect To Find This Inside via Unexplained Mysteries

Someone just discovered a massive underground tunnel in Mexico but didn’t expect to find this inside. Today, we take a look at this massive underground tunnel that was just found in Mexico. Mexico is a country that has a rich history. Every year archaeologists working here discover incredible artifacts, helping to give us a glimpse into what life would have been like here thousands of years ago.

Each year researchers discover underground chambers and caves, sometimes these are emptied, but some of these are filled with artifacts and treasures. One example of this is archaeologists recently uncovered a secret ‘passage to the underworld’ at Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacan. Thank you for watching!

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07-11-2021 om 17:08 geschreven door peter  

Three 'space adventurers' close in on Jupiter: Lego figures flying on Nasa's Juno probe hurtle towards planet at 165,000 mph

• Juno is due to reach the gas giant at 3.18am GMT on Tuesday after a five-year, 1.8 billion-mile journey from Earth 

• Unlocking its history may hold clues to understanding how Earth and the rest of the solar system developed 

• Onboard are Lego figures depicting the astronomer Galileo Galilei, the Roman god Jupiter, and the deity's wife Juno

• Nasa is using the aluminium Lego figures to inspire children to explore science, technology and engineering

By ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD FOR DAILYMAIL.COM 

A solar-powered spacecraft, with three special passengers onboard, is currently spinning toward Jupiter for the closest encounter with the biggest planet in our solar system.

Nasa's Juno spacecraft is set to fire its main rocket engine early tomorrow morning to slow itself down from a speed of 165,000 mph (265,000 kph) and slip into orbit around Jupiter.

Hitching a ride are three 1.5-inch Lego figures depicting the 17th century Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, the Roman god Jupiter, and the deity's wife Juno - all made from aluminium to withstand the Jupiter's harsh environment.

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Unusually for a robotic space mission, Juno is carrying passengers - three Lego figures depicting the 17th century Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (left), the Roman god Jupiter (right), and the deity's wife Juno (centre). Lego made the figures out of aluminium rather than the usual plastic so they could withstand the extreme conditions of space fligh

In Greek and Roman mythology, Jupiter drew a veil of clouds around himself to hide his mischief. From Mount Olympus, Juno was able to peer through the clouds and reveal Jupiter's true nature. 

Juno holds a magnifying glass to signify her search for the truth, while her husband holds a lightning bolt.

The third Lego crew member is Galileo Galilei, who made several important discoveries about Jupiter. He used a telescope to confirm the phases of Venus and discovered the four largest satellites of Jupiter - named the Galilean moons in his honour. 

'Of course, the minifigure Galileo has his telescope with him on the journey,' Lego said in a statement.

By drawing attention to these Lego characters, Nasa aims to inspire the next generation of spacecraft engineers by encouraging children to explore subjects such as science and technology.

But they are on a suicide mission. Juno, along with its three passengers, meets its demise in 2018 when it deliberately dives into Jupiter's atmosphere and disintegrates — a necessary sacrifice to prevent any chance of accidentally crashing into the planet's potentially habitable moons.

NASA'S JUNO MISSION 

The Juno probe is due to reach the gas giant on at 3.18am GMT Tuesday morning after a five-year, 1.8 billion-mile journey from Earth.

It will enter a long polar orbit flying to within 3,100 miles (5,000 km) of the planet's swirling cloud tops. Once in orbit around Jupiter, Juno will skim to within just 4,200 km of the planet's clouds once a fortnight - too close to provide global coverage in a single image.

The Earth-based observations supplement the suite of advanced instrumentation on the Juno spacecraft, filling in the gaps in Juno's spectral coverage and providing the wider global and temporal context to Juno's close-in observations. 

No previous spacecraft has orbited so close to Jupiter, although two others have been sent plunging to their destruction through its atmosphere.

To complete its risky mission Juno will have to survive a circuit-frying radiation storm generated by Jupiter's powerful magnetic field. The maelstrom of high energy particles travelling at nearly the speed of light is the harshest radiation environment in the Solar System.

To cope with the conditions, the spacecraft is protected with special radiation-hardened wiring and sensor shielding.

Its all-important 'brain' - the spacecraft's flight computer - is housed in an armoured vault made of titanium and weighing almost 400 pounds (172kg).

Juno was launched on 5 August, 2011. During more than 30 orbital flybys of the Jovian world, it will probe beneath the obscuring ammonia and hydrogen sulfide cloud cover and study the auroras to learn more about the planet's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere.

Juno's name comes from Greek and Roman mythology. Jupiter, the father of the Roman gods, drew a veil of clouds around himself to hide his mischief. But his wife - the goddess Juno - was able to peer through the clouds and reveal Jupiter's true nature.

During its mission of exploration, Juno will circle the Jovian world 37 times, soaring low over the planet's cloud tops.

With Juno on autopilot, the delicately choreographed move comes without any help from ground controllers.

If successful, scientists will for the first time be able to see what lies beneath Jupiter's atmosphere, and help unlock secrets about how the solar system formed.   

Juno is travelling through a hostile radiation environment, 'but it should be able to withstand it,' said Kenny Starnes, programme manager for Lockheed Martin, which built the spacecraft.

Juno's camera and other instruments were switched off for the arrival so there won't be any pictures at the moment the spacecraft reaches its destination. Scientists have promised close-up views of Jupiter when Juno skims the cloud tops during the 20-month, $1.1 billion (£828m) mission.

The fifth planet from the sun and the heftiest in the solar system, Jupiter is known as a gas giant — a ball of mainly hydrogen and helium — unlike rocky Earth and Mars.

With its billowy clouds and colourful stripes, Jupiter is an extreme world that likely formed first, shortly after the sun. Unlocking its history may hold clues to understanding how Earth and the rest of the solar system developed.

