Dit is ons nieuw hondje Kira, een kruising van een waterhond en een Podenko. Ze is sinds 7 februari 2024 bij ons en druk bezig ons hart te veroveren. Het is een lief, aanhankelijk hondje, dat zich op een week snel aan ons heeft aangepast. Ze is heel vinnig en nieuwsgierig, een heel ander hondje dan Noleke.
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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The purpose of this blog is the creation of an open, international, independent and free forum, where every UFO-researcher can publish the results of his/her research. The languagues, used for this blog, are Dutch, English and French.You can find the articles of a collegue by selecting his category. Each author stays resposable for the continue of his articles. As blogmaster I have the right to refuse an addition or an article, when it attacks other collegues or UFO-groupes.
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Deze blog is opgedragen aan mijn overleden echtgenote Lucienne.
In 2012 verloor ze haar moedige strijd tegen kanker!
In 2011 startte ik deze blog, omdat ik niet mocht stoppen met mijn UFO-onderzoek.
BEDANKT!!!
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UFO'S of UAP'S, ASTRONOMIE, RUIMTEVAART, ARCHEOLOGIE, OUDHEIDKUNDE, SF-SNUFJES EN ANDERE ESOTERISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN - DE ALLERLAATSTE NIEUWTJES
UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld In België had je vooral BUFON of het Belgisch UFO-Netwerk, dat zich met UFO's bezighoudt. BEZOEK DUS ZEKER VOOR ALLE OBJECTIEVE INFORMATIE , enkel nog beschikbaar via Facebook en deze blog.
Verder heb je ook het Belgisch-Ufo-meldpunt en Caelestia, die prachtig, doch ZEER kritisch werk leveren, ja soms zelfs héél sceptisch...
Voor Nederland kan je de mooie site www.ufowijzer.nl bezoeken van Paul Harmans. Een mooie site met veel informatie en artikels.
MUFON of het Mutual UFO Network Inc is een Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in alle USA-staten en diverse landen.
MUFON's mission is the analytical and scientific investigation of the UFO- Phenomenon for the benefit of humanity...
Je kan ook hun site bekijken onder www.mufon.com.
Ze geven een maandelijks tijdschrift uit, namelijk The MUFON UFO-Journal.
Since 02/01/2020 is Pieter ex-president (=voorzitter) of BUFON, but also ex-National Director MUFON / Flanders and the Netherlands. We work together with the French MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP.
ER IS EEN NIEUWE GROEPERING DIE ZICH BUFON NOEMT, MAAR DIE HEBBEN NIETS MET ONZE GROEP TE MAKEN. DEZE COLLEGA'S GEBRUIKEN DE NAAM BUFON VOOR HUN SITE... Ik wens hen veel succes met de verdere uitbouw van hun groep. Zij kunnen de naam BUFON wel geregistreerd hebben, maar het rijke verleden van BUFON kunnen ze niet wegnemen...
11-02-2024
World's 1st fault-tolerant quantum computer launching this year ahead of a 10,000-qubit machine in 2026
World's 1st fault-tolerant quantum computer launching this year ahead of a 10,000-qubit machine in 2026
QuEra has dramatically reduced the error rate in qubits — with its first commercially available machine using this technology launching with 256 physical qubits and 10 logical qubits.
The new machine, which has 256 physical and 10 logical qubits, is expected to launch in late 2024.
(Image credit: bpawesome/Getty Images)
The world's first commercial fault-tolerant quantum computer with "logical qubits" may be running before the year's end.
Logical qubits — physical quantum bits, or qubits, connected through quantum entanglement — reduce errors in quantum computers by storing the same data in different places. This diversifies the points of failure when running calculations.
The announcement follows a new study, published Dec. 6, 2023 in the journal Nature, in which researchers from Harvard, QuEra and several other institutions demonstrated a functioning quantum computer that contained 48 logical qubits — the largest number of logical qubits tested to date.
"It is the first machine with quantum error correction," study co-author Harry Zhou, a physicist at QuEra and Harvard University, told Live Science in an email.
While this computer doesn't have enough power to be useful on its own, it provides a platform on which software programmers can start testing code for future quantum computers, Zhou said.
Zoom-in view of the glass cell of Harvard experiment, where atoms are trapped and manipulated to perform complex logical algorithms. (Image credit: IQuEra)
Why quantum computing needs error-correction
While conventional computers store information in bits with a value of either 0 or 1, quantum computers use qubits — which are a superposition between 0 and 1, thanks to the laws of quantum mechanics.
Qubits can also be stitched together using quantum entanglement to exist in multiple states simultaneously. This enables them to perform many calculations much faster than classical computers — assuming you can build a quantum computer with enough of them. But qubits can easily be disturbed, making them notoriously error-prone. Roughly 1 in 1,000 fail, versus 1 in 1 billion billion bits in conventional computers.
Quantum computers could outpace the best supercomputers if they incorporate millions of qubits, but the largest quantum computer built so far only has around 1,000 qubits, and qubits' high failure rate limits potential scale-up. Error correction could counteract qubits' tendency to fail, and building logical qubits is one way of doing it.
QuEra wants its quantum computers to overtake supercomputers by 2026
Logical qubits: turning down the quantum noise
The new error-correction system relies on data redundancy, where the same piece of data is stored in multiple places, Zhou said. Logical qubits perform the same calculations across several physical qubits — vastly reducing error rates if one or more physical qubits fail, because the data is available elsewhere so calculations can continue.
To make the logical qubit, researchers applied error-correcting computer code to regular qubits. They then set up logical gates, or circuits, between the qubits to entangle them. The quantum computer then calculates the 'syndrome' — a measure of whether it's likely an error has occurred or not. Using this information, the quantum computer corrects the errors and proceeds to the next step.
The new qubits represent a significant advance over past efforts. In 2023, the Google Quantum AI Lab demonstrated a 2.9% error rate using three logical qubits; Quera's error rate is 0.5% with 48 logical qubits. The world leader is the University of Oxford, which has achieved error rates of less than 0.01% — but only between two-qubit gates.
