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UFO'S of UAP'S, ASTRONOMIE, RUIMTEVAART, ARCHEOLOGIE, OUDHEIDKUNDE, SF-SNUFJES EN ANDERE ESOTERISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN - DE ALLERLAATSTE NIEUWTJES
UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld In België had je vooral BUFON of het Belgisch UFO-Netwerk, dat zich met UFO's bezighoudt. BEZOEK DUS ZEKER VOOR ALLE OBJECTIEVE INFORMATIE , enkel nog beschikbaar via Facebook en deze blog.
Verder heb je ook het Belgisch-Ufo-meldpunt en Caelestia, die prachtig, doch ZEER kritisch werk leveren, ja soms zelfs héél sceptisch...
Voor Nederland kan je de mooie site www.ufowijzer.nl bezoeken van Paul Harmans. Een mooie site met veel informatie en artikels.
MUFON of het Mutual UFO Network Inc is een Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in alle USA-staten en diverse landen.
MUFON's mission is the analytical and scientific investigation of the UFO- Phenomenon for the benefit of humanity...
Je kan ook hun site bekijken onder www.mufon.com.
Ze geven een maandelijks tijdschrift uit, namelijk The MUFON UFO-Journal.
Since 02/01/2020 is Pieter ex-president (=voorzitter) of BUFON, but also ex-National Director MUFON / Flanders and the Netherlands. We work together with the French MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP.
ER IS EEN NIEUWE GROEPERING DIE ZICH BUFON NOEMT, MAAR DIE HEBBEN NIETS MET ONZE GROEP TE MAKEN. DEZE COLLEGA'S GEBRUIKEN DE NAAM BUFON VOOR HUN SITE... Ik wens hen veel succes met de verdere uitbouw van hun groep. Zij kunnen de naam BUFON wel geregistreerd hebben, maar het rijke verleden van BUFON kunnen ze niet wegnemen...
18-12-2022
LATEST UFO SIGHTINGS AND VIDEOS -- 18/12/2022
LATEST UFO SIGHTINGS AND VIDEOS -- 18/12/2022
Repeat Offenders A Unique Spinning UFO Has Been REC @ Four Different Times @ Four Different Places?
Starting in 2019 and ending in in 2022 as known so far the same UFO has been witnessed and REC in four different places check out this comparison and tell me what you think. Also and if you do feel so inclined Please hit the Thanks button.
SpaceX launches Starlink batch on booster's unprecedented 15th flight, nails landing
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch 54 Starlink satellites on Saturday, December 17 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The first stage of the rocket landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship in the Atlantic Ocean shortly after separation, completing its record 15th flight.
In January 1985 a UFO descended near an ICBM base in Soviet Russia, inciting a firefight between military personnel and extraterrestrial beings. Richard Doty relays details of the accounts of that night, which include the capture of the alien beings who interacted with nuclear warheads. It comes to light that this was not an isolated incident and there are reports of E.T. interference on other Soviet and U.S. nuclear launch sites. This prompts us to consider the messages being sent to us about nuclear proliferation and the threat of war.
The Mystery Secret - This New Controversial Discovery Has Been Revealed!
The past still holds countless mysteries. In order to breathe new life into the reality of our ancestors, archaeological finds are of incomparable value. However, there are also some artifacts slumbering in the ground that have the potential not to provide any plausible answers, but only to raise more questions. Today, let's take a look at several controversial discoveries that serve as a powerful reminder of just how little we really know about the world before our time.
TOP 10 UFO SIGHTINGS OF 2022 | The Proof Is Out There
Check out this The Proof Is Out There compilation featuring the top 10 moments from 2022.
00:00:00 - Chapter 1: GIANT FLAME SPOTTED IN FLORIDA SKY
00:04:46 - Chapter 2: FLAMING UFO OVER CANADA - "Something Out of This World!"
00:08:40 - Chapter 3: CUBE-SHAPED UFO SHOCKS PILOT
Ancient Aliens: Horrific Creatures Live Under Red Dwarf Stars
Astronomers believe that red dwarf stars may produce habitable conditions for alien organisms. See more in this clip from "Aliens and Strange Creatures."
Watch all new episodes of Ancient Aliens, Friday, January 6th, at 9/8c, and next day on The HISTORY Channel website athttp://history.com/schedule.
Director James Cameron's mega-budget sci-fi fantasy arrives on Friday (Dec. 16).
You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, because James Cameron's highly-anticipated "Avatar: The Way of Water" is hitched up and ready to ride a banshee into your town's theaters starting on Friday (Dec. 16).
Disney-owned 20th Century Studios has just released a new featurette starring Cameron and his main cast discussing the awe and wonder waiting to be unwrapped next week. This ambitious $250 million sequel to 2009's record-setting hit "Avatar" revolves around the exotic resource-rich planet of Pandora and the continuing tale of Jake Sully, Neytiri, and their children as Colonel Quaritch's hostile human forces return after ten years to wreak further ecological havoc.
"I went to the studio and I said, 'let's not just do another movie, let's swing for the fences,'" Cameron says in this fresh promotional peek packed with unseen footage of the upcoming sequel. Hopefully the risk will pay off and entice fans back to theaters.
The breathtaking tropical coastline of Pandora in "Avatar: The Way of Water." (Image credit: 20th Century Studios)
"Avatar: The Way of Water" arrives in 2D, 3D, and 3D IMAX as the first of four planned sequels and stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, and Kate Winslet. Also on board this sci-fi saga are Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, Edie Falco, and Jemaine Clement.
