A new analysis of decades-old data from NASA's Spirit rover has uncovered overlooked traces of crystalline hematite and altered magnetite, adding to growing evidence that liquid water once played a major role in shaping the Red Planet.
Category: Mistery
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UFO Disclosure Odds, Square Human Skulls, Conjuring House Lawsuit, the Squonk Returns and More Mysterious News Briefly
A roundup of mysterious, paranormal and strange news stories from the past week.
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Are We Missing Alien Lighthouses?
Searching for extraterrestrial intelligence has so far meant primarily focusing on one particular type of signal – and that signal has normally been based on what our own current cutting edge technology is. But what if that’s the wrong way to look for signs of an alien intelligence? What if a resource-conscious civilization decided it was too complicated to send femto-second lasers in high energy bursts out across the universe. A new paper, available in pre-print on arXiv, from researchers Dániel Apai, Chia-Lung Lin, and Kevin Wagner, suggest that might actually be what happens, and that we should start looking for long-duration pulsing interstellar beacons.
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Bending Spacetime Reveals New Planet Hidden in Archived TESS Data
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has captured evidence of a Jupiter-like world orbiting another star, using a trick straight out of Einstein’s relativity: gravitational microlensing. The technique marks a first for TESS, and opens up the possibility of a whole new category of planets the spacecraft might uncover.
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Ancient ring discovered underground in Scotland could be a Stonehenge-like monument
A hidden ring of stones or timbers detected beneath peat at Machrie Moor could represent a previously unknown Neolithic or Bronze Age monument.