Astrophysicists have a wild idea to explain the bizarre abundance of super-high-energy radiation shooting from the center of our galaxy: gravity portals. Source: https://www.livescience.com/gravity-portals-solve-dark-matter-gamma-ray-mystery.html
Tag: Mystery
Could a nuclear reactor help solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance?
A team of researchers at Penn State are subjecting an old, worn sheet of aluminum to a particle beam from the heart of a nuclear reactor in the hopes of cracking the mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance. Source: https://www.livescience.com/amelia-earhart-nuclear-reactor-puzzle.html
Is this the world’s tiniest reptile?
Meet the nano-chameleon, a new contender for the title of world’s smallest reptile Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/nano-chamelion-smallest-reptile…
Mysterious stripes spotted over Russia in satellite images — and NASA is perplexed
Scientists can’t agree on why these hills in the Russian Arctic ripple with stripes. Source: https://www.livescience.com/stripe-pattern-arctic-siberia-mystery.html
70,000 never-before-seen viruses found in the human gut
Hundreds of thousands of viruses can lurk in our guts — but how they impact our bodies is a mystery. Source: https://www.livescience.com/thousands-unknown-human-gut-viruses-discovered.html
Cosmologists create 4,000 virtual universes to solve Big Bang mystery
Cosmologists simulated 4,000 versions of the universe in order to understand what its structure today tells us about its origins. Source: https://www.livescience.com/simulating-early-universe-inflation.html
Upheaval and extinctions linked to magnetic reversal 42,000 years ago
42,000 years ago, a breakdown in Earth’s magnetic field led to environmental catastrophes and mass extinctions. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/magnetic-field-reversal-42000-years-ago-neanderthal-extinction…
Oldest sequenced DNA belonged to 1 million-year-old mystery mammoth
The oldest sequenced DNA on record belongs to a 1.2 million-year-old mammoth. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mammoth-oldest-sequenced-dna-on-record.html
Why love really is a drug
Might as well face it, you’re addicted to love. Or at least it can feel that way. On this Valentine’s Day 2021, watch a video about certain chemicals – including dopamine, oxytocin and vasopressin – responsible for making you feel good around that certain someone. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/video-the-chemistry-of-love…
Is the Dyatlov Pass incident solved?
The Dyatlov Pass incident has intrigued people for generations, but a new theory pointing to a slab avalanche as the culprit does a thorough job of explaining how the 9 Russian trekkers died. A new video and more here. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/dyatlov-pass-incident-mystery-solved-slab-avalanche…