This Yuletide movie event should be an absolute visual banquet, as we've already been treated to stunning underwater sequences alive with amphibious creatures, bioluminescent leviathans, green-skinned Metkayina tribes along the lush coastline, blue-tinted Na'vi clans, soaring banshees, monster hovercraft, attacking gunboats, fiery combat engagements, and stomping battle mechs.
"I think what people are in store for is 'Avatar,' but times one-hundred," Kate Winslet explains in the featurette. "It takes it to a whole other place."
"Avatar: The Way of Water" lands in theaters on Dec. 16, 2022.
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Mars is Alive! NASA Detects Unusual Activity From Inside The Planet
Mars is Alive! NASA Detects Unusual Activity From Inside The Planet
It turned out that Mars wasn't as silent as first believed. Instead, there is intense seismic activity on the red planet, which is rumbling and groaning.
The planet is experiencing dynamic shocks deep below its surface, and right now, molten lava may be pouring just below the Martian crust. If it is true, it will alter our knowledge of Martian geodynamics that we have amassed over the years and imply that volcanic activity on the red planet is not only feasible but is continuing, and that it is happening more often than anticipated.
What does this rumbling, nevertheless, mean? How will it alter how we see Martian geology? Lastly, and most significantly, how will this revolutionary finding affect our efforts to find both past and contemporary Martian life?
Car Pulls Over To Watch UFOs, Cameron, Texas, Dec 15, 2022, UFO Sighting News.
Car Pulls Over To Watch UFOs, Cameron, Texas, Dec 15, 2022, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 15, 2022 Location of sighting: Cameron, Texas, USA
Watch as a person the car over and begins to record a whole UFO fleet traveling across the sky. The Glowing orange UFOs are all traveling in the same direction. The person recorded 54 seconds of video and its enough to see these objects have no wings, no aircraft lights, no sound, no flashing at all that might identify them as aircraft. These objects are UFOs, unidentified flying objects. Texas is famous for its sightings and recently they had four tornadoes in Texas which I believe were caused by these UFOs. Often UFOs are seen around destructive weather phenomenon. The UFOs are doing scientific research on creating these destructive phenomenons and humans reactions and adaptations to them. To aliens knowledge is gold.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
I saw a formation of 8-10 fire ball like lights traveling in the sky. They were flying at a constant altitude above the north tree line in an east to west direction. The formation shape and distance did not appear to change. They did not appear to be far away. Just as the last light was about to go out of view I quickly moved to a higher and clearer area. The lights had vanished but should not have if they continued as they had.
Smithsonian Cover-Up: Ancient Egyptians and Giants in the Grand Canyon
Smithsonian Cover-Up: Ancient Egyptians and Giants in the Grand Canyon
In 1908, President Teddy Roosevelt wanted to declare the Grand Canyon off-limits to all timber and mining operations. It would take another 11 years for Congress to designate the Grand Canyon a national park.
Sensing a final opportunity for adventure, explorer G.E. Kincaid took a boat down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. The canyon was rich in minerals like gold, silver and copper and Kincaid wanted to see what he could find before the area was closed off for good.
About 40 miles up-river from the El Tovar Crystal canyon, Kincaid saw stains in the sediment formation about 2,000 feet up. He tied off the boat and got out to investigate.
Kincaid couldn't find a trail, but after a short hike he found something interesting covered in desert brush. Steps. Hundreds of them. Carved in sandstone. Steps that wound their way up to a high shelf on the side of the canyon.
He followed the steps until he came across a cavern entrance. An entrance that was clearly man made.
Kincaid entered the cavern and turned on his flashlight. On the walls he saw writing. But it wasn't English or Native American writing. It was Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
Kincaid lifted his flashlight and saw that the tunnel ran far into the distance. He didn't realize it at the time, but this was only the beginning.
Interesting to know that Smithsonian denies the story of the Ancient Egyptians and Giants in the Grand Canyon and they came up with the following explanation in an attempt to debunk the story.
Smithsonian: Backstory: On April 5, 1909, the Arizona Gazette ran the following headline: “Explorations in Grand Canyon; Mysteries of Immense Rich Cavern Being Brought to Light; Jordan Is Enthused; Remarkable Find Indicates Ancient People Migrated from Orient.” The article includes testimony of one G. E. Kincaid who says that he, traveling solo down the Green and Colorado Rivers, discovered proof of an ancient civilization—possibly of Egyptian origin. The story also asserts that a Smithsonian archaeologist named S. A. Jordan returned with Kincaid to investigate the site. However, the Arizona Gazette appears to have been the only newspaper ever to have published the story. No records can confirm the existence of either Kincaid or Jordan.
In the following video 'The Why Files' provides a detailed explanation and analysis on this possible archaeological cover-up.
Triangular UFO Formation Spotted in Los Angeles Skies
Triangular UFO Formation Spotted in Los Angeles Skies
On the evening of December 16, 2022, residents of Los Angeles were treated to a rare sight: a triangular shaped UFO formation flying in the sky above the city.
Here’s the video. Please let me know in the comments what you think about it.
UFO Sightings on the Rise: All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office Investigates
UFO Sightings on the Rise: All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office Investigates
The office, which is called the “Anomaly Resolution Office,” was established to monitor reports about flying objects in the air, space, or underwater. They’ve already received hundreds of reports.
According to the agency’s leadership, they have received hundreds of new reports about flying objects, but so far, there has been no evidence of alien life.