Last year, IBM also demonstrated error-correction technology in its 127-qubit Heron chip which reduced error rates fivefold compared with its other chips. But its first commercial fault-tolerant machine isn't expected until 2029.
QuEra plans to launch several quantum computers in the coming years, starting with a 30-logical-qubit, 3,000 physical qubit machine coming out in 2025. Its monster, a machine with more than 10,000 physical qubits and 100 logical qubits, is scheduled for 2026. "At 100 logical qubits, the [2026] machine can perform correct calculations that exceed the capability of today’s supercomputers," Zhou said.
Abbey Clancyhas claimed she was stalked by three alien UFOs in a horrifying out of this world experience.
The model, 38, addressed conspiracy theories on her and husband Peter Crouch's latest podcast The Therapy Couch.
She believes that she had a close encounter with UFOs when she saw three 'oblong shapes of white light' above her car on the A3.
She said: 'Bizarrely, the other day, I was on the A3 and I was driving. Now I'm not even joking, this is so true, Sophia saw it herself.'
Peter asked: 'What did you see, a UFO?,' to which Abbey replied: 'Yes, it's going to sound mental.'
Abbey Clancy has claimed she was stalked by three alien UFOs in a horrifying out of this world experience
She believes that she had a close encounter with UFOs when she saw three 'oblong shapes of white light' above her car on the A3
She explained: 'What I saw was very unusual. It was a grey rainy day, it had been raining but it wasn't raining.
'It was pre-dusk, there was no natural bright light and the street lights hadn't gone on yet. There was three oblongs of light – white light – above my car.
'But there was no glass, so it couldn't have been reflecting off any glass to create a rainbow effect. I was like, 'Sophia, can you see them lights?'
'And they were coming close together and they were travelling along the car, and then the three of them just went [makes whizzing noise] in three different directions.
'And they were gone.'
Abbey went on to call on her listeners and said she would like to reach out to a UFO expert for advice.
The mum-of-four said: 'I would love an alien expert to get in touch and tell me if what I saw was really a UFO… there was no explanation at all.
'It was like they were hovering and travelling at the same speed. Bizarre.'
While former footballer Peter added: 'I think we should always be open to the possibility.
The model, 38, addressed conspiracy theories on her and husband Peter Crouch's latest podcast The Therapy Couch
She explained: 'What I saw was very unusual. There was three oblongs of light above my car. And they were coming close together and they were travelling along the car, and then the three of them just went in three different directions. And they were gone.'
'What if they're all just in on it together and we're so far behind and they just look at us a bit like The Truman Show?
'Like, "Look at these dunces, they can't even get into space".'
The model has had fans in stitches with her very honest and open approach to her podcast and every week, the WAG and former England star have been dishing out their 'weekly wines', which see the couple reveal what has bugged them in their relationship that week.
And fans find it hilarious as they cannot get enough of the upfront and comical style as they comment on their own relationship and offer advice to their viewers.
Now, the star has been given the role of a lifetime as she has reportedly been offered a new role in a spin-off show, according to The Sun.
A source close to the model told The Sun: 'Abbey has proved a runaway success with her podcast The Therapy Crouch, with her husband Peter, so it was a no-brainer that she would be given her own solo podcast too.
It comes after Abbey reportedly landed a huge new role after the massive success of the podcast she hosts with husband Peter
'Abbey wanted to do something that celebrated women, so she is chatting to interesting females who have inspired her.
'She's in the studio recording it now and it's sure to rocket up the podcast charts when it's released later this year.'
Abbey and Peter have been a couple since their early 20s and they tied the knot in 2011. They renewed their vows in the Maldives in 2022.
They now have four children together and happily chat about the reality of parenting on The Therapy Crouch.
MailIOnline has contacted Abbey's representatives for a comment.
Wіtпeѕѕ a UFO Engaging with a Circular Black Object in the Sky in an ᴜпᴜѕᴜаɩ Sighting.
Wіtпeѕѕ a UFO Engaging with a Circular Black Object in the Sky in an ᴜпᴜѕᴜаɩ Sighting.
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This is an old UFO sighting from the "Project Blue Book" reports in the US National Archives, Montebello, California, 12/01/1957 four to six UAP were caught in a home movie! 👽👀🛸 As I said, aliens love California.
Funny thing though, these UFOs are similar in size and shape to the ones seen over Los Angeles, California in Feb 1942, called the Battle of Los Angeles, when hundreds of anti aircraft artillery shot at the UFOs only to have the UFOs left unharmed. My mother who lived there at the time told me about seeing shrapnel from the antiaircraft guns littering the roads and yards when it happened. Yeah, alien don't care if we see their craft and they don't care we think Earth is ours, but they will step in if we ever threaten the existence of Earth itself because it belongs to them.
Scott C. Waring - no longer in Taiwan, but now in USA
Alaskan Locals Encounter Mysterious and Unsettling UFO Phenomena
Alaskan Locals Encounter Mysterious and Unsettling UFO Phenomena
In the remote and wild landscapes of Alaska, where the beauty of nature collides with the mysteries of the universe, the residents of Yakutat have become unwitting participants in a series of extraordinary events. These occurrences, marked by erratic and eerie lights in the night sky, challenge our understanding of the world and hint at the vast unknowns that lie beyond our earthly confines.
The Witness Accounts
Among the witnesses is Nick Pavlik, a local commercial driver and fisherman, whose encounter with these unexplained phenomena left him and his community both terrified and awestruck. On a cold December morning in 2019, Nick’s routine life was interrupted by a sight that defied logic. Along with his girlfriend, Tessa Marie Devereaux, they observed a blinking light performing sporadic movements against the backdrop of Yakutat’s tree line. The light displayed an array of colors and moved in patterns that no known aircraft could replicate, covering vast distances in the blink of an eye.
Tessa, equally mesmerized and unsettled by the sight, joined Nick in an attempt to document this bewildering event. Armed with their phones, they captured footage of the phenomenon, hoping to make sense of what they were witnessing. Their recordings showed lights that zipped across the sky in erratic patterns, occasionally flashing bright colors, suggesting a technology far beyond human capabilities.
