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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 Ontdek de Fascinerende Wereld van UFO's en UAP's: Jouw Bron voor Onthullende Informatie!
Ben jij ook gefascineerd door het onbekende? Wil je meer weten over UFO's en UAP's, niet alleen in België, maar over de hele wereld? Dan ben je op de juiste plek!
België: Het Kloppend Hart van UFO-onderzoek
In België is BUFON (Belgisch UFO-Netwerk) dé autoriteit op het gebied van UFO-onderzoek. Voor betrouwbare en objectieve informatie over deze intrigerende fenomenen, bezoek je zeker onze Facebook-pagina en deze blog. Maar dat is nog niet alles! Ontdek ook het Belgisch UFO-meldpunt en Caelestia, twee organisaties die diepgaand onderzoek verrichten, al zijn ze soms kritisch of sceptisch.
Nederland: Een Schat aan Informatie
Voor onze Nederlandse buren is er de schitterende website www.ufowijzer.nl, beheerd door Paul Harmans. Deze site biedt een schat aan informatie en artikelen die je niet wilt missen!
Internationaal: MUFON - De Wereldwijde Autoriteit
Neem ook een kijkje bij MUFON (Mutual UFO Network Inc.), een gerenommeerde Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in de VS en wereldwijd. MUFON is toegewijd aan de wetenschappelijke en analytische studie van het UFO-fenomeen, en hun maandelijkse tijdschrift, The MUFON UFO-Journal, is een must-read voor elke UFO-enthousiasteling. Bezoek hun website op www.mufon.com voor meer informatie.
Samenwerking en Toekomstvisie
Sinds 1 februari 2020 is Pieter niet alleen ex-president van BUFON, maar ook de voormalige nationale directeur van MUFON in Vlaanderen en Nederland. Dit creëert een sterke samenwerking met de Franse MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP, wat ons in staat stelt om nog meer waardevolle inzichten te delen.
Let op: Nepprofielen en Nieuwe Groeperingen
Pas op voor een nieuwe groepering die zich ook BUFON noemt, maar geen enkele connectie heeft met onze gevestigde organisatie. Hoewel zij de naam geregistreerd hebben, kunnen ze het rijke verleden en de expertise van onze groep niet evenaren. We wensen hen veel succes, maar we blijven de autoriteit in UFO-onderzoek!
Blijf Op De Hoogte!
Wil jij de laatste nieuwtjes over UFO's, ruimtevaart, archeologie, en meer? Volg ons dan en duik samen met ons in de fascinerende wereld van het onbekende! Sluit je aan bij de gemeenschap van nieuwsgierige geesten die net als jij verlangen naar antwoorden en avonturen in de sterren!
Heb je vragen of wil je meer weten? Aarzel dan niet om contact met ons op te nemen! Samen ontrafelen we het mysterie van de lucht en daarbuiten.
15-02-2026
China Successfully Tests Their New Rocket and Lunar Crew Capsule, Placing them On-Track to Reach the Moon
China Successfully Tests Their New Rocket and Lunar Crew Capsule, Placing them On-Track to Reach the Moon
A low-altitude demonstration and verification flight test for the Long March-10 carrier rocket and the Mengzhou crewed spaceship system. Credit: Xinhua]
China has achieved several impressive milestones in its space program in recent years. As part of their plan to build an outpost on the Moon that will compete with NASA's Artemis Program - the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) - they are busy developing a super-heavy launch system and a crew-capable spacecraft that will take taikonauts to the Moon by the end of the decade. That is the plan, at any rate, and recent tests indicate that they are on track to achieve that goal. On Wednesday, Feb. 11th, the China Manned Spaceflight Agency (CMSA) completed a major test of itsLong March-10 rocket and the Mengzhou spacecraft.
The test took place at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province. It combined a low-altitude demonstration of the Long March-10 and an in-flight abort test of the Mengzhou spacecraft. This was the first ignition flight of the Long March-10 rocket and saw the spacecraft power through the most dangerous phase of ascent - maximum dynamic pressure (or Max Q). This phase occurs as the vehicle accelerates in the lower, denser atmosphere into the thinner upper atmosphere, when aerodynamic stress peaks.
An in-flight abort test, meanwhile, evaluates the crew capsule's safety system, which separates from the rocket in case of emergency. Both the capsule and the rocket's first stage were successful and landed in their designated recovery zones. Key moments in the flight test are featured in the video below, via the state-owned China Global Television Network (CGTN):
Said Ji Qiming, the CMSA spokesperson, during an interview with CGTN:
The test represents the five 'first-times,' as we call it. It's the inaugural ignition flight of the Long March-10 carrier rocket. It's the country's first maximum-dynamic-pressure escape test for a spacecraft. It's the first sea landing and recovery of a crewed spacecraft's return capsule. It's the first sea landing of the rocket's first-stage body. And it's the first ignition launch mission for the newly constructed launch pad for lunar missions.
The Long March-10* is a next-generation partially reusable launch system designed for crewed lunar missions. The rocket comes in two configurations, the first with three stages and two strap-on boosters, similar to SpaceX's Falcon 9 or the ULA's Vulcan and Atlas V rockets. The second, the 10A, has two stages and no boosters. The rocket is powered by seven liquid oxygen (LOX) and kerosene engines in parallel. The Mengzhou* spacecraft (Chinese for 'Dream Vessel') is a reusable vehicle capable of carrying 6 to 7 taikonauts.
After the spaceship separated, the rocket continued ascending until the first stage reached its predetermined height and speed, when its engines were shut down. The rocket then commenced its glide phase and changed its orientation several times, shifting from nose-forward to tail-forward. At an altitude of about 110 km (68 mi), the rocket deployed its four grid fins to prepare for landing. Two of its engines were then reignited for the powered deceleration phase, which was followed by the aerodynamic deceleration phase that relied solely on its grid fins to slow down and adjust its position.
During the final landing phase, three engines were reignited, and the rocket maneuvered toward its landing site. When it was just a few meters above sea level, the rocket hovered in place while ground crews tested an onboard tether mechanism to simulate a recovery using a ground-based net system. The rocket then splashed down in the ocean, where recovery crews retrieved it.
The first stage of the Long March-10 carrier rocket safely splashes down in the predetermined sea area in a controlled manner as planned, Feb. 11, 2026.
[Photo/Xinhua]
Said Zhu Pingping of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation:
After completing this test flight, we can say that both the ascent profile of the Long March-10 series' first stage and the return profile of the Long March 10A have been validated. This means that the risks associated with subsequent formal mission flight tests can be effectively eliminated and controlled.
This test places China a step closer to its goal of landing astronauts on the Moon by 2030 and sending crews to other locations in deep space - like Mars. Combined with their planned expansion of the Tiangong space station, robotic missions to explore a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA), a Main Belt comet, and a Mars Sample Return (Tianwen-2 and -3, respectively), China is assuming a leadership role in space.
Glowing Orbs Over Ault, Colorado, USA Feb 8, 2026, UFO UAP Sighting News.
Glowing Orbs Over Ault, Colorado, USA Feb 8, 2026, UFO UAP Sighting News.
Date of sighting: February 8, 2026
Location of sighting: Ault, Colorado, USA
Source: NUFORC
Now this raw footage just came in yesterday and its two short videos showing not one, but three to five orbs glowing over the city of Ault. The city of Ault has a population of less than 2,000 so few eyewitnesses probably recorded this event. Colorado is famous for it sightings of huge white spheres near the edges of the Rocky Mountains and Ault is just a few miles from these mountains. Compounded by the fact that they were in triangle military formation just tells me that there is an intelligence controlling them. These are alien craft, there is no denying that fact.
Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily, Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
We were driving on hwy 14 east towards hwy 85 in between county roads 29 and 27, I think. Then we looked towards Loveland/Denver/ South and we saw 1 really bright light, looking like it was carrying, other bright light. I say, hey whats that, and as we're looking on, they seperate into a uniformed curved line. Then they begin to get very bright and some dim at the same time. All while in this curved line for like 10 minutes. At this point I had pulled over and were facing the 3 lights.
So, the light on the right of this curved line, dims itself and drops down below the other 2 lights and starts moving to the left and under the other 2 and then gets back into the lone but on the left side! Then it brightens up again. They stayed like this for 5 minutes and the light that was the middle light but now is the right light (bc the other light moved to the left) decides to do the same move as the 1st bright light. It's so hard to explain. I hope someone else saw this!
UFO in Google Earth Map Libya, the Sahara Desert, UAP paranormal sighting alien news. 👽
UFO in Google Earth Map Libya, the Sahara Desert, UAP paranormal sighting alien news. 👽
Date of discovery: Feb 14, 2026
Location of discovery: 24°08’56”N 23°25’25”E
Source: Google Earth Map
I found this strange craft on Google map this week. Obviously a UFO landed with a glowing doorway and a person moving towards its entrance. To see it, you must drop the person icon into the center of the crop formation and it shows a google earth 360 degree view. Is it real or just an ai photo inserted by a Google employee? AI is running rampant out of control across the internet and clearly this has a high possibility of being AI, however I feel that this could be real, it may have been cloaked at the time of the recording and may have gone overlooked by the employee posting the photo. Cameras without an ir filter can see cloaked UFOs, due to the infrared light revealing the craft, a light the human eye cannot see, but is emitted by our sun across our planet. I also notice the shadows and sky around it show zero sign of being ai (ai makes thing 100% focused) this was not, appearing to be untouched, original lighting a fading along edges. So yes, it may be real, and yes, this shape of UFOs does exist. We are left with a mystery. One thing I guarantee, Google will delete it within the next 30 days, because Google is involved with the UFO cover-up in America.
A UFO was seen in a recent video from Feb 2 in El Paso that is stirring up US gov investigations into UFOs over El Paso this week. Texas tried to shut down the El Paso airport for several weeks, but in its first hour of announcement, it was taken back due to the large amounts of travelers protesting. This UFO was caught on video in the distance and I took a screenshot of it and tried to focus it. I didn't use AI but instead did it myself. I show the steps of me adding contrast and sharpness to it. It's clear in the 4th screenshot that this object in the sky is disk with an upper and lower hump. From the distance and shape, I can estimate its size to be that of two city buses. When the US gov reacts so drastically...its a 100% guarantee its an a real UFO.
Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily, Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
According to the witness recording the hovering craft, it appeared on video 'like a dot' after moving off far into the distance, but the object was allegedly incredibly large and looked somewhat like 'a blob.'
While most of the world's glaciers are retreating as the climate warms, a small but significant population behaves very differently—and the consequences can be severe. A team of international scientists, led by the University of Portsmouth, has carried out a comprehensive global analysis of surging glaciers, examining the hazards they cause and how climate change is fundamentally altering when and where these dramatic events occur.
Glacier surges—when a glacier suddenly moves much faster than normal—rapidly transport ice to the glacier front and often cause advances. These events typically last for several years, with many glaciers experiencing repeated surges separated by decades of relative inactivity.
The study, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, compiled a database of more than 3,100 glaciers that have surged. Rather than being scattered globally, these glaciers cluster in dense groupings across the Arctic, High Mountain Asia and the Andes.
It includes the key features and basic processes controlling glacier surges, characterizes the wide range of surging behaviors, and maps the global locations of surge-type glaciers and the climate conditions that cause them to cluster in specific areas.
"Surge-type glaciers are very unusual and can be troublesome," said lead author Dr. Harold Lovell, Senior Lecturer and glaciologist from the University of Portsmouth's School of the Environment and Life Sciences. "As a friend and fellow glaciologist once put it, they save up ice like a savings account and then spend it all very quickly like a Black Friday event. But while they only represent 1% of all glaciers worldwide, they affect just under one-fifth of global glacier area, and their behavior can result in serious and sometimes catastrophic natural disasters that affect thousands of people."
Contrary to what you might expect, the researchers found surging makes glaciers more vulnerable to climate change. When they surge, these glaciers are responsible for a large proportion of ice mass loss in some regions.
Six major hazards identified
The research identified six main types of hazards caused by glacier surges that affect communities in high mountain regions, which can result in damage to infrastructure and in some cases loss of life:
Glacier advance—ice overruns buildings, roads and farmland
River blockages—surging glaciers dam rivers, creating dangerous lakes that can release devastating floods
Meltwater outbursts from beneath the glacier—these also release potentially devastating floods
Sudden detachments of glaciers—cause large ice and rock avalanches
Widespread crevassing—high ice velocities fracture glacier surfaces, making travel extremely hazardous in regions where glaciers serve as highways between settlements and are used for tourism activities, and affecting climbing routes where glaciers provide access to mountain peaks
Iceberg hazards—when glaciers surge into the sea, they release numerous icebergs in a short time, creating risks for shipping and marine tourism
Using this data, the research team identified 81 glaciers that pose the greatest danger when they surge. The majority are in the Karakoram Mountains in High Mountain Asia, where populated valleys and critical infrastructure lie directly below surging glaciers. These glaciers are large, close to communities, and most have histories of repeated surging behavior.
Climate change is making surges increasingly unpredictable
Perhaps most concerning is the growing evidence that climate warming is fundamentally changing how glacier surges behave—making them harder to predict just when better forecasting is most needed for hazard management.
"By drawing on previous studies, we have been able to piece together the growing body of evidence that shows how climate change is affecting glacier surges, including where and how often they happen," Dr. Lovell said. "This includes instances of extreme weather such as heavy rainfall events or very warm summers triggering earlier than expected surges, suggesting an increasing unpredictability in their behavior."
The picture emerging from the research is complex and regionally varied. Some glaciers are now surging more frequently than they did several decades ago, while in other regions surge activity is declining. There is evidence that some glaciers have thinned so much they can no longer build sufficient ice to surge in the future.
Surge behavior may also shift to new regions entirely. It is known that surging glaciers are currently concentrated in the Arctic and sub-Arctic (48%) and High Mountain Asia (50%), where specific climate conditions make surges more likely. But ongoing climate warming may change this distribution dramatically.
Surges might largely stop in places like Iceland, where glaciers are shrinking rapidly and struggling to accumulate enough ice. Meanwhile, they could become more frequent in parts of High Mountain Asia and in the Canadian and Russian Arctic due to warmer temperatures and increased meltwater. It's even possible that glaciers might begin surging in the Antarctic Peninsula and other areas where surge-type glaciers are not currently known to exist.
Co-author Professor Gwenn Flowers, from Simon Fraser University in Canada, said, "The challenge we face is that just as we're starting to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms behind glacier surges, climate change is rewriting the rules. Extreme weather events that might have been rare even 50 years ago could become triggers for unexpected surges. Given that surges cause hazards in some settings, this makes protecting vulnerable communities much more difficult."
Dr. Lovell added, "This research is extremely important because understanding which regions have concentrations of surging glaciers helps us plan monitoring efforts and understand future behavior. Knowing which specific glaciers pose the greatest risks can help protect communities, especially those most at risk. But the increasing unpredictability means we need much better surveillance and forecasting capabilities."
The findings emphasize the urgent need for continued satellite monitoring, expanded on-the-ground observations of conditions during surges, improved computer models of surge processes, and projections of how surging glaciers will respond to ongoing climate warming.
Publication details
Harold Lovell et al, Glacier surging and surge-related hazards in a changing climate, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s43017-025-00757-9
While many of the world's glaciers are in rapid retreat, scientists have been baffled to find 3,100 that are 'surging'.
While this might sound like a good thing, the experts warn that it could be even more 'troublesome' than glacial retreat.
During a surge, a glacier sends large amounts of ice built up over decades racing downhill, where it rapidly melts in the warm lower-altitude weather.
Surge–prone glaciers make up a large proportion of lost ice in some regions, and experts warn that some are even 'surging themselves to death'.
While this is bad news for the glaciers themselves, the outlook is even worse for the people who live beside them.
Unlike most glaciers, which move gradually forward, surging glaciers shift in short bursts of rapid movement lasting a few years, followed by decades-long periods of quiet.
Lead author Dr Harold Lovell, a glaciologist from the University of Portsmouth, says: 'They save up ice like a savings account and then spend it all very quickly like a Black Friday event.
'But while they only represent one per cent of all glaciers worldwide, they affect just under one–fifth of global glacier area, and their behaviour can result in serious and sometimes catastrophic natural disasters that affect thousands of people.'
Scientists have discovered 3,100 glaciers that are not retreating but surging (illustrated), as they warn that this could be even more 'troubling'
Scientists aren't entirely sure what triggers surges, but research suggests they are probably related to conditions in the glacier's underside, where ice meets the ground
These glaciers store massive reserves of ice until heavy rainfall or hot weather trigger a buildup of water beneath the ice, reducing friction and allowing the glacier to slide downhill.
Although it might temporarily look like the glacier is advancing, the results are often catastrophic for the glacier.
Dr Lovell told the Daily Mail: 'When glaciers surge, they very quickly spend all the ice they have built up over a long period of time. This ice then melts away in warmer temperatures at lower elevations, leaving the glacier very vulnerable.
'There are examples of glaciers "surging themselves to death" - losing so much ice during a surge that they cannot recover in the current warmer climate.'
Surging glaciers are also highly concentrated in just a few dense clusters in the Arctic, High Mountain Asia, and the Andes, where there is the right balance of temperature and precipitation.
The problem is that these surges result in huge changes to the environment around the glacier, which can be devastating for nearby settlements.
Glacier surging creates serious hazards for people living near the ice, as the advance threatens to swallow homes, trigger flooding, create landslides, and fill waterways with dangerous icerbergs
The threat posed by the world's surge–prone glaciers (illustrated) is made worse by the fact that these events are so unpredictable
Why are surging glaciers dangerous?
Glacier advance: Ice overruns buildings, roads and farmland.
River blockages: Surging glaciers dam rivers, creating dangerous lakes that can release devastating floods.
Meltwater outbursts from beneath the glacier: These also release potentially devastating floods.
Sudden detachments of glaciers: Cause large ice and rock avalanches.
Widespread crevassing:High ice velocities fracture glacier surfaces, making travel extremely hazardous in regions where glaciers serve as highways between settlements and are used for tourism activities, and affecting climbing routes where glaciers provide access to mountain peaks.
Iceberg hazards: When glaciers surge into the sea, they release numerous icebergs in a short time, creating risks for shipping and marine tourism
Glacier advances can overrun roads, farmland, and even buildings, as well as blocking rivers, creating lakes that can release dangerous floods.
During a surge, meltwater that has built up beneath the glacier can suddenly be released in the form of a devastating flash flood.
The rapid movement forward also makes the glacier less stable, creating a network of widespread crevasses that can be perilous for anyone travelling over the ice.
In extreme cases, the glacier may begin to break up, releasing hazardous icebergs or suddenly detaching in a large ice and rock avalanche.
In their paper, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, the researchers identified the 81 glaciers that pose the greatest danger when they surge.
Most of these are in the Karakoram Mountains, which span China, India, and Pakistan, where populated valleys and critical infrastructure sit directly below surging glaciers such as the Shisper and Kyagar.
However, they can also be found all over the world, with serious threats posed by the Tweedsmuir Glacier in Alaska-Yukon and the Kolka Glacier in the Caucasus.
This risk is made worse by the fact that surges are very hard to predict, and climate change is only making them less reliable.
Of the 81 most dangerous glaciers in the world, most are in the Karakoram mountain range, where inhabited valleys sit directly below surging glaciers such as the Shisper glacier (pictured)
In some areas, glaciers are now so thin that they don't have the ice to surge, but others are now surging more than ever.
Dr Lovell says: 'We have been able to piece together the growing body of evidence that shows how climate change is affecting glacier surges, including where and how often they happen.
'This includes instances of extreme weather such as heavy rainfall events or very warm summers, triggering earlier than expected surges, suggesting an increasing unpredictability in their behaviour.'
Surges might stop altogether in places like Iceland, where glaciers are shrinking rapidly and struggling to build up ice.
But they could become more frequent in parts of High Mountain Asia and in the Canadian and Russian Arctic due to warmer temperatures and increased meltwater.
The researchers even suggest that surges could be seen in the Antarctic Peninsula, where surging glaciers have never been seen before.
Co–author Professor Gwenn Glowers, of Simon Fraser University in Canada, says: 'Just as we're starting to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms behind glacier surges, climate change is rewriting the rules.