The agency, called All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), was established in July to monitor reports about flying objects in the air, space, or underwater. It’s also tasked with identifying and tracking other unidentified objects that can move from one domain to another. This issue has been brought to light by military pilots, who have been reluctant to report these sightings due to their fear of stigma.
In 2021, the agency reported that there were 144 instances of flying objects that were spotted from 2004 to 2021. According to Sean Kirkpatrick, the number of reports about these sightings has increased significantly.
Officials said that the agency’s director is expected to release an updated report by the end of the year regarding the number of reports received regarding flying objects. The office was established to look into the possibility of alien life, as well as the security risks that come with encounters with such objects.
In May, the House Committee on Intelligence held its first hearing regarding the matter in over half a century. It was concerned that the unknown could create a security risk due to the possible involvement of other countries, such as Russia or China. Although the agency has not seen any evidence of alien life, officials believe that the objects spotted so far could be from another planet.
According to the agency’s director, the office is currently working on developing new technologies that will allow it to identify the objects that were spotted. One of these is the recalibrating of sensors that were previously focused on identifying known enemy aircraft. The outreach the department conducted to inform the public about the procedures involved in reporting encounters with flying objects has also contributed to the increasing number of reports.
In addition to the unidentifiable objects, the agency’s director noted that the development of new technologies, such as drones and stealth fighters, could also be mistaken for UFOs. To prevent this, the office has been working with the intelligence community and the Pentagon to get the signatures of these new aircraft.
In order to prevent these types of sightings, the agency has established clear mechanisms that will allow it to identify the objects that were spotted. These include the Pentagon’s “blue programs” and the intelligence community’s “IC programs.”
This past week was, well, pretty much ridiculous to try and squeeze down. I’m not even sure where to start. Loads of updates at Starbase Texas including new SpaceX Starship Fire! WOAH, that top down footage was unreal. New insights found from the flight a few days ago at Starbase Florida. But outside... man. This was crazy. Artemis 1 Orion Returns back home, the HAKUTO-R Moon Lander now on its way to land on the moon. That mission includes another spectacular return to landing site. What is better than that? Well, another two more of them of course. Falcon 9 SWOT mission, Ariane 5 launch boosting satellites to orbit. You name it. This week, we’ve got it and even more. Enough of this into, lets just stuck into it.
Why The Biggest Laser in the World is Making Big News About Fusion
The National Ignition Facility has finally earned its middle name, generating temperatures and pressures at which a fusion reaction is able to drive itself and maintain the burn for longer. It's not going to change the world overnight, but it's another step towards understanding how humanity might be able to harness fusion power in the future.
A New Way to Achieve Nuclear Fusion: Helion
James Webb Telescope 15 ALL NEW Images SHOCK The Entire Space Industry
Welcome to Futureunity, where we explore the fascinating world of science, technology, and the universe! From the inner workings of the human body to the outer reaches of space, we delve into the latest and most interesting discoveries that are shaping our world. Whether you're a science buff or just looking for some mind-blowing facts, we've got you covered. Join us as we uncover the mysteries of the world around us and discover new frontiers in the fields of science and technology. Get ready for a journey that's both educational and entertaining!
Mars Perseverance Rover Captured a 4k Stunning Video Footage of Mars Surface ||
What Did The Aliens Detect? Mysterious Interstellar Visitor Is Escaping Our Solar System
What Did The Aliens Detect? Mysterious Interstellar Visitor Is Escaping Our Solar System. Where exactly is Oumuamua right now, and is it escaping our solar system like a fugitive on a run? And, is it really the first interstellar object to have entered our solar system? Or, are there several of them lurking in our star-system, with one of them already here on earth hiding in plane sight?
The Hubble space telescope is a symbol of the technological advancement that has allowed us to advance our understanding of the universe to a new level.
The Edwin Hubble Telescope, launched in April 1990, has been surveying space for over three decades. The space telescope, which weighs 11.6 tons and is nearly 40 feet long, searches the vast expanse of the cosmos using the electromagnetic spectrum, from infrared light to ultraviolet light. The innumerable galaxies, cosmic objects, and structures that Hubble has added to the star maps demonstrate that the ambitious project's initial mission aims have been completed.
Let’s look at some of the most breathtaking views and knowledge the Hubble Space Telescope has given us about space over the years.
Untouched and uɴʟooтᴇᴅ 4,400-yr-old тoмʙ of Egyptian High Priest Discovered
Untouched and uɴʟooтᴇᴅ 4,400-yr-old тoмʙ of Egyptian High Priest Discovered
Archaeologists in Egypt have made a new tomb discovery — the final resting place of a high priest, untouched for 4,400 years, decorated with hieroglyphics. The secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, described the find as “one of a kind in the last decades.”
The tomb was found buried in a ridge at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara.
It was untouched and unlooted. Officials say they expect more discoveries when archaeologists further excavate the site in the months to come.
The well-preserved tomb is decorated with scenes showing the royal priest alongside his mother, wife and other members of his family, the ministry said in a statement.
The high priest was devoted to his mother, evidence shows. “He mentions the name of his mother almost everywhere here,” said Waziri in an interview, pointing to the dozens of hieroglyphics, statues, and drawings.
“The colour is almost intact even though the tomb is almost 4,400 years old,” he added.
The high priest “Wahtye” served during the Fifth Dynasty reign of King Neferirkare (between 2500-2300 BC), at the Saqqara necropolis in Egypt. In addition to the name of the deceased, hieroglyphs carved into the stone above the tomb’s door reveal his multiple titles.
