Tag: discoveries
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Workmen Make ‘Bewitching’ Discovery In UK Countryside Cottage
Water engineers have unearthed what could prove to be one of the most infamous sites in England’s history of witches and warlocks.
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alien invasion imminent? summer sees a spike in ufo sightings
ufo sightings ramp-up as government plans staged invasion?* from pcmag: Is an alien invasion imminent? The past six weeks have seen a spike in UFO sightings in the United States, according to an organization that tracks reports of unidentified flying objects. The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) reports that there were 1,013 such sightings in August,…
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Scientists Discover Tattooine-Style World 200 Lightyears Off
Two hundred light-years away from Earth, gaseous Kepler-16b is similar to Saturn in both size and mass and – like the desert planet that nurtured the young Skywalker – enjoys a double sunset.
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Martian Moon Phobos Discovered August 17, 1877
Astronomer Asaph Hall discovered a “dim star” while observing Mars through a 26 inch refractor telescope at the US Naval Observatory, the largest telescope at that time. Hall had already discovered Deimos, the smaller Martian moon on August 11th. You can read more in a Universe Today article, “Finding Phobos: Discovery of a Martian Moon”.
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Earthquake Watch: Planetary Alignment Aug 11
Physical forces exerted on our planet by gravitational waves of other heavenly bodies are very real! Planetary alignments may precipitate quakes. Newsbad.com sees a possible 7.2 earthquake on August 11th because of a Earth-Mercury-Sun-Venus alignment. It will be interesting to see if there’s bad news on that date?
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6/30 defcon: copywrong, dislike, discoveries
leaked: uk copyright lobby holds closed-door meetings with govt to discuss national web-censorship regime* terrorists terrorised: al qaeda hacked* scotus term in review: it’s a mixed bag* as hulu flirts, comcast must stay mum* facebook 10th most hated company in US* news corp. on verge of myspace sale* judge: google can be sued for wiretapping…
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5/19 Defcon: Blockage, Bills, Threats & Storms
Obama DOJ tries to block unclassified info from NSA leaker trial* new yorker mag sheds new light on nsa’s warrantless wiretapping & data mining* senate bill requires warrant for email, cloud content* senate bill makes illegal internet streaming a felony* bill clinton: create internet agency* US secret service questions 13yr-old over facebook ‘threat’* twitter feed…