Named after the Roman god Jupiter's cloud-piercing wife, Juno is only the second mission designed to spend time at Jupiter. 

Scientists are using the Hubble Space Telescope to watch Jupiter's aurora (pictured) for more than a month in the hope of trying to unravel what causes these enormous light shows. The ultraviolet and X-ray aurora on Jupiter occur continuously on the giant planet and are the size of the entire planet Earth

Juno is in a harsh radiation environment, so its delicate electronics are housed in a special titanium vault. Eventually, Juno will succumb to the intense radiation and will be commanded to plunge into Jupiter's atmosphere to avoid any collision with the planet's moons. Pictured is a 1/5 scale model size of the solar-powered Juno spacecraft

Galileo, which launched in 1989, circled Jupiter for 14 years, beaming back splendid views of the planet and its numerous moons. It uncovered signs of an ocean beneath the icy surface of Europa, considered a top target in the search for life outside Earth.

Juno's mission: To peer through Jupiter's cloud-socked atmosphere and map the interior from a unique vantage point above the poles. 

Among the lingering questions: How much water exists? Is there a solid core? Why are Jupiter's southern and northern lights the brightest in the solar system?

There's also the mystery of its Great Red Spot. Recent observations by the Hubble Space Telescope revealed the centuries-old monster storm in Jupiter's atmosphere is shrinking.

The trek to Jupiter, spanning nearly five years and 1.8 billion miles (2.8 bn kilometres), took Juno on a tour of the inner solar system followed by a swing past Earth that catapulted it beyond the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Along the way, Juno became the first spacecraft to cruise this far out powered by the sun, beating Europe's comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft. A trio of massive solar wings sticks out from Juno like blades from a windmill, generating 500 watts of power to run its nine instruments.

Plans called for Juno to swoop within 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometres) of Jupiter's clouds — closer than previous missions — to map the planet's gravity and magnetic fields.

Juno launched in 2011. This image shows an Atlas V rocket carrying the Juno spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was the first step in Juno's 1.8 billion-mile voyage to the gas giant planet, Jupiter

Juno is an armoured spacecraft — its computer and electronics are locked in a titanium vault to shield them from harmful radiation. Even so, Juno is expected to get blasted with radiation equal to more than 100 million dental X-rays during the mission. 

Last week, stunning new images and the highest-resolution maps of Jupiter at thermal infrared wavelengths showed a glowing view of Juno's target, a week ahead of the Nasa mission's arrival at the giant planet.

The maps reveal the present-day temperatures, composition and cloud coverage within Jupiter's dynamic atmosphere, and show how giant storms, vortices and wave patterns shape the appearance of the giant planet.  

The high-resolution maps and images were created from observations with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, using a newly-upgraded thermal imager called VISIR.  

This left composite image of photographs made by Cassini on December 29, 2000 shows the Jupiter. The Great Red Spot, a fierce storm larger than Earth, can be seen. In recent years, it has been mysteriously shrinking. The right image shows a close up view of the region

Jupiter on fire! In preparation for the imminent arrival of the Juno spacecraft, astronomers used ESO's Very Large Telescope to obtain spectacular new infrared images of Jupiter using the VISIR instrument. This false-colour image was created by selecting and combining the best images obtained from many short VISIR exposures at a wavelength of 5 micrometers

The observations were taken between February and June 2016 to characterise Jupiter's atmosphere ahead of Juno's arrival.

'We used a technique called 'lucky imaging', whereby individual sharp frames are extracted from short movies of Jupiter to 'freeze' the turbulent motions of our own atmosphere, to create a stunning new image of Jupiter's cloud layers,' said Dr Leigh Fletcher of the University of Leicester.

'At this wavelength, Jupiter's clouds appear in silhouette against the deep internal glows of the planet. 

'Images of this quality will provide the global context for Juno's close-up views of the planet at the same wavelength.'

Dr Fletcher and his team have also used the TEXES spectrograph on NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) in Hawaii regularly to map Jupiter's changing appearance. 

The team made observations at many different wavelengths, optimised for different features and cloud layers in Jupiter's atmosphere, to create the first global spectral maps of Jupiter taken from Earth.

'These maps will help set the scene for what Juno will witness in the coming months. 

'We have seen new weather phenomena that have been active on Jupiter throughout 2016.

Juno carries a suite of nine instruments to explore Jupiter from its interior to its atmosphere. It will map Jupiter's gravity and magnetic fields and track how much water is in the atmosphere

This view compares a lucky imaging view of Jupiter from VISIR (left) at infrared wavelengths with a very sharp amateur image in visible light from about the same time (right)

These include a widening of one of the brown belts just north of the equator, which has spawned wave patterns throughout the northern hemisphere, both in the cloud layers and high above in the planet's stratosphere,' said Dr Fletcher from the University of Leicester's Department of Physics and Astronomy. 

'Observations at different wavelengths across the infrared spectrum allow us to piece together a three dimensional picture of how energy and material are transported upwards through the atmosphere.'

Both sets of observations were made as part of a campaign using several telescopes in Hawaii and Chile, as well as contributions from amateur astronomers around the world, to understand Jupiter's climate ahead of Juno's arrival. 

Jupiter's powerful magnetosphere extends up to two million miles into the space around the planet (illustrated) and is thought to be responsible for sending charged particles in the space around it hurtling at high speeds towards the poles

The huge aurora on Jupiter (pictured) are thought to be caused by solar particles and volcanic debris in the space around the giant planet being accelerated towards the poles by its powerful magnetic field

The ground-based campaign in support of Juno is led by Dr Glenn Orton of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 

Once in orbit around Jupiter, Juno will skim to within just 3,100 miles (5,000 km) above Jupiter's clouds once a fortnight - too close to provide global coverage in a single image.