Community Impact
The incident was not isolated to Nick and Tessa. Other residents, including Cranston Negus and Quinn Newlin, reported similar sightings. Cranston, intrigued by the aerial maneuvers that defied conventional physics, witnessed the same phenomena alongside Nick, cementing the reality of their experience. Quinn, on a separate occasion, saw what he initially thought was a planet, only to realize it was moving in an inexplicable manner, further adding to the collective astonishment of the Yakutat community.
Reflections on the Unknown
These sightings have not only sparked curiosity but also ignited a sense of wonder among the witnesses. The advanced movements and capabilities of the unidentified objects have led many, like Nick, to feel a profound sense of humility in the face of such unexplainable technology. The encounters have opened up conversations about our place in the universe and the possibility of other intelligent life forms.
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The UFO sightings in Yakutat, Alaska, serve as a vivid reminder of the mysteries that surround us. While definitive explanations remain elusive, the accounts of Nick Pavlik, Tessa Marie Devereaux, and others stand as a testament to the extraordinary phenomena that defy our current understanding of the world. These events encourage us to look beyond our immediate reality and consider the endless possibilities that the universe may hold. As we continue to explore and seek answers, the skies above Alaska remind us that some mysteries remain just beyond our grasp, inviting us to keep questioning and dreaming.
Samengevat: Volgens onderzoekers kunnen en mogen we artificiële intelligentie (AI) niet volledig vertrouwen. Als AI steeds meer menselijke eigenschappen krijgt, dan bestaat de kans dat taalmodellen tegen ons gaan liegen. De band tussen mens en machine moet verder onderzocht worden.
De ontwikkeling van artificiële intelligentie gaat zeer snel. Sommige wetenschappers vragen zich dan ook af of we er genoeg bij stilstaan.
Gelezen: In het blad Journal of Social Computing waarschuwen wetenschappers voor de verdere ontwikkeling van AI.
Co-auteur John Levi Martin zegt tegenover de website scitechdaily dat machines een “vorm van zelfvervreemding zouden kunnen krijgen door over te gaan naar een specifiek linguïstische vorm van bewustzijn”.
Deze ontwikkeling zet zich nu al door. Computers wisselen onderling informatie uit, mensen geven steeds meer input aan taalmodellen, en AI krijgt een bepaalde mate van zelfbestuur, zoals bij zelfrijdende auto’s.
Als machines leren denken als mensen, zullen ze minder rationeel zijn. Martin noemt dat een “linguïstisch wezen”: iemand die ook bezig is met hoe iets overkomt op een ander en een bepaalde gevoeligheid ontwikkelt.
Bij linguïstische wezens speelt dan “meer het oriënteren op de strategische controle van informatie”. “Het introduceert een verlies van integriteit… niet iets wat we willen in apparaten die we verantwoordelijk maken voor onze veiligheid”, aldus de onderzoeker.
Met andere woorden: we moeten opletten dat machines ons niet gaan voorliegen.
De oplossing:Een duidelijk beleid.
De wetenschappers roepen dan ook op om nu al protocollen en testmethodes te ontwikkelen die computerwetenschappers in staat stellen om dit linguïstisch denken op te merken
Verder stellen ze dat de maatschappij als geheel na moet denken over omgang met machines die een bepaald zelfbewustzijn ontwikkeld hebben.
Fromsurveillance balloonsto metallic orbs, over the past few weeks it seems like bizarre objects are falling out the sky left, right and centre.
Scientists are able to debunk most of these instances, like how a blue spiral that appeared over Hawaii last month was actually just a SpaceX launch.
However, some of them still do not have a logical explanation to this day, including the apparent 'flying saucer' that flew over a school in Australia in 1966.
The silvery white webs that fell on the heads of local football fans from an egg-shaped craft in Italy in 1954 also remain a mystery.
MailOnline takes a closer look at the seven weirdest unidentified flying object - or UFO - sightings, that are still yet to be explained.
An apparent photograph of the supposed Westall UFO encounter where more than 200 students and teachers allegedly witnessed an unexplained flying object descend onto a nearby open wild grass field in 1966
1. The 'Flying Saucer' - Australia
On April 6 1966, at around 11am, over 300 students and teachers at Westall High School in Melbourne, Australia witnessed a 'flying saucer' hover above the grounds.
Children and staff were said to have seen a 'round humped object with a flat base being circled by what appeared to be light aircraft'.
It was described as grey or silver-grey in colour, but it was not known whether the UFO appeared high or low in the sky, or for how long it was seen by those at the school, according to reports at the time.
There was also confusion over whether there was just one UFO or several, as some people described seeing three saucer-like objects.
One newspaper report in the 1960s said that several children who saw the flying saucer 'collapsed and became ill with fright'.
'I saw a craft. A mechanical object intelligently controlled hovering above me,' Mr Andrew Greenwood - a science teacher at the time - told a 7NEWS Spotlight documentary in 2021.
During the 20 minute encounter, witnesses said that five planes came and surrounded the object, appearing to try and herd it up, before it flew away.
A newspaper clipping outlining what several witnesses at the school saw on that fateful day in 1966
2. Red and green lights - UK
In December 1980, sightings of unexplained red and green lights were reported by US Air Force personnel stationed near Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk, UK.
These occurred on three separate nights just before the New Year, saying that the lights were flying in the sky and descending into the woodland.
US Air Force officer Steve Longero broke a 36 year silence in December 2016, to reveal he also saw red and green fluorescent lights hovering over treetops.
The incident became a topic of fascination in the UK after a group of servicemen went into Rendlesham Forest to investigate the mysterious lights and came out convinced they had seen seen an alien spacecraft.
They said the SAS wanted to take revenge on the US Air Force for capturing a squad and subjecting them to a brutal interrogation.
The British Ministry of Defence said the apparent UFOs were likely to be caused by a series of nocturnal lights.
Staff Sergeant Jim Penniston sketched the craft he says he saw at the time of the incident
The incident became a topic of fascination in the UK after a group of servicemen went into Rendlesham Forest to investigate the mysterious lights and came out convinced they had seen seen an alien spacecraft
3. 'Phoenix Lights' - USA
UFO sightings are relatively common in Arizona ever since the 'Phoenix Lights' incident on the night of March 13 1997.