Saqqara pyramid of Djoser in Egypt.
The grave’s rectangular gallery is said to be covered in painted reliefs, sculptures, and inscriptions, all in excellent shape considering how much time has passed.
The reliefs depict Wahtye himself, his wife Weret Ptah, and his mother Merit Meen, as well as everyday activities that include hunting and sailing and manufacturing goods such as pottery, according to National Geographic.
The team of Egyptian archaeologists found five shafts in the tombs. They had removed a last layer of debris from the tomb on December 13, 2018, and found five shafts inside, Waziri said.
Pyramid of Djoser (Stepped pyramid), an archaeological remaining in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt.
One of the shafts was unsealed with nothing inside, but the other four were sealed. They are expecting to make discoveries when they excavate those shafts. He was hopeful about one shaft in particular.
“I can imagine that all of the objects can be found in this area,” he said in an interview, pointing at one of the sealed shafts. “This shaft should lead to a coffin or a sarcophagus of the owner of the tomb.”
The tomb is 33 feet long, 9 feet wide, and just under 10 feet high, Waziri said.
This picture taken on December 15, 2018, shows a general view of a newly-discovered tomb belonging to the high priest ‘Wahtye’ who served during the 5th dynasty reign of King Neferirkare (between 2500-2300 BC), at the Saqqara necropolis, 30 kilometres south of the Egyptian capital Cairo.
Various drawings depict “the manufacturing of pottery and wine, making the religious offerings, musical performances, boats sailing, the manufacturing of the funerary furniture, and hunting,” according to the site Egypt Today. Also, NPR is reporting that the Saqqara site is part of a larger complex where archaeologists have discovered art and architecture that yield insight into daily life in ancient Egypt.
The Fifth Dynasty ruled Egypt from about 2500 BC to 2350 BC, not long after the great pyramid of Giza was constructed.
Giza pyramids.
Saqqara served as the necropolis for Memphis, the capital of ancient Egypt for over 2 millennia.
Ancient Egyptians mummified humans to preserve their bodies for the afterlife, and animal mummies were used as religious offerings.
The rate of discoveries seems to be increasing. In November 2018, archaeologists unearthed eight new limestone sarcophagi containing mummies at a site that is 25 miles south of Cairo.
Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry said the mummies were dated to the Late Period (664-332 BC) and have an outer layer of cartonnage — papyrus or linen which is covered in plaster — decorated with a painted human form. Three of the mummies are well-preserved.
Images show the sarcophagus painted with the colours deep ochre and blue. Moreover, days before the eight mummies were found, the perfectly-preserved mummy of a woman was found inside a coffin in Egypt dating back more than 3,000 years.
That sarcophagus was opened on November 24th, which was one of two coffins discovered in El-Assasif, Luxor, on the bank of the Nile.
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NΑSΑ has discovered somethiпg extremely straпge iп the sυpermassive black hole Markariaп 335
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Two Exoplanets May Be Mostly Water, NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Find
Two Exoplanets May Be Mostly Water, NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Find
A team led by researchers at the University of Montreal has found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are "water worlds," where water makes up a large fraction of the entire planet. These worlds, located in a planetary system 218 light-years away in the constellation Lyra, are unlike any planet found in our solar system.
In this illustration super-Earth Kepler-138 d is in the foreground. To the left, the planet Kepler-138 c, and in the background the planet Kepler 138 b, seen in silhouette transiting its central star. Kepler 138 is a red dwarf star located 218 light-years away. The low density of Kepler-138 c and Kepler-138 d – which are nearly identical in size – means that they must be composed largely of water. They are both twice Earth's mass but have roughly half of Earth's density, and therefore cannot be solid rock. This is based on measurements of their mass versus physical diameter. They are considered a new class of "water planet," unlike any major planet found in our solar system. Kepler-138 b is one of the smallest exoplanets known, having the mass of the planet Mars and the density of rock.
Credits: NASA, ESA, and Leah Hustak (STScI)
Piaulet and colleagues observed exoplanets Kepler-138 c and Kepler-138 d with NASA's Hubble and the retired Spitzer space telescopes and discovered that the planets could be composed largely of water. These two planets and a smaller planetary companion closer to the star, Kepler-138 b, had been discovered previously by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. The new study found evidence for a fourth planet, too.
Water wasn't directly detected at Kepler-138 c and d, but by comparing the sizes and masses of the planets to models, astronomers conclude that a significant fraction of their volume – up to half of it – should be made of materials that are lighter than rock but heavier than hydrogen or helium (which constitute the bulk of gas giant planets like Jupiter). The most common of these candidate materials is water.
"We previously thought that planets that were a bit larger than Earth were big balls of metal and rock, like scaled-up versions of Earth, and that's why we called them super-Earths," explained Björn Benneke, study co-author and professor of astrophysics at the University of Montreal. "However, we have now shown that these two planets, Kepler-138 c and d, are quite different in nature and that a big fraction of their entire volume is likely composed of water. It is the best evidence yet for water worlds, a type of planet that was theorized by astronomers to exist for a long time."
This is an artist's illustration showing a cross-section of the Earth (left) and the exoplanet Kepler-138 d (right). Like the Earth, this exoplanet has an interior composed of metals and rocks (brown portion), but Kepler-138 d also has a thick layer of high-pressure water in various forms: supercritical and potentially liquid water deep inside the planet and an extended water vapor envelope (shades of blue) above it. These water layers make up more than 50% of its volume, or a depth of about 1,243 miles (2,000 kilometers). The Earth, in comparison, has a negligible fraction of liquid water with an average ocean depth of less than 2.5 miles (4 kilometers).