The Earth-based observations supplement the suite of advanced instrumentation on the Juno spacecraft, filling in the gaps in Juno's spectral coverage and providing the wider global and temporal context to Juno's close-in observations.

'The combined efforts of an international team of amateur and professional astronomers have provided us with an incredibly rich dataset over the past eight months,' said Dr Orton.

'Together with the new results from Juno, this dataset will allow researchers to characterise Jupiter's global thermal structure, cloud cover and distribution of gaseous species. 

False color images generated from VLT observations in February and March 2016, showing two different faces of Jupiter. The bluer areas are cold and cloud-free, the orange areas are warm and cloudy, more colorless bright regions are warm and cloud-free, and dark regions are cold and cloudy (such as the Great Red Spot and the prominent ovals). The wave pattern over the North Equatorial Band shows up in orange.

We can then hope to answer questions like what drives Jupiter's atmospheric changes, and how the weather we see is connected to processes hidden deep within the planet.'  

No previous spacecraft has orbited so close to Jupiter, although two others have been sent plunging to their destruction through its atmosphere. To complete its risky mission Juno will have to survive a circuit-frying radiation storm generated by Jupiter's powerful magnetic field.

The maelstrom of high energy particles travelling at nearly the speed of light is one of the harshest radiation environments in the Solar System.

To cope with the conditions, Juno is protected with special radiation-hardened wiring and sensor shielding and its all-important 'brain' - the spacecraft's flight computer - is housed in an armoured vault made of titanium and weighing almost 400 pounds (172kg).

Dr Scott Bolton, Juno's principal investigator from Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, US, said: 'We are not looking for trouble, we are looking for data.

'Problem is, at Jupiter, looking for the kind of data Juno is looking for, you have to go in the kind of neighbourhoods where you could find trouble pretty quick.'

Juno will study Jupiter's composition, gravitational and magnetic field, and search for clues about the planet's formation and the source of its raging winds, which can reach speeds of 384 mph (618 kph).

It will also deliver stunning colour photos via its JunoCam camera, which has a wide field of view geared for panoramic images.

To provide electrical power, the spacecraft carries three huge solar panels, each 29ft long and almost 9ft wide.

The previous record for a close approach to Jupiter was set by the American space agency Nasa's Pioneer 11 spacecraft which passed by the planet at a distance of 27,000 miles (43,000 km) in 1974.

Only one previous spacecraft, Galileo, which visited Jupiter and its moons from 1995 to 2003, has orbited the planet.

Galileo made wide orbits at distances of hundreds of thousands of kilometres that kept it out of serious danger from the radiation, although it suffered a number of technical 'anomalies'.

The spacecraft sent a small probe on a one-way trip through the clouds of Jupiter, and was eventually itself crashed onto the planet at the end of its mission.

As a further safeguard, Juno is programmed to follow a long orbital path that avoids Jupiter's radiation belts as much as possible.

Despite these measures, the probe is not expected to last much longer than its planned lifespan of 20 months. At the end of he mission, Nasa plans to send the probe headlong into the Jovian atmosphere to collect as much data as possible.

Chief radiation monitoring investigator Heidi Becker, from Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said: 'Over the course of the mission, the highest energy electrons will penetrate the vault, creating a spray of secondary photons and particles.

'The constant bombardment will break the atomic bonds in Juno's electronics.'

Juno was launched into space by an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on August 5, 2011. The mission is part of Nasa's New Frontiers programme of robotic space missions which last year saw the New Horizons probe obtain close up views of dwarf planet Pluto

A plaque dedicated to Galileo and provided by the Italian Space Agency is also on board.

Measuring 2.8 ins (7.1 cm) across, it shows a portrait of Galileo and a text penned by the astronomer in January 1610 while observing Jupiter's four largest moons - later to be known as the Galilean moons.

Juno was launched into space by an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on August 5, 2011.

The mission is part of Nasa's New Frontiers programme of robotic space missions which last year saw the New Horizons spacecraft obtain close up views of dwarf planet Pluto.

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07-11-2021 om 17:03 geschreven door peter  

Juno Peers Beneath Jupiter’s Clouds to Reveal its Complex Atmosphere

Many papers are usually released at once for big space exploration missions. Usually, that happens when an entire batch of data has been analyzed.  The most recent set of papers is from Juno’s explorations of Jupiter’s atmosphere.  With this data dump, scientists now have the first 3D map of the atmosphere of the solar system’s largest planet.

Four main discoveries were highlighted as part of NASA’s press release of the set of papers.  The first is that there are systems in Jupiter’s atmosphere similar to “Farrell cells,” which we covered in a previous UT article.  Another has to do with one of the most famous of Jupiter’s features: the Great Red Spot.

Discovered over 200 years ago, the Great Red Spot is one of the most fascinating parts of Jupiter’s atmosphere.  Larger the Earth’s diameter, up until now, there had been no indication of how deep this enormous “anticyclone” protruded down into the atmosphere.  Juno shed some light on the situation, but only as it flashed past at 209,000 kph.  

Luckily it got to do so twice, and during those flybys, the probe turned its microwave radiometer (MWR) towards the towering atmospheric structure.  Designed to look beneath Jupiter’s clouds, MWR was able to tell that the Great Red Spot extended between approximately 300-500 kilometers down into the gas giant’s atmosphere. More minor storms only reach about 60 km into the clouds, making the mother of all anticyclones even more gigantic than initially thought.

That giant atmospheric feature is only one of Jupiter’s well-known patterns in its atmosphere, though. Another – its distinct “belts” of certain colored clouds – are formed by powerful winds blowing in opposite directions for each belt.  In addition to creating the Ferrel cells mentioned above, the belts are hiding another secret below the clouds – they have transition segments very similar to a phenomenon known as thermoclines here on Earth.