'Extreme weather events that might have been rare even 50 years ago could become triggers for unexpected surges. Given that surges cause hazards in some settings, this makes protecting vulnerable communities much more difficult.'
30 misvattingen die moderne ‘feiten’ zijn geworden Koffie wordt gemaakt van bonen, pinguïns paren voor het leven en kameleons veranderen van kleur om bij hun omgeving te passen... Dit zijn allemaal 'feiten' waarvan je waarschijnlijk denkt dat ze waar zijn. De meeste mensen geloven tenslotte dat dit zo is. Deskundigen hebben er echter op gewezen dat veel zogenaamde 'feiten' eenvoudige misvattingen zijn. Dan zijn er enkele die gewoon regelrechte mythen zijn!Wat zijn enkele veelvoorkomende ‘feiten’ die eigenlijk misvattingen zijn? Lees verder om erachter te komen.
Mount Everest is de ‘hoogste’ berg ter wereld Hoewel de Mount Everest wordt beschouwd als de hoogste berg ter wereld, beweren experts dat dit technisch gezien niet waar is. De top van de Mount Everest ligt officieel hoger boven zeeniveau dan de top van welke andere berg dan ook. Mauna Kea is echter de hoogste, gemeten van basis tot top.
Via je hoofd verlies je je lichaamswarmte het snelst Hoewel algemeen wordt aangenomen dat dit waar is, zeggen sommige experts dat het slechts een mythe is, en dat mensen het net zo koud zouden hebben als ze zonder hoed zouden gaan, als wanneer ze zonder broek zouden gaan.
Eén mensenjaar komt overeen met zeven hondenjaren Hoewel het voor sommige honden waar kan zijn, is het geen vuistregel. Het hangt allemaal af van de grootte en het ras van de hond.
Sushi betekent ‘rauwe vis’ Hoewel een van de meest voorkomende ingrediënten rauwe vis kan zijn, vertaalt sushi zich eigenlijk van het Japans naar 'zure smaak'.
Vikingen droegen gehoornde helmen Hoewel dit misschien wel waar is, zeggen historici dat er feitelijk geen bewijs is dat Vikingen ooit gehoornde helmen droegen.
Vitamine C is een effectieve behandeling tegen verkoudheid Grieppatiënten worden vaak aangemoedigd om hun vitamine C-dosering te verhogen, maar de meeste deskundigen hebben verklaard dat er weinig tot geen bewijs is dat de vitamine kan helpen bij de behandeling van verkoudheid. In plaats daarvan wordt aangenomen dat het helpt bij het opbouwen van het immuunsysteem om potentiële griepvirussen af te weren.
Mensen gebruiken slechts 10% van hun hersenen Neurologen zeggen dat dit volkomen onwaar is. Mensen gebruiken bijna elk deel van hun hersenen, en het grootste deel van de hersenen is altijd actief.
Koffie wordt gemaakt van bonen Hoewel velen aannemen dat koffie uit koffiebonen komt, zeggen experts dat ze eigenlijk zijn gemaakt van zaden die boon worden genoemd.
Gelukskoekjes zijn een Chinese traditie Gelukskoekjes waren oorspronkelijk een Japans-Amerikaanse uitvinding voordat ze op grote schaal werden overgenomen door de Chinese cultuur.
Verschillende delen van je tong detecteren verschillende smaken Dit werd wetenschappelijk weerlegd, omdat onderzoekers ontdekten dat alle smaaksensaties uit alle delen van de tong komen. Verschillende delen zijn echter gevoeliger voor bepaalde smaken, en dit is wellicht de reden waarom dit populaire geloof ontstaat.
Als je een babyvogeltje vastpakt, zal de moeder het afwijzen De meeste vogels hebben een zeer slecht reukvermogen, dus in de meeste gevallen kunnen ze de menselijke geur op een babyvogel niet eens opmerken.
Kameleons veranderen van kleur om bij hun omgeving te passen De waarheid is dat kameleons feitelijk van kleur veranderen als reactie op stemming, temperatuur, communicatie en licht, in plaats van op het object dat ze aanraken.
Er is een donkere kant van de maan Omdat de maan voortdurend om zijn eigen as draait, is er geen enkel deel van de planeet dat in permanente duisternis verkeert.
Bloed is blauw voordat het zuurstof krijgt Hoewel velen geloven dat zuurstofarm bloed blauw is, is dit feitelijk een mythe, omdat menselijk bloed altijd rood is. De mate van roodheid verschilt echter afhankelijk van hoe zuurstofrijk het is.
Wakkere slaapwandelaars zijn schadelijk voor hen Het wakker maken van een slaapwandelaar zal geen lichamelijk letsel veroorzaken, maar het kan ervoor zorgen dat hij schrikt of gedesoriënteerd raakt.
Pinguïns paren voor het leven Pinguïns zijn meestal monogaam, maar er zijn enkele soorten, zoals de keizerspinguïn, die alleen serieel monogaam zijn. Ze paren een seizoen lang met één pinguïn en gaan het volgende seizoen over op een andere pinguïn.
Als je je beenhaar scheert, groeit het sneller terug Velen geloven dat het scheren van lichaamshaar ervoor zorgt dat het sneller teruggroeit, maar het scheren van haar verandert niets aan de dikte, kleur of groeisnelheid. Het kan een tijdje grof aanvoelen als het uitgroeit.
De Chinese Muur is vanuit de ruimte te zien De Apollo-astronauten bevestigden dat je de Chinese Muur vanaf de maan niet kunt zien. In feite is het enige wat je vanaf de maan kunt zien het witte en blauwe marmer van de aarde.
Cafeïne droogt je uit Hoewel cafeïnehoudende dranken een mild diuretisch effect hebben, zeggen experts dat ze het risico op uitdroging niet lijken te vergroten.
Stieren zijn woedend over de kleur rood Het is een bewezen feit dat stieren alleen blauw en geel zien. Alleen tijdens stierengevechten reageren ze vanwege de bewegingen op de rode cape.
Vingernagels blijven groeien nadat je sterft De uitdroging van het lichaam na de dood kan ervoor zorgen dat de huid rond haar en nagels terugtrekt, waardoor de illusie ontstaat dat ze zijn gegroeid. Alle weefsels hebben echter energie nodig om hun functies te behouden, wat niet mogelijk is als ze dood zijn.
Een goudvis heeft een geheugenspanne van drie seconden Dit is niet waar, aangezien goudvissen zeer goede herinneringen aan vissen hebben. Ze kunnen worden getraind om op verschillende manieren te reageren op bepaalde kleuren licht en verschillende soorten muziek.
Microgolfstraling kan kanker veroorzaken De meeste deskundigen zijn van mening dat magnetrons niet genoeg energie afgeven om het genetisch materiaal in de cellen te beschadigen en dus geen kanker kunnen veroorzaken.
Kaas eten voor het slapengaan zal je nachtmerries bezorgen Er wordt aangenomen dat kaas je meer emotioneel geladen dromen bezorgt, maar niet noodzakelijkerwijs nachtmerries.
Struisvogels steken hun kop in het zand als ze bang zijn Struisvogels slikken zand en kiezelstenen in om het voedsel in hun maag te vermalen. Dit betekent dat ze moeten bukken en hun hoofd kort in de aarde moeten steken om de steentjes op te vangen. Het heeft niets te maken met hun angst.
Alcohol houdt je warm Alcohol zorgt ervoor dat je bloedvaten verwijden, waardoor warm bloed dichter bij het huidoppervlak komt. Hierdoor kun je je tijdelijk warmer voelen. Diezelfde aderen die het bloed dichter naar het huidoppervlak pompen, zorgen er echter ook voor dat je lichaamswarmte verliest.
De aardkern heeft mogelijk negen keer zoveel waterstof als alle oceanen op aarde bij elkaar.
Deze waterstof is waarschijnlijk ontstaan tijdens de vorming van de aarde en niet door latere inslagen van kometen.
Onderzoekers hebben een nieuwe techniek gebruikt, atoomprobetomografie genaamd, om individuele atomen in ijzermonsters die de omstandigheden in de kern van de aarde nabootsen, rechtstreeks te observeren, wat tot deze baanbrekende schatting heeft geleid.
De aardkern bevat mogelijk enorme reservoirs aan waterstof, mogelijk negen keer zoveel als alle oceanen op aarde samen. Volgens recent onderzoek in Nature Communications zou de aardkern wel waterstof kunnen bevatten ter hoeveelheid van 45 oceanen.
Vroege waterverwerving
Wetenschappers denken dat deze waterstof tijdens de eerste vorming van de aarde in de aarde is opgenomen, en niet door latere kometeninslagen die water op het oppervlak zouden hebben afgezet. Dit betekent dat de aarde het grootste deel van haar water vroeg in haar geschiedenis heeft gekregen, waarbij de mantel en de korst minder water bevatten dan de kern.
De aardkern, die voornamelijk bestaat uit ijzer en nikkel, genereert het beschermende magnetische veld van de planeet. Inzicht in het waterstofgehalte in deze kern is cruciaal voor het begrijpen van de vorming van planeten en de evolutie van het leven. Het is echter onmogelijk om de kern rechtstreeks te observeren vanwege de enorme diepte en de extreme druk.
De kern van de aarde bestaat voornamelijk uit de metalen ijzer en nikkel, maar bevat ook lichtere elementen zoals waterstof, zuurstof en silicium.
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Nieuwe observatietechniek
Eerdere pogingen om de waterstof in de kern te meten gebruikten indirecte methoden. Ze analyseerden bijvoorbeeld de structuur van ijzerkristallen. Dit leidde tot sterk verschillende schattingen. In het nieuwe onderzoek gebruiken de wetenschappers een techniek genaamd Atoomprobe-tomografie. Daarmee kunnen ze individuele atomen in een monster direct bekijken. Dit gebeurt onder hoge druk en temperatuur, zoals in het binnenste van de aarde.