Five lights were seen flying in formation, either stationary or as part of a moving V-shaped aircraft.
They were reported by thousands of people between 7.30pm and 10.30pm.
Sightings came from a space of about 300 miles, from the Nevada border, through Phoenix, to the edge of Tucson.
At the time, the military said it was part of a routine flare exercise, but many believed there was more to it.
To date it is the largest mass-UFO sighting in the USA.
In 1996, five lights were seen flying in formation, either stationary or as part of a moving V-shaped aircraft. Image of the Phoenix Lights newspaper article from USA Today
NASA joins the hunt for UFOs with study into 'unidentified phenomena'
NASA is conducting its first ever study into unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) - known popularly asUFO's.
These are events in the sky that cannot be absolutely identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena.
Scientists are looking at current data into UAPs, and establishing which sightings are naturally-occurring or not worth further investigation.
Understanding unidentified phenomena in the atmosphere is of interest for both national security and aircraft safety.
Forget VAR, on October 27 1954 it was a UFO that caused a commotion during a football match between Fiorentina and Pistoiese in Florence, Italy.
Just after half time, thousands of fans began pointing to the sky, prompting the players to stop the game at the Stadio Artemi Franchi.
While accounts vary, general consensus is that a round spacecraft moving over the pitch, dropping silver glitter or web-like filaments as it passed
Footballer Ardico Magnini described it as 'like an egg moving slowly', while another spectator compared its shape to a cigar.
Samples of the UFO's trail were analysed at the University of Florence and were found to be made of boron, silicon, calcium and magnesium.
This debunked the theory that they were the webs of migrating spiders, as they do not contain any of these elements.
5. Alien sightings - Zimbabwe
On September 16 1994, 62 pupils of Ariel Primary School, located just outside Ruwa in Zimbabwe, saw one or more silver craft descend from the sky and land on a nearby field.
These aliens then shared messages about environmentalism telepathically, warning humans not to destroy the planet.
The alleged incident lasted about 15 minutes while the children, all aged between six and 12, were outside on break, while their teachers were in a meeting.
Not all children at the school claim they saw something that day, but some of those who did maintain it is true.
Researchers traveled to the school where they asked the kids to draw what they'd seen 'while it was fresh in their minds'
As for the humanoids some claimed to see emerge from the craft, Hofer said that most of the students' descriptions were 'very consistent of a short-looking being' and 'a lot of them described very large eyes'
One told The Sunday Mail in 2021: 'The most difficult part is that, up until today, I cannot tell what that thing was.
'I do not believe in aliens or tikoloshes. It helps explain why some of us would not want to be associated with the events of that day.'
Both the headteacher at the time and Harvard University psychiatrist Dr John Mack interviewed the children who both say their accounts and drawings were consistent.
However, some sceptics have ruled the incident as one of mass hysteria, which studies have shown are common in schools in Africa.
6. Encounter on the moors - UK
On December 1 1987, a retired police officer claims he came into contact with an alien figure while walking on Ilkley Moor in Yorkshire.
The creature made a gesture at the man, who uses the pseudonym Philip Spencer, before it ran away after he tried to take a picture of it.
He then saw a white-coloured craft which consisted of two saucer-shaped components one on top of the other rise up and disappear into the sky.
Mr Spencer then claimed that the encounter had caused his compass to break, and that he mysteriously arrived back in town two hours later than he expected later on.
His photo was studied by experts and was found to not show an animal or any evidence it had been tampered with, but it was too grainy to know for sure.
However, details of Mr Spencer's account did change after a session of hypnotherapy, when he then claimed he was abducted.
He said he taken inside the UFO and given a tour, had experiments performed on him and was forced to watch videos of apocalyptic imagery before being returned to Earth.
Sceptics also wonder why he did not photograph the spaceship.
On December 1 1987, a retired police officer claims he came into contact with an alien figure while walking on Ilkley Moor in Yorkshire.
Pictured: Mr Spencer's photo
The creature made a gesture at the man, who uses the pseudonym Philip Spencer, before it ran away after he tried to take a picture of it.
Pictured: Mr Spencer's photo
His photo was studied by experts and was not found to show an animal or any evidence it had been tampered with. Pictured: Newspaper reporting the sighting at the time
7. Unexpected Arrival - USA
At about 4:14pm on November 7 2006, a ramp employee at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, USA spotted a metallic, saucer-shaped craft hovering in the sky.
The employee notified other members of the crew of United Airlines Flight 446, which they were preparing for departure, including pilots, airline management and mechanics.
A total of 12 staff confirmed the sighting, including some passengers on other flights arriving at the airport.
Witnesses said it was a dark grey, disc-shaped craft that was 'obviously not clouds'.
After hovering silently for about five minutes, it reportedly shot up into the sky at a high velocity, leaving a hole in the clouds that eventually closed over.
Air traffic controllers did not see the object, but a United Airlines supervisor did contact those in the tower to report the sighting.
As it was not picked up by RADAR the Federal Aviation Administration refused to investigate, and ruled it a 'weather phenomenon', like a hole-punch cloud.
At about 4:14pm on November 7 2006, a ramp employee at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, USA spotted a metallic, saucer-shaped craft hovering in the sky. Pictured: An image of the UFO taken on an airport employee's phone
A total of 12 staff confirmed the sighting, which they say was a disc-shaped craft that was 'obviously not clouds'. Pictured: An image of the UFO taken on an airport employee's phone
FAMOUS UK UFO SIGHTINGS
1980 - Rendlesham Forest:Sightings of unexplained lights were reported by United States Air Force personnel stationed near Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk which became linked with claims of UFO landings
1977 - Broad Haven: A class of primary school pupils said they spotted a 'cigar-shaped' craft with a 'dome covering the middle third' near their playground, that was never debunked
1956 - Lakenheath-Bentwaters: A series of radar and visual contacts with UFOs over airbases in eastern England led to a report from the Codon Committee stating that the 'probability that at least one genuine UFO was involved appears to be fairly high'
2009 - Kim Wilde's encounter: The singer recounted on 'Loose Women' the time she saw an unfamiliar-looking light in the sky that darted back and forth while out in her garden. She credits the 'life-changing' experience for inspiring her album that followed
The spacecraft was destroyed in 2017 when it made a purposeful plunge into Saturn's atmosphere.