Thermoclines occur where dramatic temperature changes occur in bodies of water, usually Earth’s ocean.  They are visually noticeable from their distinct optical properties, where the two temperatures of water appear very visually distinct from one another. Jupiter’s analog, named a Jovicline by its discoverers, is similar in its changing optical properties.  The belt is exceptionally bright in MWR’s data at shallow depths into the atmosphere compared to surrounding systems.  However, at deeper levels, the surrounding systems show up as brighter rather than the belt itself.  Thermoclines have similar properties, with warmer water and colder water reflecting different wavelengths of light differently.

MWR wasn’t the only instrument trained on Jupiter during Juno’s 37 flybys so far.  The Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) was also collecting data, and in particular, spent time looking at cyclones located near the planet’s poles.  Eight distinct storms form an octagon near the north pole, while five distinct storms form a pentagon in the south.  Typical atmospheric modeling would have one of the cyclones pulled poleward.  However, there are cyclones at the center of each pole that negate that pull, leaving each storm stuck in the same pattern for years at a time.  

Juno will have plenty more years to assess those storms and other features of Jupiter and some of its surrounding moons as it continues its second extended mission well into 2025.  With luck, the spacecraft can go for a third extended mission more than 16 years after it initially launched.

Learn More:

• NASA – NASA’s Juno: Science Results Offer First 3D View of Jupiter Atmosphere
• Space.com - NASA’s Juno probe reveals secrets of Jupiter’s atmosphere in 3D
• SciTechDaily NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Reveals What’s Happening Deep Beneath Jupiter’s Colorful Belts
• UT – Jupiter’s Atmosphere

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• Composite image of Jupiter in infrared and visible light.
  Credit – International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/NASA/ESA, M.H. Wong and I. de Pater (UC Berkeley) et al.

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07-11-2021 om 16:36 geschreven door peter  

This Navajo park ranger reveals the truth about what's happening to people inside these parks. Today, we take a look at what this Navajo park ranger said about working inside this park. 

The police do incredible work, and they are usually the first ones on the scene when something goes wrong. Every so often though they will encounter something that even they can't explain. 

One of the places where officers are seeing strange things is that of the Navajo Reservation of the American southwest. This location is known for mysterious and legendary stories and the police here have encountered some strange things. 

One of the issues though is when police report these types of encounters, they can be mocked and locked down on. The police at Navajo Reservation however have a different view on things. They take these sightings and encounters seriously and will try to look into and understand each report. 

Today, we take a look at this compilation of interesting discoveries and announcements.

  

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07-11-2021 om 15:45 geschreven door peter  

Triangular UFO over Cincinnati, Ohio 5-Nov-2021

This fast triangular-shaped object was flying across the sky above Cincinnati in Ohio on 5th November 2021.

Witness report: 

This object was triangular or delta wing shaped. Traveling from the south headed due north and recorded this from my night vision camera attached to my tripod

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07-11-2021 om 15:24 geschreven door peter  

Sodium Vapor Outgassing Explains Asteroid Phaethon’s Cometlike Activity

The 5.8-km-wide (3.6-mile) near-Earth asteroid Phaethon, which is the source of the annual Geminid meteor shower, brightens as it gets close to the Sun. The asteroid’s elongated, 524-day orbit takes it well within the orbit of Mercury, during which time the Sun heats the asteroid’s surface up to 750 degrees Celsius (1,390 degrees Fahrenheit).

“Phaethon is a curious object that gets active as it approaches the Sun,” said Dr. Joseph Masiero, a researcher at IPAC/Caltech.

“We know it’s an asteroid and the source of the Geminids. But it contains little to no ice, so we were intrigued by the possibility that sodium, which is relatively plentiful in asteroids, could be the element driving this activity.”

Dr. Masiero and his colleagues were inspired by observations of the Geminids.

When meteoroids streak through Earth’s atmosphere as meteors, they disintegrate.

But before they do, friction with the atmosphere causes the air surrounding the meteoroids to reach thousands of degrees, generating light.

The color of this light represents the elements they contain. Sodium, for example, creates an orange tinge. The Geminids are known to be low in sodium.

Until now, it was assumed that these small pieces of rock somehow lost their sodium after leaving the asteroid Phaethon.

The new study suggests that the sodium may actually play a key role in ejecting the Geminid meteoroids from the asteroid’s surface.

The researchers think that as Phaethon approaches the Sun, its sodium heats up and vaporizes.

This process would have depleted the surface of sodium long ago, but sodium within the asteroid still heats up, vaporizes, and fizzes into space through cracks and fissures in Phaethon’s outermost crust.

These jets would provide enough oomph to eject the rocky debris off its surface.

So the fizzing sodium could explain not only the asteroid’s cometlike brightening, but also how the Geminid meteoroids would be ejected from the asteroid and why they contain little sodium.

“Asteroids like Phaethon have very weak gravity, so it doesn’t take a lot of force to kick debris from the surface or dislodge rock from a fracture,” said Dr. Björn Davidsson, a researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

“Our models suggest that very small quantities of sodium are all that’s needed to do this — nothing explosive, like the erupting vapor from an icy comet’s surface; it’s more of a steady fizz.”

To find out if sodium turns to vapor and vents from an asteroid’s rock, the researchers tested samples of the Allende meteorite.

The meteorite may have come from an asteroid comparable to Phaethon and belongs to a class of meteorites, called carbonaceous chondrites, that formed during the earliest days of the Solar System.

The scientists then heated chips of the meteorite to the highest temperature Phaethon would experience as it approaches the Sun.

“This temperature happens to be around the point that sodium escapes from its rocky components,” said Dr. Yang Liu, also from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

“So we simulated this heating effect over the course of a ‘day’ on Phaethon — its three-hour rotation period — and, on comparing the samples’ minerals before and after our lab tests, the sodium was lost, while the other elements were left behind.”

“This suggests that the same may be happening on Phaethon and seems to agree with the results of our models.”