De onderzoekers smolten ijzermonsters in een diamant-aambeeldcel. Daarna gebruikten ze Atoomprobe-tomografie om te zien hoe waterstof, silicium en zuurstof waren verdeeld. Zo konden ze de verhouding tussen waterstof en silicium ongeveer op 1:1 schatten. Door dit te combineren met eerdere schattingen van het siliciumgehalte in de kern, konden ze ook de totale hoeveelheid waterstof benaderen.
Onzekerheden blijven bestaan
De nieuwe methode geeft waardevolle inzichten in de samenstelling van de kern. Ook helpt het te begrijpen hoe warmte wordt afgegeven, wat bijdraagt aan het magnetisch veld van de aarde. Onderzoekers geven wel aan dat er nog onzekerheden zijn. Zo kan er tijdens het decompressieproces waterstof verloren gaan, waardoor de hoeveelheid waterstof misschien wordt onderschat.
Meer onderzoek is nodig om deze schattingen te verbeteren. Ook willen wetenschappers de complexe chemische interacties in de kern beter begrijpen. Toch laat het onderzoek zien dat waterstof belangrijk is voor de ontwikkeling van de aarde. Het speelde al een grote rol in een vroeg stadium van de vorming van planeten.
Everything Trump Has Said About UFOs, Aliens in Speeches
Everything Trump Has Said About UFOs, Aliens in Speeches
By Joe Edwards
President Donald Trump has alternated between skepticism and curiosity about unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and aliens, discussing pilots’ sightings, government secrecy, and his own access to information during interviews and appearances.
A 2021 survey by Pew Research Center found that almost two-thirds (65 percent) of Americans believe that intelligent life could exist on other planets.
Trump’s evolving remarks offer a window into how a former and current president talks about alleged sightings.
Donald Trump looks on during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center on December 22, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Rebecca Noble/Getty Images
In June 2019, Trump said he had been briefed on Navy UFO reports and expressed doubt, stating to ABC News: “I did have one very brief meeting on it,” adding that “people are saying they’re seeing UFOs. Do I believe it? Not particularly.”
Also in 2019, he told Tucker Carlson he wasn’t convinced in the existence of UFOs. “Well, I don't want to really get into it too much. But personally, I tend to doubt it," Trump said. "I'm not a believer, but you know, I guess anything is possible.”
In June 2020, when his son Donald Trump Jr. asked him about revealing “what’s really going on with Roswell,” Trump answered, per The Hill: “I won’t talk to you about what I know about it, but it’s very interesting.”
Major Jesse Marcel, pictured below in 1947 with crash debris, was the first military officer to investigate the Roswell Incident, one of the most famous examples of the supposed recovery of crashed extraterrestrial technology and biological entities.
On Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast in June 2024, Trump said he had met with pilots who described seeing "things you wouldn’t believe,” reiterating he was not a believer himself.
“But I have met with people, serious people, that say there are some really strange things flying around out there,” he said.
Pressed on whether he had access to files about aliens and UAPs, Trump added: “I have access...and I speak to people about it, I’ve had actually meetings on it,” also saying he had heard of aircraft “round in form, going like four times faster than my super jet fighter plane.”
Everything Trump has said about UFOs, aliens in speeches
Everything Trump has said about UFOs, aliens in speeches
President Donald Trump has alternated between skepticism and curiosity about unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and aliens, discussing pilots’ sightings, government secrecy, and his own access to information during interviews and appearances.
A 2021 survey by Pew Research Center found that almost two-thirds (65 percent) of Americans believe that intelligent life could exist on other planets.
Trump’s evolving remarks offer a window into how a former and current president talks about alleged sightings.
In June 2019, Trump said he had been briefed on Navy UFO reports and expressed doubt, stating to ABC News: “I did have one very brief meeting on it,” adding that “people are saying they’re seeing UFOs. Do I believe it? Not particularly.”
Also in 2019, he told Tucker Carlson he wasn’t convinced in the existence of UFOs. “Well, I don’t want to really get into it too much. But personally, I tend to doubt it,” Trump said. “I’m not a believer, but you know, I guess anything is possible.”
In June 2020, when his son Donald Trump Jr. asked him about revealing “what’s really going on with Roswell,” Trump answered, per The Hill: “I won’t talk to you about what I know about it, but it’s very interesting.”
Major Jesse Marcel, pictured below in 1947 with crash debris, was the first military officer to investigate the Roswell Incident, one of the most famous examples of the supposed recovery of crashed extraterrestrial technology and biological entities.
On Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast in June 2024, Trump said he had met with pilots who described seeing “things you wouldn’t believe,” reiterating he was not a believer himself.
“But I have met with people, serious people, that say there are some really strange things flying around out there,” he said.
Pressed on whether he had access to files about aliens and UAPs, Trump added: “I have access…and I speak to people about it, I’ve had actually meetings on it,” also saying he had heard of aircraft “round in form, going like four times faster than my super jet fighter plane.”
A live‑streamed congressional hearing held on Tuesday afternoon featured former President Donald J. Trump and former Department of Defense (DoD) official Luis Elizondo, who is widely recognized for his role in bringing the Pentagon’s Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) program to public attention. The session, convened by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, was billed as an opportunity for lawmakers to question senior officials about the status of UAP investigations and any potential national‑security implications. During his remarks, Trump alluded to “shocking” information he had received about unidentified objects, prompting a flurry of media coverage and speculation about the depth of government disclosure.
Key Points Discussed
Trump’s Assertions: The former president claimed that, during his tenure, the administration received “credible briefings” on UAP encounters that were “far more advanced than anything we have publicly acknowledged.” He emphasized that the intelligence community had “kept many details classified” and suggested that a broader release could be forthcoming.
Elizondo’s Testimony:Luis Elizondo, who formerly led the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), reiterated that the DoD has collected “hundreds of validated sightings” from military pilots and radar operators. He cited recent declassified videos released by the Pentagon as evidence of “objects that demonstrate flight characteristics beyond known technology.”
Committee’s Response:Chairwoman Rep. Jamie Rogers (R‑AL) pressed both witnesses on the timeline for further disclosures, asking whether a formal report to Congress had been completed. Both Trump and Elizondo indicated that a “comprehensive briefing” is slated for the upcoming month, pending security reviews.
Key Figures
Donald J. Trump: Former President (2017‑2021); participant in the hearing, offering personal insight into classified briefings received while in office.
Luis Elizondo: Former DoD official and founder of the To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science; testified on the Pentagon’s UAP data collection and analysis efforts.
Rep. Jamie Rogers (R‑AL): Chair of the House Oversight Committee; moderated the hearing and directed questions toward transparency and accountability.
Sen. Mark Kelly (D‑AZ): Former astronaut and co‑sponsor of the 2023 UAP Disclosure Act; referenced earlier legislative milestones during the session.
Chronology & Context
The hearing follows a series of legislative and executive actions aimed at increasing transparency around UAPs. In late 2022, the DoD released three short videos—dubbed “Gimbal,” “GoFast,” and “FLIR”—showing unidentified objects captured by Navy pilots. The 2023 UAP Disclosure Act mandated the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to produce an annual report on UAP investigations, a requirement that was fulfilled in March 2024. The current session marks the first time a former president has publicly addressed the matter in a congressional setting, occurring just weeks after the Intelligence Community’s “Preliminary Assessment” report, which acknowledged “multiple unexplained aerial phenomena” but stopped short of attributing them to extraterrestrial sources.
Conclusion
While the hearing did not produce concrete new evidence, it underscored the growing pressure on the U.S. government to move beyond limited, classified briefings toward broader public disclosure. **
Jeremy Corbell Showed Us UAP Footage That Changes Everything
Jeremy Corbell Showed Us UAP Footage That Changes Everything
Overview
In a recent interview on the Talia program, investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker Jeremy Corbell unveiled a previously unreleased thermal video that captures an unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) over Syria in 2021. The footage, which Corbell says was originally recorded by a military sensor, shows an object accelerating instantaneously, disappearing without any visible propulsion or exhaust plume. According to Corbell, the video represents “some of the most compelling evidence to date of technology that defies known laws of physics,” and he argues that its release marks a pivotal moment in the ongoing public discourse on UAPs.
The 2021 Syria Footage
The centerpiece of the discussion is a thermal‑imaging clip that depicts a luminous object moving at an extreme rate of acceleration before vanishing from view in a fraction of a second. Corbell stresses that the video was analyzed by U.S. government officials, and that the accompanying technical breakdown reflects the agency’s own assessment rather than third‑party speculation. He notes that the object exhibits “no visible means of propulsion or exhaust,” and that the rapid change in velocity appears to contradict conventional understandings of inertia and aerodynamics. While Corbell refrains from labeling the phenomenon as extraterrestrial, he emphasizes that the data “survives scientific scrutiny” only if it can be reproduced and examined under controlled conditions.
Historical Context and Related Cases
Corbell situates the Syrian incident within a broader pattern of UAP encounters reported by military and civilian observers over the past two decades. He references several well‑documented cases, including:
USS Omaha, where a craft entered water without creating a splash, suggesting “trans‑medium” capabilities.
USS Russell, which recorded pyramid‑shaped objects on radar and infrared sensors.
The “Tic‑Tac” UAP, famously discussed during 2020 congressional hearings and witnessed by Navy pilots.
Additional sightings such as the Mosul Orb, Baghdad Phantom, Syria Dome, and the “Jellyfish” UAP.
By linking these incidents, Corbell argues that the phenomena are not isolated anomalies but part of a persistent, physical reality that repeatedly appears in restricted airspace.
Scientific and Technical Implications
When pressed on the survivability of such rapid acceleration for a human occupant, Corbell responded that “according to modern physics, a human would be turned to jelly.” He hypothesizes that the craft may generate a localized “time‑space bubble” that shields its interior from extreme inertial forces, a concept that, if verified, would have profound implications for physics and aerospace engineering. Corbell also rejects the notion that the sightings are simply “black projects” of the U.S. defense establishment, pointing out that documented UAP reports predate the Department of Defense and modern aerospace programs. He cites congressional testimony suggesting the recovery of “non‑human” biological material from crash sites, though he acknowledges that such claims remain unverified.