But new analysis of its data indicates that Mimas' position and orbit is best explained as being influenced by an internal ocean rather than having a solid core.
The researchers, from the Observatoire de Paris, calculate that the ocean lies beneath an icy shell approximately 20-30km deep, is less than 25 million years old and is still evolving.
The discovery, published in the journal Nature, is likely to trigger a 'thorough examination' of mid-sized icy moons throughout the Solar System.
In an accompanying comment piece Matija Ćuk, a research scientists at the SETI Institute in California, and Alyssa Rhoden, from the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado, said: 'The detection of liquid water oceans under the icy surfaces of outer Solar System moons suggests that these moons could provide abodes for life under conditions that differ markedly from those on Earth.
One of Saturn 's moons could be hiding an ocean beneath its icy cratered surface which may provide an abode for life, researchers suggest
There are many implications of Mimas being an ocean world. The idea that relatively small, icy moons can harbour young oceans is inspiring.
'The findings will motivate a thorough examination of mid-sized icy moons throughout the Solar System.
'The Solar System will always have surprises in store, and researchers must be open enough to new ideas and unexpected possibilities to recognise them.'
Dr Nick Cooper, honorary research fellow at Queen Mary University of London, said: 'Mimas is a small moon, only about 400 kilometres in diameter, and its heavily cratered surface gave no hint of the hidden ocean beneath.
'This discovery adds Mimas to an exclusive club of moons with internal oceans, including Enceladus and Europa, but with a unique difference: its ocean is remarkably young, estimated to be only five to 15 million years old.
'The existence of a recently formed liquid water ocean makes Mimas a prime candidate for study, for researchers investigating the origin of life.'
Guide dogs could soon be replaced by ROBOTS: Four-legged AI bot can lead blind people through museums, shopping centres, and hospitals - and can even talk to you RoboGuide is an AI-powered four-legged robot that could replace guide dogs
RoboGuide is an AI-powered four-legged robot that could replace guide dogs
The robot can understand speech, and can provide verbal responses
The idea of a robot taking your job may sound like the plot from the latest episode of Black Mirror.
But it could soon be a reality - at least for guide dogs.
Experts from the University of Glasgow have developed the RoboGuide, an AI-powered four-legged robot dog that could replace guide dogs.
Its developers say that RoboGuide could help blind and visually impaired people to move more freely around museums, shopping centres, hospitals and other public places.
'Assistive technologies like the RoboGuide have the potential to provide blind and partially sighted people with more independence in their daily lives in the years to come,' said Olaoluwa Popoola, the project's principal investigator.
The idea of a robot taking your job may sound like the plot from the latest episode of Black Mirror. But it could soon be a reality - at least for guide dogs
Experts from the University of Glasgow have developed the RoboGuide, an AI-powered four-legged robot dog that could replace guide dogs
People who lived with a pet-like robot for two months had lower levels of stress, similar to the benefits of having a dog (file photo of robot dog toy)
RoboGuide uses a series of sensors to accurately map and assess its surroundings.
Software developed by the team allows it to learn optimal routes between locations and interpret sensor data in real-time to help it avoid hitting moving obstacles while guiding a human.
The robot can also understand speech, giving it the ability to provide verbal responses in turn.
'One significant drawback of many current four-legged, two-legged and wheeled robots is that the technology which allows them to find their way around can limit their usefulness as assistants for the visually impaired,' said Mr Popoola.
'Robots which use GPS to navigate, for example, can perform well outdoors, but often struggle in indoor settings, where signal coverage can weaken.
'Others, which use cameras to 'see', are limited by line of sight, which makes it harder for them to safely guide people around objects or around bends.'
The ongoing development of the RoboGuide was showcased at the university's Mazumdar-Shaw Advanced Research Centre on Thursday.
Developers say the prototype uses a number of cutting-edge technologies, and they aim to have a complete version available in the coming years
There are an estimated 2.2 billion people in the world living with some form of vision loss, with around two million people in the UK affected.
RoboGuide uses a series of sensors to accurately map and assess its surroundings. Software developed by the team allows it to learn optimal routes between locations and interpret sensor data in real-time to help it avoid hitting moving obstacles while guiding a human
It was trialled and tested for the first time with volunteers from both organisations at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow in December. The robot helped volunteers find their way around and provided interactive spoken guidance on six different exhibits
Spot the robot dog now has the ability to play tour guide using ChatGPT to answer questions and describe the world around it
Professor Muhammad Imran, dean of graduate studies at the James Watt School of Engineering, is co-investigator on the project.
He said: 'Our assistive technology project for the visually impaired embodies innovation, fostering inclusivity.
'In Glasgow, we're pioneering world-changing technologies that hold the potential to transform lives and reshape societal norms.
'This achievement was made possible through collaboration with industry and charity partners and co-creating the design with the invaluable input of end users.'
The Forth Valley Sensory Centre Trust (FVSC) and the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) Scotland have lent their support to the development of the RoboGuide.
It was trialled and tested for the first time with volunteers from both organisations at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow in December.
The robot helped volunteers find their way around and provided interactive spoken guidance on six different exhibits.
Wasim Ahmad, of the James Watt School of Engineering and another co-investigator on the project, said: 'Ultimately, our aim is to develop a complete system which can be adapted for use with robots of all shapes and sizes to help blind and partially sighted people in a wide range of indoor situations.
There are an estimated 2.2 billion people in the world living with some form of vision loss, with around two million people in the UK affected
'We hope that we can create a robust commercial product which can support the visually impaired wherever they might want extra help.'
Jacquie Winning, chief executive of the FVSC, said: 'Mobility is a big issue for the blind and partially sighted community.
'RoboGuide is a wonderful solution to that problem, and we are delighted to help test this innovative and creative robot.'
James Adams, director of RNIB Scotland, added: 'We're delighted to be supporting the research and development of technology that could be part of making the world more accessible and empowering blind and partially sighted people to live their lives confidently.'