The study was published in the Planetary Science Journal.

Joseph R. Masiero et al. 2021. Volatility of Sodium in Carbonaceous Chondrites at Temperatures Consistent with Low-perihelion Asteroids. Planet. Sci. J 2, 165; doi: 10.3847/PSJ/ac0d02

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07-11-2021 om 01:44 geschreven door peter  

Former UK Astronaut Suggests Alien Beings Are Here On Earth

(Arjun Walia) Dr. Helen Sharman was Britain’s first astronaut. She went to space 28 years ago and recently made headlines by stating that there is no doubt whatsoever that “All sorts of forms of life” exist in the universe, and it’s possible that “They’re here right now” and in some cases we “simply can’t see them” as they are so different to humanity.

Related 

• CIA Disclosure: Russian & Chinese “Specialists” Exchanged “Video & Photographic Materials” of UFOs – CIA Document

Source – Collective Evolution

by Arjun Walia,  

Could she have been referring to beings that exist within other dimensions? Based on my research, when it comes to the topic of UFOs and the extraterrestrial hypothesis as an explanation for some of these objects, many have hypothesized that some of these craft simply pop in and out of our existence, perhaps from another dimension.

Sharman told the Observer Magazine that “Aliens exist, there’s no two ways about it” and that “There are so many billions of stars out there in the universe that there must be all sorts of forms of life.”

The chemist spent eight days as a researcher on the space mission when she was 27, making her one of the youngest people to enter orbit.

This echoes the thoughts and feelings of the majority, if not all of the scientific community right now when it comes to contemplating life beyond our own world.

The list of astronauts around the world who have shared their belief that intelligent life exists, in abundance, elsewhere in our known universe is quite long. Some have even stated that they have been privy to evidence suggesting that we have been visited, and are being visited.

Not long ago, Bigelow Aerospace CEO Robert Bigelow said that one doesn’t have to go anywhere to find this type of life, that it’s already here…

Apollo 14’s Dr. Edgar Mitchell is a great example. He spent many years creating awareness about the UFO phenomenon, and made many incredible statements throughout his life. He claimed to be “privileged  enough to be in on the fact that we have been visited on this planet” and that “the UFO phenomenon is real.”

Book Project Stargate and Remote Viewing Technology: The CIA’s Files on Psychic Spying

His words were verified after his passing by the leak of this document.  The focal point of the document is about a meeting (and what happened after that meeting) that took place in 1997 between UFO researcher Dr. Steven Greer, Admiral Wilson, Dr. Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14 astronaut) and other high ranking individuals within the military. This meeting was spoken about by Dr. Greer and Dr. Mitchell nearly four years prior to the leak of these documents on multiple occasions. You can learn more about this document, here.

Dr. Brian O’leary, a former astronaut and Princeton physics professor has stated that “there is abundant evidence that we are being contacted,” astronaut Story Musgrave has done the same, stating that intelligent life most certainly exists and that “they’re doing star travel, that’s how good they are.” Gordon Cooper and again,  several others have done the same. Apollo 12 astronaut Al Worden has also made some interesting comments about aliens.

All of these statements are quite out-dated, and since they’ve been made it’s been proven without a doubt that the UFO phenomenon is real. The mainstream seems to be getting more acclimatized to this fact, as objets performing maneuvers that no known air-craft can have been documented via electrooptical data, like video recordings and radar trackings, as well as high ranking testimony from hundreds trained observers.

A former Pentagon official who led a secret government program to research potential UFOs, revealed in 2017, told CNN at the time that he believes there is evidence of alien life reaching Earth, and that the UFO phenomenon is part of that evidence.

We’ve see mainstream UFO disclosure ramp up quite a bit every single year, as it continues to be legitimized by articles taking the subject seriously in media outlets like the Washington Post, and the New York Times.  It’s quite clear that something is going on.

For a deeper discussion into mainstream UFO disclosure, the motives, and more, you can refer to this article I recently published on the subject.

This subject is huge, and like I’ve said many times before, leaves no aspect of humanity untouched.

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07-11-2021 om 01:29 geschreven door peter  

LATEST UFO SIGHTINGS AND VIDEOS

UFO's Just Over Head?(Two UFO Sightings)

Two strange UFO sightings starting out in Texas then our next sightings is in Washington State.

First Video Source: MUFON Case # 118980

Second Video Source: MUFON Case # 119021

Flying Humanoid Figure Filmed In The Sky Over Maryhill In Glasgow, Scotland.

Lynsey Currie and her boyfriend filmed this strange object above his flat and at first they though it could be a weather balloon but given the odd shape to this object it looks like no weather balloon we have seen. One thing is sure it that this is a UFO as it is flying over this area in Glasgow but to me the object seem to be "Humanoid" in appearance as we can see a head, arms and legs which are attached to a body.
Lynsey Currie also added " it was flying across the sky going from the northwest of Glasgow towards the southwest."
Thanks to Lynsey Currie and her boyfriend for filming this..
Source and Story: Glasgow Live

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06-11-2021 om 21:14 geschreven door peter  

NASA, USGS Release First Landsat 9 Images

Landsat 9, a joint mission between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that launched Sept. 27, 2021, has collected its first light images of Earth.

Mangroves are prominent along the northwest coast of Australia. The first image collected by Landsat 9, on Oct. 31, 2021, shows mangroves clustered in protected inlets and bays on the edge of the Indian Ocean. Fluffy cumulus clouds and high-altitude cirrus clouds hover nearby. The aqua colors of the shallow near-shore waters give way to the deep, dark blues of the ocean.

Credits: NASA

The images, all acquired Oct. 31, are available online. They provide a preview of how the mission will help people manage vital natural resources and understand the impacts of climate change, adding to Landsat's unparalleled data record that spans nearly 50 years of space-based Earth observation.