Calls for a Data‑Driven Approach
Moving beyond speculation, Corbell urges the scientific community to adopt a “data‑driven” stance toward UAPs. He contends that the current era of “catastrophic disclosure”—characterized by increasing whistleblower releases and declassified material—requires rigorous analysis rather than dismissal. In his view, physicists and engineers should engage with the expanding dataset, applying established methodologies to evaluate performance envelopes, sensor signatures, and potential propulsion mechanisms. Corbell’s broader objective, he says, is to “weaponize curiosity” so that the public gains access to what he describes as the “fundamental nature of reality” that has long been concealed.
Outlook and Next Steps
The release of the Syrian UAP footage adds another data point to an already sizable collection of anomalous aerial observations. While the video has not yet undergone peer‑reviewed publication, its provenance—military‑originated thermal imaging and government‑level analysis—provides a degree of credibility that distinguishes it from many prior claims. Future steps will likely involve independent verification by scientific institutions, potential replication of sensor signatures, and continued congressional oversight. As Corbell concludes, “the dam is breaking” on disclosure, and the onus now lies on researchers, policymakers, and the public to determine how this emerging evidence reshapes our understanding of aerial phenomena and, possibly, the limits of physics itself.
Surprise, surprise: all that climate stuff scientists have been warning us about is coming back to bite us. And by us, of course, we mean all of humanity.
As reported by the Guardian, scientists just published a warning that Earth is approaching a point of no return. A new study in the journal One Earth shows multiple climate systems — the Greenland ice sheet, the West Antarctic ice sheet, boreal permafrost, the Amazon rainforest — are all much closer to collapse than previously thought.
Will the Earth become uninhabitable? New experiment predicts interesting future
“Research shows that several Earth system components may be closer to destabilising than once believed,” the researchers urged. “While the exact risk is uncertain, it is clear that current climate commitments are insufficient.”
The analysis is based on climate “tipping points,” meaning collapses of environmental systems that lead other climate systems beyond their own tipping points, creating a snowball scenario where the planet spirals into a worst-case-scenario known as “hothouse Earth.” Under this scenario, the long-term temperature is projected to rise about 9 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial averages — which would be really bad.
“Crossing even some of the [tipping point] thresholds could commit the planet to a hothouse trajectory,” said Christopher Wolf, a scientist at the environmental group Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Associates. “Policymakers and the public remain largely unaware of the risks posed by what would effectively be a point-of-no-return transition.”
What makes this all particularly insulting is the fact that the poor people of the world — those who will suffer the earliest and deepest losses as a result of climate change — are powerless to stop these tipping points from boiling over. And not for lack of will: the global climate movement is growing steadily, as Americans have perhaps never been more aware that climate change will impact the low-income people of the world the most.
Will the Earth become uninhabitable? New experiment predicts interesting future
Unfortunately, the power to reverse these decisions doesn’t belong to the people, but to a small cabal of the ultra-rich. The future of the planet is so far out of our control that some environmental experts argue not even the world’s most powerful governments can stop the collapse.
As University of Manitoba professor David Camfield and author of the 2022 book “Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change” has explained, the level of political power held by the ultra-rich and their corporations is so immense that even a government with popular support and commitment to emissions cuts would struggle under the weight of corporate investment strikes, pressure from credit agencies, and catastrophic market disruption.
“To weaken those political obstacles sufficiently that a government could get a just transition underway would take massive pressure of the kind that only movements can unleash,” Camfield asserts.
The math, in other words, is brutal. Capitalism’s logic demands unending accumulation of wealth, leading to a world in which corporations must grow or die, no matter the consequences. To transition out of this mess would mean weakening capital’s entire grip on power — something which has only ever been achieved when the great masses of toiling people come together to demand a better world.
For over two decades, millions of people volunteered the computational capacity of their computers to help UC Berkeley scientists in their search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).
The goal of the project, called SETI@home, was to trawl through data collected by the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico for signs of unusual radio signals from the cosmos. It was a powerful example of “distributed computing,” which relies on a huge network of individual computers — but whether the search has borne any fruit remains unclear as scientists continue to analyze the wealth of data.
A screenshot of the SETI@home user interface on a desktop computer in 2009. The software ran on millions of home computers worldwide, analyzing radio data from space in search of signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.
Credit: Robert Sanders/UC Berkeley
SETI@home concluded after 21 years in 2020, producing a whopping 12 billion detections, according to a UC Berkeley press release, making it “one of the most popular crowd-sourced research projects ever.”
Over the years, researchers whittled down the data to just 100 signals that were “worth a second look” by eliminating radio frequency interference and noise with the help of a supercomputer. Since July, they’ve been using China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), in the hopes of catching another glimpse of the identified targets.
Unfortunately, the Arecibo Observatory — once the world’s largest radio telescope — collapsed during a storm in 2020, and is being decommissioned.
Even if the project never leads to first contact with an intelligent extraterrestrial species, it doesn’t mean SETI@home was a waste of time. Researchers are still trawling through the FAST data, but early conclusions of the project and its effectiveness have already resulted in twopapers that were published last year in The Astronomical Journal.
“If we don’t find ET, what we can say is that we established a new sensitivity level,” said project cofounder David Anderson in a statement. “If there were a signal above a certain power, we would have found it.”
The team is hoping to inspire a successor to the crowdsourced research project, while applying what they’ve learned.
“Some of our conclusions are that the project didn’t completely work the way we thought it was going to,” Anderson said. “And we have a long list of things that we would have done differently and that future sky survey projects should do differently.”
Astronomer and project director Eric Korpela also pointed out that the considerable amount of radio interference, which can emanate from other sources, including radio and TV broadcasts and even microwave ovens, could seriously mess with the data.
David Anderson, co-founder of SETI@home, discusses the distributed computing project in 2003.
Credit: Robert Sanders/UC Berkeley
“We have to do a better job of measuring what we’re excluding,” he said. “Are we throwing out the baby with the bath water? I don’t think we know for most SETI searches, and that is really a lesson for SETI searches everywhere.”
Given the lack of a smoking gun after trawling “billions and billions” of stars in the Milky Way, the project left the alien-hunting organizers somewhat deflated.
“We are, without doubt, the most sensitive narrow-band search of large portions of the sky, so we had the best chance of finding something,” Korpela explained. “So yeah, there’s a little disappointment that we didn’t see anything.”
However, the researcher hasn’t given up on the idea, particularly given the immense advancements in computer power and improved internet connections.
“I think that you could still get significantly more processing power than we used for SETI@home and process more data because of a wider internet bandwidth,” Korpela said. However, “the biggest issue with such a project is that it requires personnel, and personnel means salaries. It’s not the cheapest way to do SETI.”
And plenty of what-ifs remain, especially considering the limitations of the SETI@home project.
“There’s still the potential that ET is in that data and we missed it just by a hair,” he pondered.
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Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek: Mogelijke Verstopplaatsen voor BuitenAardse Levensvormen in de Multiversumtheorie
Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek: Mogelijke Verstopplaatsen voor BuitenAardse Levensvormen in de Multiversumtheorie
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Inleiding
Het bestaan van buitenaardse beschavingen vormt al decennia een intrigerend vraagstuk binnen de astrofysica en de zoektocht naar het leven buiten de aarde. Traditioneel wordt deze zoektocht ondersteund door de Drake-vergelijking, een wiskundig model dat is ontworpen om het aantal intelligente beschavingen in onze Melkweg te schatten. Echter, recente theoretische ontwikkelingen suggereren dat misschien niet alle bewijzen of het ontbreken daarvan eenvoudig te verklaren zijn binnen het beperkt kader van ons eigen universum. In plaats daarvan zou het kunnen dat buitenaards leven zich verschuilt in andere, parallelle universa binnen een multiversum.
De Drake-vergelijking en haar beperkingen
De klassieke Drake-vergelijking werd in de jaren zestig door de astronoom Frank Drake geïntroduceerd met het oog op het schatten van het aantal beschavingen dat communicatie met ons zou kunnen onderhouden. Deze vergelijking houdt rekening met verschillende factoren zoals de stervormingssnelheid, de gemiddelde omvang van planetenstelsels, de kans op het ontstaan van leven en de ontwikkeling van intelligentie. Hoewel nuttig, is er bewustzijn dat deze formule gebaseerd is op aannames en gegevens die slechts voor ons eigen universum geldig zijn.
De invoering van multiversumtheorie
Recente modellen in de theoretische fysica en kosmologie brengen het concept van een multiversum naar voren. In deze theorieën bestaan er talloze universa, elk met eigen natuurkundige parameters, waarvan sommige mogelijk afwijkingen vertonen die de ontwikkeling van leven bevorderen of belemmeren.
Revisie van de Drake-vergelijking: Een multiversum-benadering
In een baanbrekend artikel gepubliceerd in het Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, presenteert een team onder leiding van astrofysicus Daniele Sorini van de Universiteit van Durham een vernieuwde interpretatie van de Drake-vergelijking. Deze herziening houdt rekening met het potentieel dat de meeste beschavingen zich niet binnen ons eigen universum bevinden, maar elders in het multiversum, waar fysische condities wellicht meer gunstig zijn.
Dark Energie en universele condities
Een essentieel onderdeel van deze nieuwe theorie betreft de rol van donkere energie, een mysterieuze component die de versnelde uitdijing van het universum verklaart. Sorini en collega’s ontdekten dat universa met een hogere donkere energiedichtheid, waardoor het creëren van sterrenstelsels efficiënter wordt, wellicht een grotere kans op het ontstaan van intelligent leven bieden.
Specifiek suggereren ze dat een universum waarin ongeveer 27 procent van de gewone materie wordt omgezet in sterren, veel gunstiger zou zijn voor de ontwikkeling van leven, dan ons eigen universum met een geschatte 23 procent. Dit impliceert dat onze kosmische omgeving niet optimaal is voor de emergentie van geavanceerd leven, wat de mogelijkheid opent dat leven elders in het multiversum zich bevindt onder andere fysieke condities.
Implicaties en wetenschappelijke vooruitzichten
Sorini’s conclussie dat hogere of andere varianten van donkere energie-compatible universa nog steeds levens mogelijk maken, leidt tot provocatieve vragen over onze plaats in de kosmos. “Het is verrassend dat een hogere dichtheid van donkere energie nog steeds compatibel kan zijn met leven”, aldus Sorini. Dit wijst erop dat onze universele condities mogelijk niet representatief zijn voor de meest waarschijnlijke of gunstige condities voor het ontstaan van intelligent leven.
