Tag: Hull

Photos of the last full moon of the year and decade

Photographers around the world are sharing their pics of the last full moon of 2020 and this decade, which occurred on December 29 or 30, depending on your location. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/photos-of-the-last-full-moon-of-the-year-and-decade…

Watch for the moon and Mars

Use the moon to find the planet Mars on November 24, 25 and 26, 2020. Then use the planet Mars to find Mars and Uranus within the same binocular field in January 2021. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/watch-for-the-moon-and-mars…

Sweden’s New Car Carrier Is the World’s Largest Wind-Powered Vessel

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Oceanbird might look like a ship of the future, but it harks back to ancient maritime history — because it’s powered by the wind. The transatlantic car carrier is being designed by Wallenius Marine, a Swedish shipbuilder, with support from the Swedish government and several research institutions. With capacity for 7,000 vehicles, the…

Some Cities are Combining Basic Incomes with Local Currenices

Bloomberg looks at some interesting local currency programs that have been implemented around the world. And in at least one case money “is literally being made from trees” — the wooden dollars being printed in a small city in the northwest U.S. and distributed to the needy in monthly stipends. “We preach localism and investing in our local community,” says mayor…

For those at southerly latitudes, Canopus!

If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s time to look for Canopus. Far-northern skywatchers sometimes travel southward in winter, for a glimpse of Canopus above the southern horizon. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/for-those-at-southerly-latitudes-canopus…

Astronomers catch a record-setting X-ray burst

The sudden spike of X-rays released as much energy in 20 seconds as our sun does in nearly 10 days. Turns out it was a massive thermonuclear flash on a pulsar, the crushed remains of a star that exploded as a supernova long ago. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/record-setting-x-ray-burst-j1808-pulsar…

Exorcist banishes ‘poltergeist’ from family home

A young couple was forced to flee from their house in Hull, England after a spate of paranormal disturbances. While the 1973 movie ‘The Exorcist’ is m… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/331844/exorcist-banishes-poltergeist-from-family-home…

Voyager 2 sends back insights on interstellar space

Voyager 2 left the realm of the sun’s influence a year ago today, becoming the 2nd craft ever to do so. This week, the journal Nature Astronomy published 5 new papers describing what Voyager 2 has been seeing on its journey into the unknown. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/voyager-2-new-published-papers-boundary-interstellar-space…

Tenants Can’t Handle More Than One Night At Extremely Haunted House

People have a hard time staying at one of the most haunted houses in Hull, England. In fact, nobody has lived in the house located at 39 De Grey Street since 2007. With children suddenly appearing from inside the walls and women getting strangled with their own scarves, this location is a hot spot for… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/tenants-cant-handle-more-than-one-night-at-extremely-haunted-house/…