Most Unidentified Flying Objects aren’t actually unidentified. Here’s a list of phenomena, either natural or human-made, that people often mistake for UFOs. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/if-its-not-a-ufo-what-is-it…
Tag: Normandy
See it! Monday’s transit of Mercury
Click here for a selection of photos from members of the EarthSky community of the November 11, 2019 transit of Mercury. It’ll be the last Mercury transit until 2032. A huge thank you to all who submitted to EarthSky Community Photos! Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/photos-nov-11-2019-transit-of-mercury…
Mystery of 15th-Century Bayeux Tapestry Solved
The Bayeux Tapestry’s real home base has been identified in the Bayeux Cathedral in Normandy. Source: https://www.livescience.com/bayeux-tapestry-mystery-solved.html
Three Years Later, France’s Solar Road is a Flop
DigressivePoser and schwit1 both submitted the same story. That 1-km ( .62-mile) “solar road” paved with photovoltaic panels in France is “too noisy, falling apart, and doesn’t even collect enough solar energy,” reports Popular Mechanics: Le Monde describes the road as “pale with its ragged joints,” with “solar panels that peel off the road and the many splinters [from] that enamel…
The tell-tale clue to how meteorites were made, at the birth of the solar system
April 26, 1803 was an unusual day in the small town of L’Aigle in Normandy, France – it rained rocks. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-06-tell-tale-clue-meteorites-birth-solar.html…