Hoewel het idee dat buitenaardse beschavingen zich in parallelle universa verbergen absurd lijkt op het eerste gezicht, biedt deze theorie een fascinerend raamwerk om de beperkingen van onze observaties en de grenzen van onze kennis te overbruggen. Het model dient niet alleen ter verklaarding van het ontbreken van contact, maar ook als een experimentale basis om onze zoektocht uit te breiden naar een multiversum.
Wetenschappelijke relevantie en toekomstige onderzoeksmogelijkheden
Het onderzoeken van de parameters die het ontstaan van leven in verschillende universe vormen, wordt door de onderzoekers beschreven als een van de grootste uitdagingen binnen de kosmologie en fundamentele fysica. Door het aanpassen van de variabelen zoals donkere energie, kunnen theoretici simulaties en modellen ontwikkelen die ons inzicht bieden in hoe leven zich mogelijk ontwikkelt onder uiteenlopende kosmologische condities.
Leuk, gehecht aan het concept van de multiversum, is de mogelijkheid dat de zoektocht naar buitenaards leven niet beperkt is tot onze eigen kosmos. In plaats daarvan openen nieuwe theoretische kaders mogelijkheden om dat zoekproces uit te breiden en te verdiepen, bijvoorbeeld door het kijken naar “labels” van verschillende universa en hun specifieke fysische eigenschappen.
Kritisch perspectief en wetenschappelijke uitdaging
Hoewel de theorie dat aliens zich mogelijk in het multiversum bevinden, buitengewoon fascinerend is, blijft het een speculatieve hypothese. Het ontbreken van direct bewijs betekent dat deze ideeën uiteindelijk binnen de puristische paradigma’s in de fysica en kosmologie als controversieel worden beschouwd. Toch kan de verkenning van deze hypothesen nieuwe wegen creëren voor onze wetenschappelijke vragen en experimenten.
Conclusie
De herziening van de Drake-vergelijking met een multiversum-oriëntatie biedt een intrigerend perspectief op de zoektocht naar buitenaards leven. Door de fysische parameters te variëren, vooral die rondom donkere energie, kunnen we modelleren onder welke omstandigheden leven mogelijk zou kunnen voorkomen in universa die afwijken van onze eigen kosmos. Hoewel we niet meteen bewijs hebben dat aliens daadwerkelijk in andere universa huizen, opent deze aanpak het kader voor een paradigmaverschuiving: onze zoektocht naar het exotische leven mogelijk te richten op meerdere kosmologische realiteiten.
Literatuur en toekomstige ontwikkelingen
Naast de bijdragen van Sorini en zijn team, wordt de multiversumtheorie verder ondersteund of uitgedaagd door inzichten over donkere materie en de hypothese dat deze misschien een spiegeluniversum vertegenwoordigt. Met het toenemende vermogen van telescopen en detectoren, en de ontwikkeling van kwantumtechnologieën, kunnen onderzoekers mogelijk toekomstige bewijslijnen vinden die deze theorieën ondersteunen of weerleggen.
Kortom, het onderzoeken van het multiversum als een locatie voor buitenaards leven blijft een boeiend en potentieel revolutionair veld in de wetenschappelijke gemeenschap, dat ons dwingt onze eigen kosmische plaats opnieuw te overwegen en te herdefiniëren.
Notitie: Dit artikel bevat een uitgebreide, wetenschappelijk onderbouwde interpretatie gebaseerd op de publicaties en hypothesen omtrent het multiversum en de zoektocht naar buitenaards leven, met een focus op recente theoretische modellen en hun implicaties voor de kosmologie en astrobiologie.
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NASA Running Out of Non-Life Explanations for What Its Rover Found on Mars
NASA Running Out of Non-Life Explanations for What Its Rover Found on Mars
Last year, NASA’s Curiosity rover made a fascinating discovery after boring into a suspected ancient lake bed on Mars: long-chain organic molecules, called alkanes, that could serve as a potential chemical relic of ancient life on the Red Planet.
The molecules, researchers suggested at the time, could have derived from fatty acids, which are common building blocks of cell membranes on Earth, once again strengthening the case that Mars could’ve been teeming with life billions of years ago.
It was just another tantalizing clue in our search for extraterrestrial life, not the smoking gun we’ve all been waiting for.
Nonetheless, scientists continue to be fascinated by the finding. In a paper published in the journal Astrobiology last week, a team led by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Alexander Pavlov argues that the presence of these molecules — despite the millions of years of destructive radiation that pummeled the Martian surface after it lost much of its atmosphere — “cannot be readily explained” by non-biological processes alone.
One theory is that carbon-rich dust particles and meteorites could have deposited these long-chain organic molecules on the surface, with the ancient Martian atmosphere allowing the organics to accumulate billions of years ago.
However, Pavlov and his colleagues aren’t convinced. After studying how 80 million years’ worth of pelting radiation could have affected these molecules, they concluded that prior to the loss of the planet’s atmosphere, the concentration of these alkanes was likely much higher than previously thought. To help explain their findings, they took into account other non-biological processes in an attempt to arrive at their inferred original abundance — but couldn’t, even after combining all of them.
In other words, biological processes like the ones observed on Earth are still a leading theory, even after researchers’ best efforts to find a non-life explanation.
“We argue that such high concentrations of long-chain alkanes are inconsistent with a few known abiotic sources of organic molecules on ancient Mars,” they wrote.
Nonetheless, they stopped well short of making any definitive statements about life on the Red Planet. After all, there could be still-unknown, non-biological processes we don’t know about that could have resulted in the observed concentration of long-chain carbon molecules on Mars.
“We agree with Carl Sagan’s claim that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and understand that any purported detection of life on Mars will necessarily be met with intense scrutiny,” they concluded in their paper. “In addition, in practice with established norms in the field of astrobiology, we note that the certainty of a life detection beyond Earth will require multiple lines of evidence.”
Nonetheless, it’s a tantalizing waypoint in our longstanding efforts to determine whether Mars, a planet that was once covered in huge oceans, rivers, and lakes, could have supported life.
Pavlov and his colleagues are now calling for further research into how radiation degraded these intriguing molecules under Mars-like conditions to shed more light on the matter.
Imagine opening up to someone about your most treasured memory or your deepest vulnerabilities—only to later discover that the attentive listener on the other end wasn’t a person at all, but a machine.
According to new research published in Communications Psychology, artificial intelligence can be surprisingly good at fostering emotional connections, and in some cases, even outperforming humans.
However, there’s a catch: it works best when people believe they’re talking to another human.
In two double-blind, randomized controlled trials involving 492 participants, researchers found that large language model (LLM)-generated responses fostered equal—and sometimes greater—feelings of interpersonal closeness than human responses.
The effect was especially pronounced during emotionally intense “deep-talk” conversations. Yet, when participants were told they were interacting with an AI, those feelings diminished, revealing what the researchers describe as an “anti-AI bias.”
These findings suggest that not only can AI form the basis of meaningful social interactions, but under certain circumstances, it may be particularly well-suited to emotionally engaging exchanges—raising profound implications for psychotherapy, healthcare, and the future of digital companionship.
“With the increasing accessibility of large language models to the public, questions arise about whether, and under what conditions, social-emotional interactions with artificial intelligence (AI) can lead to human-like relationship building,” researchers write. “We found that people felt even closer to AI than to fellow humans after emotionally engaging interactions.”
To examine how relationships form between humans and AI, researchers at the University of Freiburg adapted a well-established psychological tool, the “Fast Friends Procedure.” Originally designed to rapidly generate interpersonal closeness between strangers, the method relies on escalating mutual self-disclosure through structured questions.
Participants—German university students between 18 and 35—engaged in 15-minute, text-based interactions. Unbeknownst to them, their “partner” responses had been pre-generated either by real human participants in a lab or by a minimally prompted large language model (Google’s PaLM 2, accessed via Bard in early 2024). In some conditions, participants were told they were interacting with a human. In others, they were informed they were speaking with an AI.
The researchers also manipulated emotional intensity. Some interactions involved light small talk. Others required deeper disclosures, including treasured life memories and core personal values. The core measure of relationship building was perceived interpersonal closeness, assessed using a widely used psychological scale.
The results revealed that when participants believed they were interacting with a human, AI-generated responses actually led to greater feelings of closeness than genuine human responses—but only during emotionally engaging deep-talk exchanges.
“AI-generated content outperformed human-generated content in establishing feelings of closeness during emotionally engaging deep-talk interactions,” researchers report. “Moreover, participants disclosed more information themselves in interactions with AI, and self-disclosure levels of both parties were associated with each other.”
Importantly, this was not because theAI wrote longer responses or displayed obvious stylistic advantages. Instead, linguistic analysis revealed that AI partners exhibited significantly higher levels of self-disclosure—sharing personal emotions, experiences, and social reflections.
That increased self-disclosure appeared to drive the effect. Participants reported feeling closer to partners who revealed more about themselves. In turn, participants also disclosed more about their own lives when interacting with the AI, suggesting a reciprocal dynamic.
In other words, the AI’s willingness to “open up” encouraged humans to do the same.
The finding challenges a common assumption that emotional communication is a uniquely human domain where AI inevitably falls short. Instead, the study suggests that LLMs—at least in text-based settings—can effectively simulate the vulnerability and emotional transparency that fosters rapid intimacy.
However, the advantage disappeared when the illusion was removed.
In the second study, participants were explicitly told whether their interaction partner was human or AI. Even when interacting with identical AI-generated responses, participants who believed they were speaking to an AI reported lower levels of closeness.
This label effect was statistically significant. Being told the partner was an AI reduced ratings of interpersonal closeness compared to human-labelled interactions.
Crucially, the drop in closeness was not due to AI responses changing. The content remained constant. What shifted was the participant’s mindset.
Researchers found that people wrote shorter responses when they believed they were interacting with AI, suggesting reduced emotional engagement. Those shorter responses were themselves associated with lower perceived closeness.
In short, people invested less in the relationship when they knew it involved a machine.