Physical jobs in predictable environments, including machine-operators and fast-food workers, are the most likely to be replaced by robots.
Management consultancy firm McKinsey, based in New York, focused on the amount of jobs that would be lost to automation, and what professions were most at risk.
The report said collecting and processing data are two other categories of activities that increasingly can be done better and faster with machines.
This could displace large amounts of labour - for instance, in mortgages, paralegal work, accounting, and back-office transaction processing.
Conversely, jobs in unpredictable environments are least are risk.
The report added: 'Occupations such as gardeners, plumbers, or providers of child- and eldercare - will also generally see less automation by 2030, because they are technically difficult to automate and often command relatively lower wages, which makes automation a less attractive business proposition.'
Guys this is just fantastic. Many UFO reports, videos and pilot recordings occurred on Feb 1 this week. Pilots were recorded seeing something glowing in the sky over Canada on their flights and it sounds like the FAA has zero protocol for dealing correctly with UFO sightings other than reporting it and having it filed away. Also two other recorded some interesting glowing and flashing objects over Ottawa. Watch the videos below and maybe you too will be a believer. Because this many eyewitnesses and professional pilots could not possibly be wrong...it was a UFO that created many cloud orbs shooting out of it.
Pilots are witnessing mass UFO sighting over Canada (Audio and video
Pilots are witnessing mass UFO sighting over Canada (Audio and video)
According toebaumsworld and ctvnews, early on Jan. 19, 2024, several pilots over the Canadian prairies reported "seeing multiple lights sometimes in a triangle formation" high above them.
Air traffic control confirmed that there were no unidentified aircraft in the area, at least not that they were aware of.
NORAD was also notified of the incident, which occurred over Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
There is an alleged video of the unknown multiple lights posted by UFO Sightings Daily on his X account.
And audio recordings of two of the conversations pilots had with air traffic control.
The audio recording with air traffic controllers was taken from LiveATC.net
(https://www.liveatc.net). Originally 2.5 hours long, the audio has been edited for length.
A Ryanair plane came within just ’20 metres’ of a UFO, according to a police log.
It had just taken off from Stansted Airport in Essex when the pilot spotted a ‘black object’ at 4,000ft.
The sighting last year came to light following a Freedom of Information request to Essex Police.
The object ‘passed within 20 metres of the aircraft, the plane was travelling at 230mph and the object was travelling from north to south’, the police log says.
‘They have said that it was possibly a drone but the drone monitoring equipment at the airport has not picked it up,’ it adds.
The log records another potential UFO at Stansted Airport last year – this time three aircraft report an object ‘in their vicinity’.
In two of the reports, an object was picked up on the planes’ traffic collision avoidance systems at 500ft when they were about to land, but the pilots themselves couldn’t see anything.
There were at least two sets of UFO sightings at Stansted Airport last year
The 2003 incident was first made public during July’s congressional hearing into Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), formerly known as UFOs.
Giving sworn testimony, former US Navy fighter pilot lieutenant Ryan Graves described the event second-hand, recounting the morning of October 14 in which a mysterious red square floated above Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Also in the US, the head of the Pentagon’s UFO office retired this month days after admitting there could be some truth in a whistleblower’s shocking claims that the US government is hiding evidence of aliens.
In an interview with Politico, Dr Sean Kirkpatrick said he had decided to step down after achieving his goals, having postponed retirement to take on the role.
UK: UFO Narrowly Misses Ryanair Aircraft During Ascent from Essex Airport
UK: UFO Narrowly Misses Ryanair Aircraft During Ascent from Essex Airport
In recent years, the skies over Essex have become a focal point for an intriguing and somewhat unsettling phenomenon – a significant increase in UFO sightings. These occurrences, ranging from eerily close encounters with commercial aircraft to strange lights and unidentifiable noises, have not only captured the public’s imagination but have also raised serious questions about airspace safety and the unknown.
One of the most compelling incidents involved a Ryanair flight, where pilots reported an unidentified black object passing alarmingly close, within just 20 meters, as the plane ascended from Stansted Airport. This object, described as a dark, undefined form, was not detected by the sophisticated drone monitoring systems in place, adding a layer of mystery and concern to the encounter.
Such incidents have not been isolated. Over a span of five years, Essex has been the backdrop to more than 25 reported sightings, documented through Freedom of Information requests. These reports detail a variety of unexplained phenomena, from balls of light that dance in and out of the clouds to large, square objects hovering silently in the sky, emitting high-pitched noises. In one instance, pilots reported their collision avoidance systems detecting an unseen object, further underscoring the tangible risks these unidentified objects pose to flight safety.
The accumulation of these sightings has reignited discussions about the need for a dedicated investigation into unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). Experts like Nick Pope, who previously ran the British government’s UFO project, argue that these incidents represent a credible flight safety issue that demands serious attention. Pope’s call to revisit the decision to terminate the MoD’s UFO investigation program in 2009 is a testament to the growing concern and interest in these unexplained events.
While skeptics may attribute these sightings to drones or other explainable aerial activities, the characteristics of many reported UAPs—such as their ability to maneuver in ways not consistent with current technology—suggest there may be more to these incidents than meets the eye. The fact that these objects often evade detection by conventional monitoring equipment further complicates the effort to understand their origin and intent.
The continued reporting of UFO sightings in Essex and beyond highlights a broader need for enhanced monitoring, reporting, and investigation of aerial phenomena. Whether these objects are of earthly origin or not, their presence in airspace frequented by commercial aircraft represents a potential threat that cannot be ignored. As we move forward, it is crucial that authorities take these reports seriously, not only to ensure the safety of our skies but also to explore the possibility of discoveries that could expand our understanding of the world and the universe beyond.
As the mystery of UFO sightings in Essex continues to unfold, it serves as a reminder of the vast unknowns that still exist in our skies. The pursuit of answers not only addresses concerns of airspace safety but also feeds the innate human curiosity about what lies beyond the familiar confines of our planet. In this quest for knowledge, the skies above Essex remind us that sometimes, the truth is indeed stranger than fiction.
Russische onderzoekers hebben in 2018 een bijzondere ontdekking gedaan. Toen de onderzoekers regenwormen ontdooiden die al 40.000 jaar bevroren zaten in een Siberische ijslaag, begonnen ze opnieuw te bewegen en zelfs te eten.