"Landsat 9's first images capture critical observations about our changing planet and will advance this joint mission of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey that provides critical data about Earth's landscapes and coastlines seen from space," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. "This program has the proven power to not only improve lives but also save lives. NASA will continue to work with USGS to strengthen and improve accessibility to Landsat data so decision makers in America - and around the world - better understand the devastation of the climate crisis, manage agricultural practices, preserve precious resources and respond more effectively to natural disasters."

These first light images shows Detroit, Michigan, with neighboring Lake St. Clair, the intersection of cities and beaches along a changing Florida coastline and images from Navajo Country in Arizona that will add to the wealth of data helping us monitor crop health and manage irrigation water. The new images also provided data about the changing landscapes of the Himalayas in High Mountain Asia and the coastal islands and shorelines of Northern Australia.

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This image collected by Landsat and released by NASA, shows the white sands of Pensacola Beach stand out of the Florida Panhandle of the US.

(NASA/AFP)

Landsat 9 is similar in design to its predecessor, Landsat 8, which was launched in 2013 and remains in orbit, but features several improvements. The new satellite transmits data with higher radiometric resolution back down to Earth, allowing it to detect more subtle differences, especially over darker areas like water or dense forests. For example, Landsat 9 can differentiate more than 16,000 shades of a given wavelength color; Landsat 7, the satellite being replaced, detects only 256 shades. This increased sensitivity will allow Landsat users to see much more subtle changes than ever before.

"First light is a big milestone for Landsat users - it's the first chance to really see the kind of quality that Landsat 9 provides. And they look fantastic," said Jeff Masek NASA's Landsat 9 project scientist at Goddard Space Flight Center. "When we have Landsat 9 operating in coordination with Landsat 8, it's going to be this wealth of data, allowing us to monitor changes to our home planet every eight days."

Landsat 9 carries two instruments that capture imagery: the Operational Land Imager 2 (OLI-2), which detects visible, near-infrared and shortwave-infrared light in nine wavelengths, and the Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 (TIRS-2), which detects thermal radiation in two wavelengths to measure Earth's surface temperatures and its changes.

These instruments will provide Landsat 9 users with essential information about crop health, irrigation use, water quality, wildfire severity, deforestation, glacial retreat, urban expansion, and more.

"The data and images from Landsat 9 are expanding our capability to see how Earth has changed over decades", said Karen St. Germain, Earth Science Division director at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "In a changing climate, continuous and free access to Landsat data, and the other data in NASA's Earth observing fleet, helps data users, including city planners, farmers and scientists, plan for the future."

NASA's Landsat 9 team is conducting a 100-day check-out period that involves testing the satellite's systems and subsystems and calibrating its instruments in preparation for handing the mission over to USGS in January. USGS will operate Landsat 9 along with Landsat 8, and together the two satellites will collect approximately 1,500 images of Earth's surface every day, covering the globe every eight days.

"The incredible first pictures from the Landsat 9 satellite are a glimpse into the data that will help us make science-based decisions on key issues including water use, wildfire impacts, coral reef degradation, glacier and ice-shelf retreat and tropical deforestation," said USGS Acting Director Dr. David Applegate.

"This historic moment is the culmination of our long partnership with NASA on Landsat 9's development, launch and initial operations, which will better support environmental sustainability, climate change resiliency and economic growth - all while expanding an unparalleled record of Earth's changing landscapes."

{ https://www.spacedaily.com/ }

06-11-2021 om 20:27 geschreven door peter  

UFO expert set to make alien reports public

John Hanson, who has spent more than two decades studying UFOs, is to make his vast collection of extraterrestrial information available to the public.

A former policeman has released thousands of UFO reports to the public.

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John Hanson has investigated extraterrestrial sightings in the UK for the past two decades and his books on UFOs were praised by the late Prince Philip.

Hanson has 25,000 reports that will go on display at the British UFO Information Office to allow the public to look at his vast collection of documents and files.

{ https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/ }

06-11-2021 om 18:40 geschreven door peter  

Long time Live Webcam viewer Eoin O’Faodhagain recorded another strange occurrence in Scotland’s Loch Ness. On October 19^th, he noticed a black object that emerged high out of the water on the northern side of the loch and began moving through the water. Based on the video and the distance that the webcam is from the loch, the object would have been at least a couple of feet out of the water. While it was moving down the water, it got closer to the surface and eventually went under as soon as a cruiser began getting closer.

Once the cruiser came into view on the webcam, the unexplained dark object was completely under the water. However, there was still a straight line wake on the surface which indicated that it was still very close to the surface and possibly even touching it. But when the cruiser reached the exact spot where the object was last viewed, it was totally gone so it must have been submerged a good distance down from the surface.

O’Faodhagain posted his recordings on YouTube where the first part of the video can be viewed here and part two can be seen here.

This is O’Faodhagain’s fifth sighting of the year. His first occurred on January 19^th when he witnessed a mysterious shape in the water for about 20 minutes. Three days later, he saw two unexplained objects splashing around in the water. He noticed a black shape moving up and down in the water, followed by two mysterious objects on March 12^th. And on August 22^nd, he again saw two shapes moving across the surface. There were five other webcam sightings reported by other viewers this year for a total of ten so far.

As for visitors who actually witnessed the elusive creature in person at the loch, there have been six reports so far this year that included a sonar image on August 26^th. The image, which was captured on board the “Nessie Hunter” of Loch Ness Cruises, showed a mysterious shape that was estimated to have been 3 to 4 meters in length (9.8 to 13.1 feet). All of the sightings can be viewed on The Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register page.

There was another interesting and very questionable sighting that included a drone camera but it hasn’t been accepted or listed on the register’s page. A camper named Richard Mavor was part of the great glen canoe challenge for Alzheimer’s Society when he decided to send his drone in the air to capture some footage of the loch for his YouTube channel and that’s when he allegedly filmed the Loch Ness Monster.