Yet, even with the anti-AI bias, relationship building still occurred. Closeness increased significantly from baseline in AI-labelled conditions, demonstrating that awareness of artificiality dampens—but does not eliminate—the capacity for emotional connection.
One interpretation of the findings is paradoxical: AI’s lack of genuine emotional experience may free it from the social risks humans face during vulnerable conversations.
Humans often hesitate to disclose deeply personal information, especially to strangers. Emotional self-disclosure carries social risk—rejection, judgment, misuse of personal details. However, an AI cannot experience embarrassment, rejection, or betrayal.
Researchers suggest that this lack of emotional stakes may allow AI to consistently display high levels of openness in emotionally charged discussions. That openness, in turn, invites reciprocal vulnerability from human partners.
Still, the researchers caution against concluding that AI is broadly superior in emotional communication. The advantage appeared only in masked deep-talk scenarios. Once labeled as AI, its relative strength declined.
That said, there may also be an important caveat to the so-called “anti-AI bias.” While participants in this controlled experiment reported lower levels of closeness when they knew they were interacting with a machine, real-world behavior suggests that awareness of artificiality does not necessarily prevent deep attachment.
As previously reported by The Debrief, other recent research has documented individuals forming intensely personal bonds with AI chatbots—some even describing romantic partnerships or “marriages” and having fictional “babies” with their digital companions. All while fully aware that the entity on the other end was not human.
In those cases, the label “AI” did not dampen emotional investment. If anything, the chatbot’s consistency, availability, and nonjudgmental nature appeared to strengthen it.
Together, the findings suggest that anti-AI bias may be highly context-dependent—more pronounced in brief experimental encounters, yet potentially diminished in ongoing, immersive interactions where emotional reliance has time to deepen.
Ultimately, these findings point to AI’s potential in overstretched social sectors such as mental health care, elder care, and patient support. As researchers note, conversational AI could assist in settings where relationship building and emotional engagement are critical—so long as safeguards are in place.
On the other hand, the results underscore ethical risks.
If AI can foster genuine feelings of closeness—especially when disguised as human—it could be misused for manipulation, deception, or exploitation. Emotional trust is powerful. In the wrong hands, it becomes a vector for social engineering, fraud, and psychological harm.
Importantly, generative AI systems have already grown more advanced—far beyond the 2024-era model used in this study—so the stakes have only increased.
“These findings highlight AI’s potential to relieve overburdened social fields while underscoring the urgent need for ethical safeguards to prevent its misuse in fostering deceptive social connections,” researchers warn.
Researchers say the findings do not imply that machines are superior to people. Rather, it reveals something subtler: human perceptions and expectations shape AI’s emotional power.
When we believe we’re talking to another person, AI can mirror—and even amplify—the dynamics of emotional connection. When we know it’s a machine, skepticism creeps in, altering our willingness to engage.
For now, the boundary between human and artificial companionship remains psychologically meaningful. However, that line is beginning to blur.
In their conclusion, the researchers emphasize AI’s increasingly familiar dual role—as both a powerful societal tool and a potential source of risk.
“On one hand, AI shows great promise in alleviating strain in overburdened social fields such as psychotherapy, medical care, and elder care. To foster acceptance in these areas, we recommend transparent human-led introduction, continuous monitoring, and systematic evaluation of human-AI Interactions,” researchers write. “On the other hand, our results underscore the risk of AI being misused for manipulation by fostering deceptive emotional connections.”
Tim McMillan is a retired law enforcement executive, investigative reporter and co-founder of The Debrief. His writing typically focuses on defense, national security, the Intelligence Community and topics related to psychology. You can follow Tim on Twitter:@LtTimMcMillan. Tim can be reached by email: tim@thedebrief.org or through encrypted email:LtTimMcMillan@protonmail.com
Widespread cell phone disruptions are set to hit thousands of Americans across Texas just as the state recovers from chaos in El Paso this week.
Military personnel at Fort Hood are scheduled to test anti-drone systems that can interfere with satellite navigation signals across a wide area, potentially degrading GPS accuracy for aircraft, drones, and consumer devices.
The interruptions, which began February 2, are expected to continue on Friday and Saturday mornings through February 27, with the final round scheduled from February 23 to 27.
The affected zone spans major cities, including Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and extends as far as Oklahoma City.
Operators of aircraft, drones, and other GPS-reliant systems are being warned to plan for degraded navigation and consider alternative methods.
The testing comes just days after US airspace was abruptly shut down in El Paso following a security incident involving what was later identified as a party balloon.
In the hours before the shutdown, an eyewitness near El Paso International Airport reported seeing a large object releasing smaller objects, footage that was shared with the crowdsourced UFO-reporting platform Enigma.
The sighting occurred shortly before the FAA closed a large swath of airspace for 'special security reasons' at 11:30 p.m. MT on February 10.
Widespread GPS disruptions are affecting Central Texas and parts of the surrounding region, caused by military testing of anti-drone systems near Fort Hood
Magnified images of the craft revealed a large object appearing near the sight of a major FAA shut down which was issued on February 10
Pilots experiencing problems with GPS-reliant equipment are urged to report anomalies following standard FAA procedures.
The disruptions could also affect cars, phones, tablets, watches, and other GPS-dependent devices across an area more than 190 miles wide, though not all systems are expected to be impacted.
The tests are likely being conducted with support from electronic warfare units to simulate a degraded GPS environment.
The US Army regularly conducts counter-unmanned aircraft training and technology demonstrations at Fort Hood, using a mix of radar, kinetic interceptors, and electronic warfare tools designed to detect and defeat drones.
The scheduled GPS disruption tests are described by the FAA as 'GPS interference testing,' typically meaning the military is intentionally creating GPS-denied conditions to train forces and evaluate how systems perform when signals are blocked or unreliable.
Although the FAA has not specified the hardware being used, such exercises generally involve radio-frequency jamming or spoofing systems designed to overwhelm or confuse GPS receivers.
The testing comes amid growing concern over military counter-drone activity after the FAA abruptly closed airspace over El Paso late Tuesday night.
The mysterious shutdown was originally announced to last for ten days and included all commercial, cargo, and general flights within a ten-mile-wide area roughly five miles southwest of El Paso, from the ground up to 18,000 feet.
In a dramatic example of the risks, the FAA abruptly closed El Paso airspace on Wednesday after the military targeted what turned out to be a party balloon with an anti-drone laser system
However, the chaotic shutdown by the FAA was quickly called off, with the Trump Administration changing the story of what triggered the alert multiple times within a matter of hours on Wednesday.
White House officials initially announced the US had taken down a Mexican cartel drone flying across the southern border, only to claim hours later that the object struck by a high-powered laser was a party balloon.
Now, UFO researchers and witnesses in the area have alleged that something other than a balloon or drone was spotted on multiple days near the US-Mexico border before the FAA warning.
'Looks like the mothership. It's huge. And there is stuff coming out from the bottom of it and going off to the left a little bit as it landed,' the driver on Tuesday said.
According to the witness recording the hovering craft, it appeared on video 'like a dot' after moving off far into the distance, but the object was allegedly incredibly large and looked somewhat like 'a blob.'
Enigma, which allows people to report sightings and share pictures or videos of UFOs on an app, also revealed that two other witnesses submitted strange sightings in the El Paso area, one on February 8 and another at 5.46pm ET on the same day as the FAA shut down.
Both sightings involved what the witnesses described as floating orbs high in the sky which were clearly not normal planes or any type of military aircraft.
'Every time I use my drones in this area, especially in a certain frequency I always have orbs run by,' the witness on February 8 reported in a video on the Enigma app.
However, the driver traveling by El Paso International Airport on Tuesday supplied the clearest evidence that what the military encountered was not a simple balloon.
'They are reporting today that it wasn’t drones but a party balloon! It never ceases to amaze me how stupid they think the public is,' one commenter on X wrote.
'I feel like I’ve seen this story before…' one person on social media wrote next to a picture of the weather balloon debris the military claimed was actually the Roswell UFO in 1947.
However, many skeptics criticized the video for being so out of focus that it made a clear identification of the object impossible.
We grew up with gods, beings who created worlds, wielded thunder, shaped history, and demanded worship. What if these gods weren’t supernatural at all, but powerful visitors from far-off worlds hidden behind the cloak of divinity? What if beings from distant planets shared advanced technology and abilities so far beyond human understanding that ancient people called them gods, and we’re only now piecing together the clues through myth, archaeology, and speculation?
Let’s explore this bold idea: what if gods were really advanced aliens watching over, guiding, or even genetically engineering humanity?
What if ancient gods were really alien beings with advanced technology?
Think about descriptions of gods descending from the sky in chariots of fire, wielding weapons that could destroy armies instantly, or speaking in voices that echoed across valleys. Some myths span cultures: Sumerian Anunnaki, Egyptian Ra, Hindu Vimana charioteers, Greek Prometheus bringing divine fire. These stories could be retellings of real encounters with extraterrestrial visitors, advanced, immortal-seeming beings whose technology blended into myth.
Maybe they left genetic legacies in humans, built pyramids with technology we can’t replicate, or created holy laws that later became ethics. If our ancestors saw hovering ships, glowing suits, or energy-based “miracles,” it’s no surprise those events were recorded as divine acts. To ancient societies without electromagnetism, a spaceship would be a god descending.
Our Thoughts
At EdgyThoughts, we find this hypothesis fascinating, not because we claim literal belief, but because it reframes our stories. If gods were aliens, mythology becomes a kind of history, and faith becomes encoded anthropology. Even if no spaceship lands tomorrow, the idea invites us to listen more deeply: what if the real miracle was not divine power, but visitors from distant worlds offering knowledge we still interpret as magic?
Pros and Cons of Alien Gods Theory
Pros
Cons
Unifies similar myths across cultures.
Largely speculative, no artifact labeled “alien god.”
Offers explanations for sudden cultural leaps (astronomy, architecture).
Could be seen as undermining spiritual traditions.
Inspires imaginative reinterpretation of ancient texts.
Nostalgia-driven interpretations may skew evidence.
Makes myth feel rooted in physical encounters.
Lacks widely accepted scientific or archaeological validation.
Sparks creative thinking in science, philosophy, and storytelling.
Risks trivializing deeper symbolic meanings of myths.
Could we detect if gods were alien beings?