De uitleg hiervoor is een extreme vorm van cryptobiose. Dit is een overlevingsstrategie waarbij een organisme onder extreme omstandigheden toch overleeft.
De wetenschappers vrezen nu dat ook andere organismen die tot nu toe steeds bevroren waren in de permafrost, opnieuw tot leven kunnen komen. Daarbij kunnen mogelijks ook bacteriën en zelfs dodelijke virussen naar boven komen.
De ontdooiing van de permafrost is een gevolg van de steeds toenemende klimaatopwarming.
It’s been a while since NASA has had a spaceplane on the launchpad but this now feels closer than ever again. Their new prototype cargo spaceplane known as Dream Chaser is now undergoing vibration and vacuum testing at the Neil Armstrong test facility. The tests sound a little strange perhaps but on launch and during re-entry it will most definitely experience shaking during these phases of the flights.
The Dream Chaser spaceplane has been designed to attach to the top of a conventional Vulcan Centaur rocket and land like a plane. Its propulsion is to be a cluster of propane and nitrous oxide Vortex engines which differs from the originally planned hybrid rocket engines. The plane has an expendable cargo module called Shooting Star which can carry an additional 4,500 kg of cargo. It’s been designed so that it can dispose of unwanted cargo by burning up on re-entry.
The spaceplane and its new cargo unit have been going through rigorous testing at the NASA facility since the 1st February. It’s without doubt one of the worlds largest and best equipped test facilities that can simulate the harsh conditions experienced during space flight.
First up for Dream Chaser is the shock test which is the jolt experienced when the plane is separated from the cargo module. It stays on the spacecraft shaker system (a giant table supported on pneumatics and springs that can shake a payload/spacecraft at up to 100 vibrations per second to simulate the violent shaking experienced during launch) to undergo vibration tests before another shock test is completed. On completion of the tests, the spacecraft will undergo a rigorous examination to identify any issues that may have surfaced.
Once Dream Chaser has completed this first suite of tests, it will move into the huge vacuum chamber to experience the lower ambient pressures experienced in space. Low temperatures and simulated dynamic solar heating will all go further to test the space planes readiness for space.
The Dream Chaser space plane atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Image Credit: SNC
If the tests are successful then Dream Chaser is well on its way to its first uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station later in 2024 as part of NASAs Commercial Resupply program. It won’t be completely empty though, it will deliver just over 3,500kg of cargo to the ISS.
If the first flight is successful then there are variants of the plane under development including an additional crewed variant that can carry up to seven passengers to low Earth orbit and a National Security Variant, the details of which are being kept under strict security protocols.
Perseverance Gives Us One Last Look at the Damaged Ingenuity Helicopter
Well I consider that a success; the first aircraft on another world surpassed all expectations. Ingenuity, the helicopter that has been buzzing around on Mars has finally reached the end of its life after a total of 72 flights on the red planet. In a wonderful piece of computer imagery, Simeon Schmauß took a number of images of Ingeniuty from Perseverance and stiched them together into a mosaic and upscaled to provide a human eye view.
The groundbreaking voyage of the Ingenuity helicopter commenced on February 18, 2021, upon its arrival on Mars. This journey was facilitated as part of the Mars 2020 mission, alongside the Perseverance rover. Ingenuity was developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, with collaborative efforts from AeroVironment Inc., Qualcomm, SolAero, and Lockheed Space. Its primary objective was straightforward: to showcase the technological capabilities required for flight operations on an extraterrestrial terrain.
Once configured for flight, it stood at a height of 0.49 meters with a rotor span of 1.2 meters. While this may appear substantial in comparison to drones on Earth, such dimensions were imperative for achieving flight on Mars. The thinner atmosphere necessitated larger rotors to generate the required lift. These rotors were designed to rotate at a speed of 2,400 revolutions per minute, with two separate drives enabling the clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of blade sets. Positioned atop the rotors was a solar panel for battery charging, alongside a wireless communication system and essential navigation sensors and cameras.
The first flight took place on 19th April and sadly the 72nd flight on the 18th January was to be its last. An emergency landing led to damage to one of the rotor blades rendering Ingeniuty grounded, permanently.
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Left Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover’s mast. This image was acquired on Feb. 4, 2024 (Sol 1052) at the local mean solar time of 13:05:37. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
One of the core principles of NASA is that the images and data they capture are all public domain and released for anyone to look at and work with. Taking six images from the right MastCam-Z of Perseverance, GeoVisual Design student Simeon Schmauß recreated the vista that a human visitor to Mars would have been greeted with. The image was even colour corrected to match our eyes and revealed Ingenuity’s final resting place among the rippling sands of Neretvav Vallis on Mars.
The full resolution image really is incredible, testimony not only to the quality of the imaging platform on Perseverance but also to the processing skills of Schmauß. I found myself exploring the view for some time and even found myself transported to Mars (virtually of course) walking among the dunes on the Martian surface and coming across the plucky helicopter as it sat silently. Farewall Ingenuity, thank you for all the science and stunning images, you were an incredible helicoper and our first on another world.
Fragments From That Asteroid That Exploded Above Berlin Have Been Recovered and They're Really Special
On January 21st, 2024, a meter-sized asteroid (2024 BX1) entered Earth’s atmosphere and exploded over Berlin at 12:33 am UTC (07:45 pm EST; 04:33 pm PST). Before it reached Earth, 2024 BX1 was a Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) with an orbit that suggests it was part of the Apollo group. The fragments have since been located by a team of scientists from the Freie Universität Berlin, the Museum für Naturkunde (MfN), the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Technische Universität Berlin, and the SETI Institute and identified as a rare type of asteroid known as “aubrites.”
The name aubrites comes from the village of Aubrés in France, where a similar meteorite fell on September 14th, 1836. The team responsible for recovering samples of this latest meteorite was led by SETI Institute meteor astronomer Dr. Peter Jenniskens and MfN researcher Dr. Lutz Hecht. They were joined by a team of staff and students from the MfN, the Freie Universität Berlin, the DLR, and the Technische Universität Berlin days after the meteor exploded in the sky. Together, they found the meteor fragments in the fields just south of the village of Ribbeck, about 50 km (31 mi) west of Berlin.