You too could find Nessie if you stop looking at the surfers and swimmers

However, not everyone is convinced that the footage is real and some have even called it out, saying that it was a toy used in a hoax. Maybe that’s why it hasn’t been accepted to The Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register page.

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06-11-2021 om 18:05 geschreven door peter  

Rocky exoplanets are even STRANGER than we thought! Most nearby worlds are made of rock types that can't be found in our solar system - with some so exotic that scientists have had to create new names for them, study finds

• Scientists have identified 'exotic' rock types that do not exist in our solar system 

• These rock types are so 'strange' that they have had new names created for them

• The team based their results on telescope data from white dwarfs - former stars

By JONATHAN CHADWICK FOR MAILONLINE

Rocky planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets, are composed of 'exotic' rock types that don't even exist in our planetary system, a study shows. 

Researchers have used telescope data to analyse white dwarfs – former stars that were once gave life just like our Sun – in an attempt to discover secrets of their former surrounding planets.  

The experts found that some exoplanets have rock types that don't exist, or just can't be found, on planets in our solar system.

These rock types are so 'strange' that the authors have had to create new names for them – including 'quartz pyroxenites' and 'periclase dunites'.

Some of these rocks would dissolve more water than rocks on Earth, which might have impacted how oceans formed on these planets prior to their demise. 

Rocky debris, the pieces of a former rocky planet that has broken up, spiral inward toward a white dwarf in this illustration. Studying the atmospheres of white dwarfs that have been 'polluted' by such debris, an NSF astronomer and a geologist have identified exotic rock types that do not exist in our solar system

The new study has been led by the NSF's NOIRLab, an astronomical research centre based in Tucson, Arizona. 

'While some exoplanets that once orbited polluted white dwarfs appear similar to Earth, most have rock types that are exotic to our solar system,' said study author astronomer Siyi Xu at NOIRLab.

'They have no direct counterparts in the solar system.' 

So far, astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets orbiting other stars in our galaxy.

Some 4,374 exoplanets have been confirmed in 3,234 systems since the first exoplanet discoveries in the early 1990s.

The majority of these exoplanets are gaseous, like Jupiter or Neptune, rather than terrestrial, according to NASA's online database. 

The closest exoplanet is called Proxima Centauri b, around 4.2 light years away from our Sun. 

However, it's difficult to know what exactly exoplanets are made of, or whether any resemble Earth.       

To try and find out more, astronomer Xu partnered with geologist Keith Putirka of California State University, Fresno, to study the atmospheres of what are known as polluted white dwarfs.

White dwarfs are the incredibly dense stellar remains of dead stars after they exhaust their nuclear fuel, shrunk down to roughly the size of Earth. 

They contain foreign material from planets, asteroids or other rocky bodies that once orbited the star but eventually fell into the white dwarf and 'contaminated' or 'polluted' its atmosphere. 

Roughly 98 per cent of all the stars in the universe will ultimately end up as white dwarfs, including our own Sun.   

Artistic rendering of what an exoplanet might look like, with its star in the background. So far, astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets orbiting other stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way

By looking for elements that wouldn't naturally exist in a white dwarf's atmosphere (anything other than hydrogen and helium), scientists can figure out what the rocky planetary objects that fell into the star were made of.

The team looked at 23 polluted white dwarfs, all within about 650 light-years of the Sun, where calcium, silicon, magnesium and iron had been detected,  using the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawai'i, the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories.

The list of polluted white dwarfs studied included WD 1145+017, approximately 570 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Virgo.

The scientists then used the measured abundances of those elements to reconstruct the minerals and rocks that would form from them. 

They found that these white dwarfs have a much wider range of compositions than any of the inner planets in our solar system, suggesting their planets have a wider variety of rock types.   

'Some rock types might melt at much lower temperatures and produce thicker crust than Earth rocks, and some rock types might be weaker, which might facilitate the development of plate tectonics,' said Putirka.

Earlier studies of polluted white dwarfs had found elements from rocky bodies, including calcium, aluminum and lithium. 

But these are 'minor elements' (which typically make up a small part of an Earth rock), so measurements of 'major elements' (which make up a large part of an Earth rock), especially silicon, are needed to truly know what kind of rock types would have existed on those planets.

The team studied polluted white dwarfs using the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawai'i (pictured) and other observatories

High levels of magnesium and low levels of silicon measured in the white dwarfs' atmospheres suggest that the rocky debris detected likely came from the interiors of the planets, from the mantle, not their crust.

This is because high magnesium and low silicon are characteristic of Earth’s mantle composition. 

Some previous studies of polluted white dwarfs reported signs that continental crust existed on the rocky planets that once orbited those stars.

Interestingly, Putirka and Xu found no evidence of crustal rocks, although this does not completely rule out that the planets had continental crust or other crust types.

'We believe that if crustal rock exists, we are unable to see it, probably because it occurs in too small a fraction compared to the mass of other planetary components, like the core and mantle, to be measured,' said Putirka. 

The study has been published in the journal Nature Communications. 

SORRY EARTHLINGS: OUR SUN WILL BECOME A RED GIANT IN ABOUT 5 BILLION YEARS BEFORE SHRINKING DOWN TO A COMPACT WHITE DWARF

Read more:

• Polluted white dwarfs reveal exotic mantle rock types on exoplanets in our solar neighborhood | Nature Communications

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06-11-2021 om 17:48 geschreven door peter  

According to new analysis, rocky planets found in other systems are much more diverse than previously thought. An astronomer named Siyi Xu from NSF’s NOIRLab and a geologist named Keith Putirka from California State University, Fresno, focused on rocky worlds that orbit nearby stars as well as “polluted” white dwarfs’ chemical compositions. Polluted white dwarfs are the collapsed dense cores that were once suns (similar to own sun). Their “contaminated” atmospheres contain materials from asteroids, planets, and other rocky worlds that orbited them at one time.