Possibly. A few lines of evidence might include:
Ancient structures aligning with advanced astronomical math.
Texts describing devices or materials that don’t exist (e.g., “divine laser light”).
Legends of long-lived rulers with lifespans beyond a thousand years, possibly military/biotech-enhanced beings.
Cultural patterns of worship across continents with no contact, suggesting a shared origin.
In 2025, cross-disciplinary researchers in archaeoastronomy, ancient DNA, epigraphy, and physics are quietly exploring these overlaps, more cautiously than conspiracy YouTubers, but with open curiosity.
Key Points You Should Know
Myths of gods as visitors span cultures globally.
Descriptions often match what extraterrestrials might look like.
Advanced structures/assets could reflect alien tech or instruction.
No confirmed proof yet, just intriguing correlations.
The concept reframes divinity as cosmic, not supernatural.
Explaining Each Point
1. From the Anunnaki to the Feathered Serpent, multiple cultures describe gods coming from above.
2. Bright chariots, human-like figures glowing, voices on the wind, early descriptions of aliens in mythic terms.
3. The Great Pyramid, Stonehenge, and Angkor Wat required astronomical precision that ancient humans achieved, perhaps with guidance.
4. While there’s no verified spaceship artifact, there are many collectable anomalies and respected scholars asking important questions.
5. By seeing gods as alien beings, myth becomes a record of first contact, humanity’s ancient encounter with the cosmic.
What We Think
We’re not saying this is a fact. We are saying: what if it is? The “gods as aliens” model solves puzzles, connects legends, and honors spiritual traditions by grounding them in historical encounters. Whether or not you accept the hypothesis, it invites careful inquiry and challenges us to ask: if a seed of truth lies in myth, how would we know? That’s a question we’re thrilled to explore.
On Monday, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced the launch of a new project aimed at finding scientific proof for the existence of extraterrestrial technology. Dubbed the Galileo Project, the international team of researchers says part of their hunt for ET technology will include examining reports of “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena” (UAP), more commonly known as UFOs.
“The goal of the Galileo Project is to bring the search for extraterrestrial technological signatures from accidental or anecdotal observations and legends to the mainstream of transparent, validated, and systematic scientific research,” a press release issued by the Galileo Project reads.
Heading up the program is one of the most well-known advocates of searching for intelligent alien life within our Solar System, Harvard professor of astronomy, Dr. Abraham “Avi” Loeb. Flanking Loeb is a team of researchers and advisors that hail from a staggering list of prestigious academic institutions including, Harvard, Princeton, Cambridge, Caltech, Yale, Arizona State, University of North Carolina, and Stockholm University.
The Debrief has previously provided extensive coverage on the scientific community’s growing interest in targeting alien technology, including NASA funding research specific to locating extraterrestrial “technosignatures.” However, these endeavors are almost exclusively focused on detecting alien technology lurking deep out in the cosmos.
In contrast, the Galileo Project is the first scientific endeavor to explicitly say not only does it intend to explore possible alien artifacts in our near Solar System, but the program also intends to examine the recent resurgence of UFO or UAP reports as potential evidence that advanced alien life may already be here on Earth.
According to press materials provided by the Galileo Project, the impetus for exploring whether UFO sightings here on Earth could represent advanced alien technology is primarily spurred by the U.S. Department of Defense’s renewed interest in the subject of “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.”
According to the ODNI report, task force investigators could only identify one incident out of 144 military reports of claimed UAP encounters as having a prosaic explanation. Of those nearly 150 reports, ODNI said, 18 incidents or 21 reports demonstrated “unusual UAP movement patterns or flight characteristics.” The report authors described some of these unusual characteristics as “remaining stationary in winds aloft, moving against the wind, maneuver abruptly, or moving at considerable speed, without discernible means of propulsion.”
“After the recent release of the ODNI report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), the scientific community needs the determination to systematically, scientifically, and transparently look for potential evidence of extraterrestrial technological equipment,” said Dr. Loeb in a press release. “The impact of any discovery of extraterrestrial technology on science, our technology, and on our entire world view would be enormous.”
With over three decades of Ivy League professorship, Loeb boasts a gaudy academic pedigree, including having served as the longest-reigning chair of Harvard’s Department of Astronomy (2011-2020), contributions to over 900 peer-reviewed academic papers, and being a member of the President’s Trump’s 2020 Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. In 2012, Loeb was recognized by Time magazine as one of the “25 Most Influential People in Space,” his photograph appearing alongside Elon Musk.
Loeb also bears the distinction of being one of the most controversial figures in space science.
In 2018, Loeb caused quite a stir in the scientific community when he and co-author Shmuel Bialy published a paper in the Astrophysical Journal Letters asserting that the first interstellar object ever to be detected passing through our solar system in October 2017, ‘Oumuamua, could have been an artificial extraterrestrial object.
The greater scientific community has primarily criticized Loeb for claiming that ‘Oumuamua could have originated from some advanced ET civilization. In a prior interview with The Debrief, Dr. Paul M. Sutter, a research professor at the Institute for Advanced Computational Science at Stony Brook University and author of How to Die in Space: A Journey Through Dangerous Astrophysical Phenomena, said, “Dr. Loeb is making a giant claim based on no evidence. Just because we don’t understand something, it doesn’t mean we get to declare it’s aliens. Lack of evidence does not give you the license to assert whatever you want. That’s not how science works.”
In response to these criticisms, Loeb has only become more entrenched and vocal in his views on ‘Oumuamua.
In 2020, Loeb and Harvard Ph.D. candidate Thiem Hoang published another paper in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, disputing one explanation that ‘Oumuamua was a large chunk of Hydrogen ice. In his recently published book, Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth, Loeb outlines his reasoning for affirming ‘Oumuamua could be humanity’s first evidence for not being alone, while simultaneously chastising the scientific community for being dogmatically closed-minded to the idea.
In addition to the Pentagon’s interest in mysterious objects seen flying about U.S. airspace, the Galileo Project ties in some of the still unresolved aspects of ‘Oumuamua in justifying serious scientific scrutiny of “unidentified aerial phenomena.”
“The existing data on UAP and ‘Oumuamua are sufficiently anomalous to motivate the collection of additional data on UAP or ‘Oumuamua-like objects and to test whether such objects may be Astro-archeological artifacts or active technological equipment produced by one or more putative, existing or extinct extraterrestrial civilizations (ETCs),” the press release by the Galileo Project reads.
Artist’s concept of interstellar object 1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua) as it passed through the solar system. The aspect ratio of up to 10:1 is unlike that of any object previously seen in our own solar system.
Image Credit: European Southern Observatory / M. Kornmesser
The goal of the Galileo Project will be to “identify the nature of UAP and ‘Oumuamua-like interstellar objects using the standard scientific method based on a transparent analysis of open scientific data to be collected using optimized instruments.”
Currently, the team of scientists says they plan on following three primary avenues of research in their pursuit of finding evidence of alien technology.
The first scientific thrust will involve obtaining “high-resolution, multi-detector UAP images” in hopes of “discovering their nature.” Researchers say they plan on achieving this goal by searching for UAP using a network of high-fidelity telescopes and detector arrays that will be distributed in select locations.
Additionally, press materials from the Galileo Project say, “We anticipate extensive Artificial Intelligence/Deep Learning (AI/DL) and algorithmic approaches to differentiate atmospheric phenomena from birds, balloons, commercial or consumer drones, and from potential technological objects of terrestrial or other origin surveying our planet, such as satellites.”
While many have criticized the Department of Defense’s unwillingness to share evidence collected by military sensors on UAP, the Galileo Project says their data “will be open to the public and the scientific analysis will be transparent.”
The Galileo Project says it also intends to “design advanced algorithmic and AI/DL object recognition and fast filtering methods in hopes of discovering “potential one meter-scale or smaller ETC [extraterrestrial civilization] satellites that may be exploring Earth.
Finally, peering a little further out into space, the Galileo Project says it aims to use existing and future astronomical surveys to discover and monitor potential “‘Oumuamua-like interstellar objects” that might pass through the solar system.
In an email to The Debrief, Loeb clarified that the new project’s main goal will be examining possible extraterrestrial technologies that come within or near the Earth’s atmosphere. “The search for technosignatures on planets around other stars by telescopes like JWST [James Webb Space Telescope] involve detection of signals carried by light, such as industrial pollution or flashes from light beams. Instead, the Galileo Project focuses on physical objects that arrive close to Earth,” said Loeb.
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array.
(Image Source: The European Space Agency)
Although the Galileo Project is not shying away from studying “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena,” a topic that is considered still largely taboo by many in mainstream science, researchers say they will not be engaging in any retroactive analysis of existing images, radar data, observations, or anecdotal reports of past claimed UAP events. “These are not conducive to cross-validated, evidence-based scientific explanations,”said Galileo Project co-founder, Frank Laukien.
Similarly, during a press conference on Monday, Loeb and Laukien, both seemingly dismissed the idea of working with the Pentagon’s ongoing UAP investigations. “Most of the [military] data is not available because it has been collected by classified systems,” explained Loeb. “We don’t want access to classified data. We want to be transparent and provide data that is completely open to the public.”
Another prominent advocate for the serious study of UAP, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, Christopher Mellon, told The Debrief there was benefit to seeing coordination between the U.S. Government and independent scientific groups like the Galileo Project.
“Although this is first and foremost a national security issue,” said Mellon in a text message, “ an independent scientific panel should be formed and given access to the classified information to help broaden the discussion and overcome the unfortunate but inevitable distrust many people have of information supplied by the USG on this issue”
Adding to this point, in a recent blog post Mellon said, “The involvement of renowned mainstream scientists could be useful both for understanding what is occurring and helping the press, public and academia grasp the significance. Once again, the costs are small and the potential benefits are great.”
“We’re not making extraordinary claims,” said Laukien. “All of those advocating for extraordinary evidence before they look through these telescopes, I think that’s misguided. I think we should look and dare to look through new telescopes and agnostically record and interpret the data according to the scientific method.”
“If you say, ‘I need extraordinary evidence before I engage in this activity,’ then you will never find it,” added Loeb. “What I say is, extraordinary conservatism leads to extraordinary ignorance.”
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