Credits: Benoit Gougeon (University of Montreal)
With volumes more than three times that of Earth and masses twice as big, planets c and d have much lower densities than Earth. This is surprising because most of the planets just slightly bigger than Earth that have been studied in detail so far all seemed to be rocky worlds like ours. The closest comparison, say researchers, would be some of the icy moons in the outer solar system that are also largely composed of water surrounding a rocky core.
"Imagine larger versions of Europa or Enceladus, the water-rich moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn, but brought much closer to their star," explained Piaulet. "Instead of an icy surface, they would harbor large water-vapor envelopes."
Researchers caution the planets may not have oceans like those on Earth directly at the planet's surface. "The temperature in Kepler-138 d's atmosphere is likely above the boiling point of water, and we expect a thick dense atmosphere made of steam on this planet. Only under that steam atmosphere there could potentially be liquid water at high pressure, or even water in another phase that occurs at high pressures, called a supercritical fluid," Piaulet said.
In 2014, data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope allowed astronomers to announce the detection of three planets orbiting Kepler-138. This was based on a measurable dip in starlight as the planet momentarily passed in front of their star.
Benneke and his colleague Diana Dragomir, from the University of New Mexico, came up with the idea of re-observing the planetary system with the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes between 2014 and 2016 to catch more transits of Kepler-138 d, the third planet in the system, in order to study its atmosphere.
A new exoplanet in the system
The two possible water worlds, Kepler-138 c and d, are not located in the habitable zone, the area around a star where temperatures would allow liquid water on the surface of a rocky planet. But in the Hubble and Spitzer data, researchers additionally found evidence for a new planet in the system, Kepler-138 e, in the habitable zone.
This newly found planet is small and farther from its star than the three others, taking 38 days to complete an orbit. The nature of this additional planet, however, remains an open question because it does not seem to transit its host star. Observing the exoplanet's transit would have allowed astronomers to determine its size.
With Kepler-138 e now in the picture, the masses of the previously known planets were measured again via the transit timing-variation method, which consists of tracking small variations in the precise moments of the planets' transits in front of their star caused by the gravitational pull of other nearby planets.
The researchers had another surprise: they found that the two water worlds Kepler-138 c and d are "twin" planets, with virtually the same size and mass, while they were previously thought to be drastically different. The closer-in planet, Kepler-138 b, on the other hand, is confirmed to be a small Mars-mass planet, one of the smallest exoplanets known to date.
"As our instruments and techniques become sensitive enough to find and study planets that are farther from their stars, we might start finding a lot more of these water worlds," Benneke concluded.
Using data from NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes, astronomers found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a star 218 light-years away are “water worlds,” where water makes up a large fraction of the entire planet.
Credits: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Lead Producer: Paul Morris
The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and ESA. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the telescope. The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, conducts Hubble science operations. STScI is operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, in Washington, D.C.
Juno’s has Been Touring Jupiter’s Moons on its Extended Mission. Next Stop: Volcanic Io
For a tiny moon orbiting a giant planet, Io sure packs a giant wallop. It’s the most volcanic world in the solar system. Due to that extreme volcanism, scientists with the Juno mission are now focusing the spacecraft’s instruments and cameras on Io. They want to know more about its eruptions and how its constant stream of material into space interacts with Jupiter’s magnetosphere.
Over the next year and a half, the Juno spacecraft will make nine close flybys of Io. At least one loop will bring it within 1500 kilometers of the surface, giving an up-close and personal look at the volcanic action. “The team is really excited to have Juno’s extended mission include the study of Jupiter’s moons. With each close flyby, we have been able to obtain a wealth of new information,” said Juno Principal Investigator Scott Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. “Juno sensors are designed to study Jupiter, but we’ve been thrilled at how well they can perform double duty by observing Jupiter’s moons.”
Io Bubbles with Volcanoes
Io is a rocky moon that orbits Jupiter at a close distance of only 422,000 kilometers. Galileo Galilei discovered this moon in 1610. In 1979, Voyager navigation team astronomer Linda Morabito noticed a plume in a Voyager 1 image. That discovery confirmed predictions of volcanic activity due to Io’s unique position in the Jovian system.
The discovery image from Voyager 1 of Io’s volcanic plume. Courtesy NASA/JPL.
The volcanic activity on Io gives it a mottled, pizza-like appearance. There are hundreds of vents and calderas on the surface and these create a huge variety of interesting features. Volcanic plumes and lava flows across the surface show up in a palette of colors, from red and yellow to orange and black. Some of the lava “rivers” stretch for hundreds of kilometers.
Why is Io volcanic? Look at where it is. Jupiter on one side and two outer moons on the other. The planet’s huge gravity pulls on Io while Europa and Ganymede tug on it from their direction. That tug-of-war actually deforms Io, basically stretching and squeezing it. The friction of that action heats the interior, in a process called “tidal heating.” That causes the surface to bulge up and down as much as 100 meters. The result of the heating, heaving, and pulling, is a surface dotted with volcanic features.
Io constantly “repaves itself” with lava. That volcanism also feeds a thin atmosphere made mostly of sulfur dioxide. It also sends particles into the magnetosphere, where they create a huge donut-shaped “torus” of plasma surrounding Jupiter. The moon itself travels inside Jupiter’s much stronger and more extensive magnetosphere and the magnetic field lines trap particles from the torus. They spiral into the Jovian poles and create glowing auroral displays.
