Aliens shouldn’t be the default explanation for weird stuff in the sky. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65613-ufos-real-but-not-alien-spaceships.html
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NASA Will Carry Your Name On a Chip To Mars
NASA will etch your name onto a silicon chip that will be carried to Mars by a rover in 2020: An anonymous reader quotes the Verge:
The rover’s primary mission is to get us closer to answering that fundamental question: did Mars ever host alien life? The robot is equipped with tools and instruments that will help scientists figure out if the…
Stolen comets and free-floating objects
What happens when young stars brush past each other? A lot, according to a new study suggesting our solar system contains comets stolen from another star 4.5 billion years ago. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/stolen-comets-and-free-floating-objects…
Close encounters? SpaceX satellites spark Dutch UFO frenzy
A Dutch website set up to record UFO sightings was flooded early Saturday with reports after a “train of stars” was spotted crossing the Netherlands’ skies, sparking fears of an alien invasion. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-05-encounters-spacex-satellites-dutch-ufo.html…
Planet of the Tajinastes
What bizarre planet are these alien creatures from? Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
A simple experiment could help find alien life on Europa
If we found amino acids on icy moons like Europa, it could be a sign of recent biological processes Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2202540-a-simple-experiment-could-help-find-alien-life-on-europa/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
A Star in the Big Dipper Is an Alien Invader
The stellar oddball likely joined the Milky Way during a long-ago galaxy merger. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65452-weirdo-star-from-another-galaxy.html
Unfathomably deep oceans on alien water worlds?
Distant water exoplanets might have oceans thousands of miles deep. That’s in contrast to Earth’s ocean, which is about 6.8 miles (about 11 km) deep at its deepest point. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/exoplanet-water-worlds-deep-oceans-2019-study…
In Memory of Peter Mayhew and Chewbacca
In the annals of science fiction movies, it’s often a supporting character who becomes the most memorable scene-stealer. That character is most often a villain, a robot, a female from another world or a cute alien creature, not a seven-foot tall hairy beast who communicates through roars and sides with the good guys. That, of… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/05/in-memory-of-peter-mayhew-and-chewbacca/…
More on the Matter of Supernatural Monsters & Creatures
Well, in the wake of the publication of my 2-part article on the U.K.’s “Alien Big Cats” phenomenon, a number of people have contacted me asking something along the lines of: “Does this mean you think all creatures that fall under the banner of Cryptozoology are supernatural?” The answer to that question is “No, I… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/05/more-on-the-matter-of-supernatural-monsters-creatures/…