In 20-million-=year-old rock off the coast of Taiwan, researchers have discovered what they think is the fossilized burrow of a giant, predatory sand worm. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/scientists-find-evidence-of-giant-predatory-sand-worms…
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Rock collector finds rare gemstone that looks like Cookie Monster
An agate discovered in Brazil bears a remarkable resemblance to the Sesame Street muppet Cookie Monster. Source: https://www.livescience.com/colletor-finds-rare-cookie-monster-rock.html
A moon rock decorates Biden’s Oval Office
A lunar sample collected during Apollo 17, the final mission to the moon, is now on display in President Biden’s Oval Office. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/moon-rock-in-president-bidens-oval-office…
Mars 2020 Perseverance rover to capture sounds from the red planet
When the Mars Perseverance rover lands on the red planet on Feb. 18, 2021, it will not only collect stunning images and rock samples; the data it returns may also include some recorded sounds from Mars. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-01-mars-perseverance-rover-capture-red.html…
Curiosity rover reaches its 3,000th day on Mars
As the rover has continued to ascend Mount Sharp, it’s found distinctive benchlike rock formations. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-01-curiosity-rover-3000th-day-mars.html…
Biggest asteroid to pass near Earth in 2021 is also one of the fastest
Asteroid 2001 FO32 will be sweeping past Earth at such a fast pace that, when it’s closest, observers using telescopes might be able to detect its motion – its drift in front of the stars – in real time. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/asteroid-2001-fo32-big-fast-pass-near-earth-2021…
Harvard professor: ‘Oumuamua was alien tech’
A Harvard University professor of astronomy believes that the visiting space rock was actually built by aliens. The 400-meter-long object, which flew … Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/342623/harvard-professor-oumuamua-was-alien-tech…
How The Band Phish Played Chess Against Its Fans on New Year’s Eve
An anonymous reader writes: So on New Year’s Eve, the “jam” rock band Phish re-broadcast their legendary 1995 performance on New Year’s Eve — while playing a game of chess against the audience. (Just as they’d done in 1995 — although during that tour they’d made two just moves during each show.) In a video promoting this year’s event, a chess…
An Asteroid the Size of a Dwarf Planet Is Lurking In Our Solar System
Long-time Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot summarizes an article from LiveScience: There’s a giant asteroid somewhere out in the solar system, and it hurled a big rock at Earth. The evidence for this mystery space rock comes from a diamond-studded meteor that exploded over Sudan in 2008. NASA had spotted the 9-ton (8,200 kilograms), 13-foot (4 meters) meteor heading toward the planet well…
Mysterious asteroid the size of a dwarf planet is lurking in our solar system
There’s a giant asteroid somewhere out there in the solar system, and it hurled a big rock at Earth that left behind meteorites unlike any scientists had ever seen. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mysterious-giant-asteroid-evidence.html