What Will Juno Learn Here?
The Juno spacecraft is on a two-year extended mission, focusing on the Jovian moons. It recently flew past Ganymede and Europa, gathering data about those two icy moons. It extended our view of Ganymede under the surface. At Io, it will speed through the extended torus of ions several times to get more information about the radiation environment. This is useful information for the upcoming JUICE and Europa Clipper missions.
Artist’s concept of the Jupiter-Io system and their interaction. The blue region is the Io plasma torus made from particles ejected from Io volcanoes. The magnetic field lines emanate from Jupiter; radio waves are generated by activity in the magnetosphere (grey cone), which Juno can detect when it’s in the right position. Courtesy: NASA/GSFC/Jay Friedlander
The 9 flybys of Io will provide Junocam and other instruments ample opportunity to get high-resolution images of the rugged Io surface and provide plenty of other data about this tiny moon. It has already made one infrared image showing the glowing hotspots of its eternally active volcanoes.
As it loops the moons, Juno also will continue to study Jupiter, focusing on its internal structure, magnetic field, atmosphere, and magnetosphere. As its orbit slowly evolves over the next two years, it will focus on studies of the Io and Europa torus regions. In addition, Juno will continue its study of the dusty faint rings of Jupiter. All the images and data should give a much fuller understanding of the activities on Jupiter, its moons, and how they are interconnected.
NOAA’s New Weather Satellite is Operational, and its Pictures of Earth are Gorgeous
Polar-orbiting satellites capture swaths of data throughout the globe, and observe the entire planet twice each day. The global mosaic, captured by the VIIRS instrument on the recently launched NOAA-21 satellite, is a composite image created from these swaths. Image Credit: NOAA STAR VIIRS Imagery Team.
NOAA’s New Weather Satellite is Operational, and its Pictures of Earth are Gorgeous
You’d have to be in some kind of sense-of-wonder-repressed coma not to appreciate satellite images of Earth. If you are, then images from the NOAA’s newest satellite might pull you out of it.
And they’re only a taste of the fascinating images that it will provide.
NOAA-21 is a polar-orbiting satellite that was launched on 10 November 2022. It’ll orbit the Earth about 14 times per day, imaging the entire globe twice per day. It’s the second one in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s latest generation of polar-orbiting, non-geosynchronous, environmental satellites. It’s called the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS.) Their job is to provide global satellite data for weather prediction and climate change models. The NOAA operates a third polar-orbiting satellite called Suomi NPP.
If you’re an Earth junkie like some of us at Universe Today, then you’ve already seen images from these satellites. The images are used to track all sorts of things: dust storms, forest fires, algae blooms, ice coverage, volcanic eruptions, heat waves, vast storms with their embedded lightning, and lots of other stuff.
These initial images show two regions in particular. One shows bright blue water in the Caribbean Sea, the other shows smog in northern India.
“The turquoise colour that’s visible around Cuba and the Bahamas in the bottom-left image above comes from sediment in the shallow waters around the continental shelf,” said NOAA’s Dr. Satya Kalluri, Joint Polar Satellite System program scientist. Sediment around continental shelves is called neritic sediment. It’s carried from land into the ocean by wind, rivers, flowing ice, and other processes. (Obviously, not by ice in the Caribbean. Please don’t email me.)
Sediment creates the turquoise colour in the Caribbean Sea in this image of Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas. Image Credit: NOAA STAR VIIRS Imagery Team.
Scientists are interested in these sediments because they can analyze things like carbonates and isotopes in them to help model global and environmental change. Though we’re accustomed to seeing only optical light images, including sediment and the blue waters they create, other instruments on satellites, like microwave and infrared sounders, provide deeper scientific data. That data helps researchers understand other oceanic features like flooding, river plumes, and even harmful algae blooms that can kill shellfish and poison people.
This Google Earth image helps put the satellite VIIRS image in context. Image Credit: Google Earth.
The image showing smog in India also sheds light on some of the dynamics of that large and highly-populated country.
Northern India butts up against the Himalayas. The Himalayas are vast and contain some of Earth’s highest mountains, including Mt. Everest. The range dominates the region’s geography.
The Himalayas separate the Indo-Gangetic Plain, a vast fertile region in the Indian subcontinent, from the Tibetan Plateau. The mountain range causes enormous amounts of rainfall on the plains directly south of them during monsoons. The abundant glaciers in the Himalayas provide reliable, year-round water for agriculture. As a result, most of India’s agriculture is concentrated here, as are over 400 million of its people. It’s one of Earth’s most densely-populated regions.
The image above shows haze and smog over Northern India, which is likely due to agricultural burning. The snow-capped Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau are also visible to the north. Image Credit: NOAA STAR VIIRS Imagery Team.
But as the image shows, the Himalayas also make smog concentrate here, right where so many people live. The satellite image shows how smog is a health hazard for hundreds of millions of people in the country’s critical agricultural region.
This Google Earth image helps put the image of smog in India in context. It also shows a blue region of neritic sediment coming from the rivers that flow into the Bay of Bengal. Some of Google Earth’s imagery comes from NOAA satellites. Image Credit: Google Earth.
“VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) serves so many disciplines, it’s an absolutely critical set of measurements,” said Dr. James Gleason, NASA project scientist for the JPSS Flight Project. “VIIRS provides many different data products that are used by scientists in unrelated fields, from agricultural economists trying to do crop forecasts, to air quality scientists forecasting where wildfire smoke will be, to disaster support teams who count night lights to understand the impact of a disaster.”
The NOAA now has three polar-orbiting, Earth-monitoring satellites with VIIRS onboard. That redundancy is important, according to Gleason, because we rely on satellites for so much now, and there’s so much at stake.
“We had two VIIRS on orbit, and now we’ve got three,” Dr. Gleason said. “We launch multiple weather satellites to make doubly and now triply sure we always have one going. Space is a dangerous environment. Stuff happens, and you can lose an instrument or a satellite, but we cannot lose the data. It’s too important to too many people.”
These are three images from VIIRS instruments from the last few years. Left is a plankton bloom in the Barents Sea. The middle is neritic sediment in Northwest Australia’s coastline. Right is a dust storm in China’s Taklamakan Desert, trapped by three mountain ranges. Image Credit: NOAA VIIRS Team.
The Alaska man in the video was sitting in his log cabin when he heard a military helicopter and went outside to investigate with binoculars. He saw that the helicopter had no markings and was hovering in place. He then noticed a large, silver UFO that was around 1500-2000 feet long, 4-5,600 feet wide, and 300-350 feet tall. The UFO had a diamond-shaped crystal on the bottom that was emitting blue and white reddish lights. The person was struck by the size of the UFO, which he described as being much larger than a super tanker.
He sat and watched the UFO for several minutes and then went inside to call his neighbors, who also saw the UFO. The Alaska man sat outside and watched the UFO for several hours. When he went back inside, he realized that he had lost several hours of time, which is a common occurrence in alleged alien abductions.
In a separate incident, the person and their family were driving in a van from Alaska to Florida when they experienced a strange encounter with a UFO. They were driving on a highway near the Canadian border when the power went out in their van and the engine shut down. They were then followed by flashing lights and a UFO. The UFO moved rapidly back and forth and the family felt a sense of power. The van moved on its own and the family felt trapped in the UFO’s wake. The Alaska man, who had experience identifying aircraft, was unable to identify the UFO. He believes that they were abducted by the UFO and experienced missing time. The experiences have caused the person to believe that the UFO was not from Earth.
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Bob Lazar’s Theory on How Element 115 Powers UFOs
Bob Lazar’s Theory on How Element 115 Powers UFOs
Original UFO sketch by Bob Lazar
As a whistle-blower, Bob Lazarwas able to expose the alleged activities of the government and extraterrestrials at Area 51. He is widely known for revealing that the US and other countries were working together on secret bases in the area. Lazar worked as an engineer in a hangar known as S-4 in Area 51 in the 1980s. He claimed that the facility’s antimatter generators were powered by Element 115, an element that is yet to be discovered.
Lazar’s element, known as Element 115, is not the same as the element known as Moscovium, which was first synthesized in 2003. It was created by a team of scientists from the US and Russia at a nuclear research facility in Dubna, near Moscow.
The atomic number of Moscovium is 115, which is the number of protons in an atom’s nucleus. This makes it a heavy element due to its large number. Among the elements in the universe, hydrogen has an atomic number of 1, making it the oldest element and the most abundant. On the other hand, Element 115 is both extremely rare and incredibly dense.
The strange nature of the story surrounding Element 115 became apparent when Lazar claimed that the FBI had raided his business. His followers believed that the agency was trying to recover the samples of Element 115 that he took from Area 51. According to a report by Motherboard, the FBI did indeed raid his business. It was known to sell various electrical equipment, radioactive materials, jet engines, and high-powered magnets.
In his documentary, Jeremy Corbell, which was released earlier this year, Lazar claimed that the raid was carried out by the FBI to seize the alien fuel that he stole from Area 51. However, the documents that were obtained by Motherboard did not contain Element 115.
According to Corbell, Lazar was able to obtain a stabilized version of Element 115, which he tested and recorded. Some of the witnesses who were able to observe his tests included George Knapp, an investigative journalist. In his documentary, Corbell also revealed that during one of his tests, Lazar was able to obin some of the element.
Jeremy Corbell
Despite the various claims that have been made against Lazar, there are still people who can vouch for his truthfulness. For instance, George Knapp claims that he had been able to speak with several former employees of Lazar. They confirmed that he was a physicist.
According to Knapp, the employees who confirmed Lazar’s truthfulness were close friends of the physicist. One of them was Joe Vaninetti, who was a scientist who was closely associated with Bob. Before and after Lazar claimed that he worked at S-4, Vaninetti was involved in research about extraterrestrials.
Is Element 115 the Alien Fuel of the Future?
A decade before the substance known as Element 115 was synthesized, Lazar was still talking about it. According to some, his claims about Element 115 were credible, as it was a theoretical element that could prove useful in an alleged alien coverup. Another possibility is that element 119 could also exist. However, it has not yet been discovered.
During his first interview with George Knapp in 1989, Bob first talked about the substance and how it was utilized in the propulsion system of an alien craft that was found at the facility’s S-4. He would not confirm or deny if extraterrestrials sent the aliens with Element 115, but he claimed that they had 500 pounds of it.
Lazar referred to Element 115 as a superheavy element, and he claimed that it produced its own gravitational field after being exposed to radiation. He also stated that the fuel used by the alleged alien craft was stable. Lazar noted that the substance could create gravity waves and lift the UFO.