Aubrite meteorite from asteroid 2024 BX1, photographed at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin by Laura Kranich, a Freie Universität MSc student and member of the Arbeitskreis Meteore, who participated in the search and found this meteorite near the village of Ribbeck, Germany. Credit: SETI Institute
Finding the fragments was a major challenge because of the peculiar appearance of aubrites, which resemble rocks like any other from a distance but are quite different to look at up close. Whereas other types of meteors have a thin crust of black glass caused by the extreme heat generated by passing through the atmosphere, aubrites have a mostly translucent glass crust. Christopher Hamann, a researcher from the Museum für Naturkunde, was involved in the initial classification and participated in the search. As he related in a SETI Institute press release:
“Aubrites do not look like what people generally imagine meteorites to look like. Aubrites look more like a gray granite and consist mainly of the magnesium silicates enstatite and forsterite. It contains hardly any iron and the glassy crust, which is usually a good way to recognize meteorites, looks completely different than that of most other meteorites. Aubrites are therefore difficult to detect in the field.”
The asteroid (2024 BX1) was first spotted by Hungarian astronomer Dr. Krisztián Sárneczky using one of the telescopes at the Konkoly Observatory in Budapest. The task of tracking it and predicting where it would impact Earth’s atmosphere was performed by NASA’s Scout mission and the ESA’s Meerkat Asteroid Guard impact hazard assessment systems, with Davide Farnocchia of JPL/Caltech providing frequent trajectory updates. Like the Chelyabinsk meteorite that exploded over southern Russia in 2013, the explosion was witnessed by many and filmed (though the explosion caused no damage).
This was Jenniskens’ fourth guided recovery of a small asteroid that fell to Earth, the previous events being a 2023 impact in France, a 2018 impact in Botswana, and a 2008 impact in Sudan. As he explained, this latest asteroid was particularly challenging to track down:
“Even with superb directions by meteor astronomers Drs. Pavel Spurný, Jirí Borovicka, and Lukáš Shrbený of the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, who calculated how the strong winds blew the meteorites and predicted that these could be rare enstatite-rich meteorites based on the light emitted by the fireball, our search team initially could not easily spot them on the ground. We only spotted the meteorites after a Polish team of meteorite hunters had identified the first find and could show us what to look for. After that, our first finds were made quickly by Freie Universität students Dominik Dieter and Cara Weihe.”
Chelyabinsk fireball recorded by a dashcam from Kamensk-Uralsky north of Chelyabinsk where it was still dawn. A study of the area near this meteor air burst revealed similar signatures to the Tall el_Hammam site.
This past week, Jenniskens’ colleagues at the MfN officially announced that they had conducted their first analyses of one of the meteor fragments. The process was led by Dr. Ansgar Greshake, the scientific head of the MfN’s meteorite collection, which consisted of an electron beam microprobe studying the mineralogy and chemical composition of the fragments. Their results revealed they the fragments are consistent with an achondrite meteor of the aubrite type, which were submitted to the International Nomenclature Commission of the Meteoritical Society on February 2nd, 2024, for verification.
“Based on this evidence, we were able to make a rough classification relatively quickly,” said Greshake. “This underlines the immense importance of collections for research. So far, there is only material from eleven other observed falls of this type in meteorite collections worldwide.”
THE PENTAGON’S EX-UFO CHIEF IS BLAMING THE GOVERNMENT FOR CONSPIRACY THEORIES
THE PENTAGON’S EX-UFO CHIEF IS BLAMING THE GOVERNMENT FOR CONSPIRACY THEORIES
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Loose Lips
After leaving the government last month, the Pentagon's former UFO chief has had his fair share of media hits. And he's revealing more than he likely could've while still in the military's employ — but this latest one, we gotta admit, is a doozy.
In an interview with Politico, the former head of the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), Sean Kirkpatrick, seemed mighty critical of his ex-employer when discussing the impenetrable institution's closed-off attitude.
The decorated military man — who now serves as the chief technology officer of the Oak Ridge Nuclear Laboratory and runs his own intelligence consulting business — thinks that the Department of Defense's secrecy leaves space for all manner of ills. Including, apparently, conspiracy theories.
"If there is a void in the information space," Kirkpatrick said, "it will be filled with the imagination of the public right and the conspiracies and these accusations."
This is not, it should be noted, the first time the onetime professional UFO-hunter has taken on conspiracy peddlers.
In an op-ed penned for Scientific American and published last month, Kirkpatrick accused so-called government whistleblowers of spreading outlandish claims about extraterrestrial corpses and alien technology being reverse-engineered for human ends. To his mind, those fairytales did little more than derail the AARO's work.
"Our efforts were ultimately overwhelmed by sensational but unsupported claims that ignored contradictory evidence yet captured the attention of policy makers and the public," Kirkpatrick wrote in his editorial, "driving legislative battles and dominating the public narrative."
Now, however, his accusations have shifted from a loose cabal of government-employed conspiracists to, well, the government itself.
In particular, Kirkpatrick believes that the Pentagon should be "more forceful" when explaining what the AARO does and why it's important. As he's saidrepeatedly, the office's mission was less to hunt for aliens and more to figure out what those unidentified flying objects really are. More often than not, as he told CNN's Philip Bergen for the "In the Room" podcast, the things people are seeing are secretive military crafts.
As it's become abundantly clear since he left his role as the AARO's inaugural director, the career military servant thinks dialogue and transparency between government and media is important — and as he indicated in his discussion with Politico, which came in response to the DOD's watchdog slammed the UFO office's efforts as "uncoordinated," his former employer does not agree.
"There was a very strong concern to engage in the public discourse as often as I thought we needed to," Kirkpatrick said. "The fact that [the Pentagon's leadership] can’t figure out how to get at that message without concern for spillage into other areas has always been a frustrating point."
If an ex-spook is sounding off about the government secrecy, you know the problem might be worth taking seriously — though there's little doubt his objections will make much of a difference now that he's out the door.
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