The Miracle of the Sun, also known as the Miracle of Fátima, is reported to have occurred on 13 October 1917, attended by a large crowd who had gathered in Fátima, Portugal. The prophecy made by three shepherd children was that the Virgin Mary (referred to as Our Lady of Fátima), would appear and perform […]
Juno, a NASA spacecraft that has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, has discovered a huge new cyclone at the gas giant’s south pole. It’s the sixth in what’s now a hexagonal array of cyclones surrounding one central storm at the pole. Scientists announced the discovery Thursday at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union in […]
Perhaps nothing unites people — especially Americans — quite like the shared desire to lose a couple of pounds. I’m in this camp as well. I’ve tried and succeeded in losing weight exactly twice in my life. The first time involved a few months of angst-induced calorie-counting, followed by a nasty bout of the stomach […]
By nature, black holes are impossible to see directly. But astronomers can sense their presence by the way they interact with their environments, letting us glimpse these objects whose gravity is so strong that nothing can escape. In the past century, not only have astronomers shown that black holes do exist, but they’ve found dozens […]
Molecules containing noble gases shouldn’t exist. By definition, these chemical elements — helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and radon — are the party poopers of the periodic table, huddling in the rightmost column and refusing to make molecules. Indeed, no one has ever seen any naturally occurring noble gas molecules on Earth. Earlier this decade, […]
More carbon in the atmosphere might give evergreens a competitive edge over deciduous trees, or those that lose their leaves, according to new research in the journal Science Advances. As CO2 levels rise, evergreens — pines, spruces and their relatives — use water more efficiently. In drought, that might help these trees survive over birches, […]
(Inside Science) — Two miles under a grassy plain in South Africa, pockets of water lie trapped in the rock. Scientists think the pockets might have been isolated from the surrounding environment for 2 billion years. These liquid time capsules are hot, salty, and devoid of nutrients from the surface, and they may be chemically […]
Mysterious lights hovering above the east Valley have many wondering if we’ve had a close encounter. By Cameron Polomwww.abc15.com12-9-19 The object captured on two cell phones looks like a bright orb hovering silently in the sky. Every few moments, the object appears to drop what looks to be flares towards the ground.
New research suggests a lab-grown vessel, once implanted, is accepted by the body as its own — even healing after damage, as occurs during repeated puncturing from dialysis needles. (Credit: Shawn Rocco/Duke Medicine) A healthy heart needs healthy vessels to pump oxygen to the rest of the body. Cardiovascular diseases can damage these vessels, and current […]
Recently retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Steven L. Kwast gave a lecture last month that seems to further signal that the next major battlefield will be outer space. Kwast’s lecture included comments that heavily hint at the possibility that the United States military and its industry partners may have already developed next-generation technologies that […]
Hallucinogenic trips and addictive rushes of euphoria might be the first effects that come to mind when you think of MDMA. But the illicit party drug also has a potent effect on sociability, making users to feel more connected to the people around them. And that’s prompted research to study whether this MDMA benefit could […]
A scene of what appears to be boars, wild cattle and humanlike figures is the oldest lifelike figure cave art we have found yet. Adorning the back wall of an Indonesian cave, the almost 15-foot panel is likely over 44,000 years old. And, say the researchers who found them, the illustrations might also represent the […]
It was the size of a polar bear, with a mouth full of slashing blades. Some 22 million years ago, in what’s now Kenya, the mega-carnivore Simbakubwa kutokaafrika ruled. Then it disappeared. The last of Simbakubwa’s lineage, carnivores known as hyaenodonts, went extinct more than 10 million years ago. Mostly fragmentary fossils of dozens of […]
In August, astronomers discovered interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov — a visitor from outside our solar system. On Sunday, the space rock passed its closest point to the sun, and will makes its closest approach to Earth later this month. In the meantime, astronomers around the world have turned their telescopes to get a good look at […]
Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard rocket on Dec. 11. The launch from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company took place in western Texas and brought over 1,000 postcards and art projects from students into space. The launch marked the 100th commercial payload mission for the company and the 12th time it launched a […]