The experts were able to determine what the rocky planets were composed of by figuring out what types of foreign materials were in the atmospheres of the white dwarfs. They focused on 23 polluted white dwarfs that are all located within 650 light-years away from our sun. They used several observatories for their study that included the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawai’i, as well as data from the Hubble Space Telescope. They were able to measure the amount of calcium, magnesium, silicon, and iron in the atmospheres of the white dwarfs. Then they used their calculations to determine which types of rock could have been formed from those specific elements and measurements.

And what the scientists found was that the rocky planets contained a large amount of different types of rock. What’s even more jaw-dropping is that several of them were previously unknown rocks that have never been found in our own Solar System. In fact, Xu and Putirka had to give names to some of the odd new rock types – “quartz pyroxenites” and “periclase dunites”.

Putirka & Xu present the first estimates of rock types on exoplanets that once orbited polluted white dwarfs — stars whose atmospheric compositions record the infall of formerly orbiting planetary objects.

Image credit: NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. da Silva / M. Zamani & M. Kosari, NSF’s NOIRLab.

As for these exotic rocks, Putirka described them in further detail, “Some of the rock types that we see from the white dwarf data would dissolve more water than rocks on Earth and might impact how oceans are developed.” “Some rock types might melt at much lower temperatures and produce thicker crust than Earth rocks, and some rock types might be weaker, which might facilitate the development of plate tectonics.”

Another interesting discovery was that based on the large amount of magnesium and the small amount of silicon in the atmospheres of the white dwarfs, it is believed that the rocky materials probably came from the planets’ mantle instead of the crust. “We believe that if crustal rock exists, we are unable to see it, probably because it occurs in too small a fraction compared to the mass of other planetary components, like the core and mantle, to be measured,” Putirka explained.

Their study was published in Nature Communications where it can be read in full.

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06-11-2021 om 17:28 geschreven door peter  

Triangle UFO Formation Over Rome, Italy, Nov 2, 2021, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: November 2, 2021

Location of sighting: Rome, Italy

 

An eyewitness as sitting on a train passing near Rome when they noticed three glowing lights in the sky. The lights were in a formation of a triangle which makes me think it may have been a single UFO. Some alien craft have propulsion systems that glow when warming up. Similar to the USAF TR3B, triangle UFOs have been seen for decades across Europe and most often seen in the UK and this one is closer than we have seen in many years. Undeniable proof that UFOs exist. 

Scott C. Waring - Taiwan 

 

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06-11-2021 om 17:10 geschreven door peter  

Glowing UFO Over Hill In Utah On Oct 30, 2021, Photos, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Oct 30, 2021
Location of sighting: Moab, Utah, USA
Source: MUFON 

 

This eyewitness accidentally caught a UFO in a photo of an area in Utah. The glowing object moved from behind a rock to get caught in a photo. Although the UFO was not seen with the naked eye, the digital eye is more perfect and captures every detail. There are many colors of the spectrum that the human eye cannot see. For instance if the UFO is cloaked in infrared then we wont be able to see it, but every camera can detect it to some degree. All the videos of UFOs released by the US government were recorded using an infrared camera to capture them in high detail. So...such cases have been documented. 

Scott C. Waring - Taiwan 

 

Eyewitness states: 

 

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06-11-2021 om 17:06 geschreven door peter  

Huge flying saucer filmed over Los Angeles 2 days ago

This huge disc-shaped UFO with eight lights was filmed in the sky above Los Angeles, California on 4th November 2021. What do you think this is?

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06-11-2021 om 16:35 geschreven door peter  

A “door seems to open” in Antarctica and fuels all kinds of theories

Theories about the ‘Hollow Earth’ are intensifying after news that a huge entrance to Earth in Antarctica has appeared on maps.

It seems that fans of conspiracy theories have been given a new topic to discuss. Onlookers have already suggested that the structure could be an entrance to the “hollow earth” or a “military cover-up.”

The huge mystery hole located on a remote island in Antarctica has been spotted again on Google Maps, sparking much debate on social media.

The discovery, whose authenticity cannot be verified, was made by the authors of the YouTube channel ThirdPhaseFromTheMoon, who published a video showing what looks like a giant cave.

Two elements continue to intrigue the channel’s hosts: the origins of this strange entrance and its impressive size.

Using Google Maps, Blake and Brett Cousins ​​showed that the cryptic hole first appeared in 2007 only to disappear several months later.

Another detail that astonished the hosts is that such a giant structure, which is 83 meters high and 75 meters wide, did not exist in 2006.

According to the hosts, this cave could house “hundreds, if not thousands, of people”.

Speaking about the origins of this enigmatic hole, Brett Cousins ​​said that it could be the result of a natural event.

His co-host pointed out an unusual structure leading up to the entrance that looked like a staircase or some kind of access.

“It is large enough for spaceships and flying saucers or even the assets of our military to fly into this massive opening. Is this a base? There is no indication that it is a sinkhole, ”said Brett Cousins.

Social media users added even more mystery, with some suggesting that the giant structure could be an entrance to a submarine or a secret government project.

Although other users said it could just be a melt hole.

But the theory that has taken the cake is the one that defend that the structure is actually a door to the depths of the Earth.

{ https://mysteriousthing.com/ }

06-11-2021 om 02:00 geschreven door peter  

‘Right Wing, Red Outfit': New Details Emerge in Latest LAX ‘Jet Pack' Sighting

FAA recordings add new information to the latest of 3 reports of a person flying in a ‘jet pack’ near the approach path to LAX.

By Eric Leonard 

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06-11-2021 om 00:25 geschreven door peter