During a typical year, over a million people visit Yellowstone National Park, where the Old Faithful geyser regularly blasts a jet of boiling water high in the air. Now, an international team of astronomers has discovered a cosmic equivalent, a distant galaxy that erupts roughly every 114 days. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-01-nasa-missions-faithful-galaxy.html…
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Ancient life signs under dinosaur-killing Chicxulub crater
Researchers have found evidence for an ancient microbial ecosystem in a hydrothermal system beneath Mexico’s Chicxulub Crater, thought to be the site of the impact that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/dinosaur-killing-chicxulub-impact-crater-hydrothermal-microbial…
800 years ago, Old Faithful went quiet. Soon, it might happen again.
Old Faithful, the famed geyser in Yellowstone National Park that erupts with captivating regularity, could soon go quiet. Source: https://www.livescience.com/old-faithful-took-a-long-break-800-years-ago-and-drought-might-force-it-to-happen-again.html
Bacterial Outbreak Infects Thousands After Factory Leak In China
schwit1 shares a report from CNN: Several thousand people in northwest China have tested positive for a bacterial disease, authorities said on Tuesday, in an outbreak caused by a leak at a biopharmaceutical company last year. The Health Commission of Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu province, confirmed that 3,245 people had contracted the disease brucellosis, which is often caused by…
Study reveals biggest Yellowstone supervolcano eruption
The new study also suggests that the supervolcano under Yellowstone National Park was much more explosive in its early history and could be slowing down. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/yellowstone-supervolcano-biggest-eruption-slowing…
America Is Reopening. Coronavirus Tracing Apps Aren’t Ready.
Smartphone apps meant to track where people have traveled or whom they have been near are mostly buggy, little-used or not ready for major rollouts, raising concerns as restrictions lift and infections rise. From a report: Local officials in Teton County, Wyo., home to Yellowstone National Park and resort town Jackson Hole, want to prevent a new wave of coronavirus cases…
Risk of Yellowstone eruption may be decreasing
It turns out that a supervolcanic eruption at Yellowstone National Park may not happen for a very long time. The natural beauty of Yellowstone Nationa… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/337438/risk-of-yellowstone-eruption-may-be-decreasing…
Heroism and slapstick humour: Wolf behaviour can be amazingly human
In his 21 years at Yellowstone national park Rick McIntyre has seen more wolf activity than anyone else. He shares some amazing insights Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432592-500-heroism-and-slapstick-humour-wolf-behaviour-can-be-amazingly-human/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Yellowstone’s Steamboat geyser breaks record
With 33 eruptions as of August 27, Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park is having a very active year. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/steamboat-geyser-yellowstone-breaks-eruption-record…
What’s a Blood Moon?
In some circles of Christian prophecy, a Blood Moon is a member of a special kind of lunar tetrad : four total lunar eclipses in a row, each separated by six lunar months. By this definition, the last Blood Moon occurred on September 28, 2015. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/what-is-a-blood-moon-lunar-eclipses-2014-2015…