In his documentary, Corbell focused on Lazar’s work at Los Alamos, he talked about the various aspects of his invention, which he referred to as a “craft.” According to Lazar, the vehicle was designed to move with the belly and the bottom, and it would shoot off when it needed to. He noted that it was the same design as the propulsion system that he had worked on.
Lazar claims that this element, which is highly radioactive, allows alien spacecraft to go through the cosmos without getting affected by gravity. For years now, he has been talking about the material he worked on at Area 51, which he claims can be used to power extraterrestrial spacecraft. He also claims that the materials used to make these spacecraft were metamaterials, which are materials that are not made on Earth. In 2019, a report by the New York Times claimed that the Pentagon was investigating these materials.
Bob Lazar Interview, 1989
According to Lazar, the bombarding of Element 115 with protons led to the creation of Element 116, which is a livermorium. This substance then decays and produces antimatter, which can be used for propulsion. It is also believed that Element 115 could be the exotic matter that could be used to create traversable portals through the cosmos.
Carl Sagan and Kip Thorne have also speculated about the possibility of extraterrestrials. They were the subjects of a leaked Defense Intelligence Research document entitled “Traversable Wormholes, Negative Energy, and Stargates.”
In 2020, Corbell shared a picture of Lazar holding Aerogel, which was used to package Element 115. He said that he would not be including this component in his Netflix documentary, but he promised to release a video explaining how Element 115 worked. I had searched his YouTube channel, but I could not find a clip explaining how Element 115 worked.
Image of Bob Lazar with the Aerogel used to transport ELEMENT 115, a key component in alleged alien technology.
Lazar’s Aerogel was used to package the element for transportation. There have been various speculations about its function in extraterrestrial spacecraft. However, this is a core component of what Lazar has been talking about.
It has been reported that TIC TAC UFOs appear to have a gravitational distortion, which helps explain how they can move at an incredibly fast speed. According to multiple credible witnesses, such as Commander Fravor and Cmdr. Select Underwood, these objects shot off at an incredible speed.
The objects moved at an incredible rate of speed. They were immediately gone from both radar and sight. Even the Princeton SPY-1 radar system was able to confirm this.
In his article, Corbell stated that the presence of TIC UFOs in our airspace is a mystery that needs to be solved. He also theorized that Element 115 could have revealed the presence of alien spacecraft on Earth.
Bob Lazar’s credibility
Lazar is regarded as the most important individual who uncovered the alleged activities of the government and extraterrestrials at Area 51. He was able to reveal in 1989 that the government and aliens were working together in secret bases. Thirty years ago, Lazar claimed that he was an engineer working at S-4, which was a hangar near Area 51. He said that the extraterrestrial seats found in the UFOs were made out of Element 115.
A Medium user known as SignalsIntelUFO was able to transcribe over 50 interviews with Lazar, which included details about his background and work. In 1982, Lazar claimed that he was hired by Los Alamos. He was working at the facility’s Meson Physics Facility. According to Terry England, in an article published on June 30, 1982, Lazar was working on developing jet engines.
Bob Lazar
During a podcast in 2020, Corbell revealed that during a conversation with England, he asked the scientist about Lazar’s work at Los Alamos.
During the conversation, Corbell asked England how he came up with the claims about Lazar’s work at Los Alamos. He noted that the scientist had to go through the process of writing a paper to prove that he was a physicist. England then said that if he had not provided the information to the media, he would have been blackballed by the facility. The Associated Press immediately picked up the story and repeated it.
Aside from England’s recollection, Lazar also gave an interview on December 20, 1989, where he provided more details about his work at Los Alamos. He talked about the nature of his role at the facility and the timeline of his work.
Lazar claimed that he had two masters degrees, one in physics and one in electronics. He worked at Los Alamos for a couple of years, before he was hired as a physicist. He was in the facility’s Polarized Proton Section, where he was involved in dealing with the accelerator.
Following Knapp’s initial report identifying Lazar, he claimed in an interview that he was hired as a technician. Lazar went on to say that he stayed in this role for a few years before he became a physicist.
According to the Los Alamos Monitor article, Bob stated that he moved to Los Alamos a month before starting work at the lab. On the contrary, Los Alamos confirmed that he started working there on May 18, 1982.
If Bob had only started working at the lab a month before the Monitor article was published, he would not have been a physicist by the time Terry England interviewed him. For several years, he was a technician at the lab.
According to George Knapp, he had been in contact with some of Bob’s former coworkers, who confirmed that he was a physicist. These claims were made informally, and one of them was Joe Vaninetti. According to Knapp, these individuals were friends of Lazar, and he only named Joe as the individual who confirmed Bob’s claim. Vaninetti also had a passion for UFOs, and he had been involved in research related to the phenomenon.
For over two decades, Jarmer worked in the lab’s Polarized Proton section. Also, Joe Vaninetti, who worked alongside Bob, was listed as an author on several of Jarmer’s research papers.
Image showing John Jarmer, Bob Lazar, and Joe Vaninetti’s lab directory entries at Area 51
Earl Hoffman, a physicist at Los Alamos, stated that Lazar was a technician, which would not have qualified him as a physicist. He also claims that he only knew about Lazar when they worked together in the accelerator.
Lazar was off in an adjoining building, which was a little bit different from the others. I knew him because of his unusual name, and I could hear the car driving up and down the town as it was fired up. I don’t believe that I have ever met him, and I would wager that he wasn’t a physicist.
In 2019, Jeremy Corbell conducted an interview with Robert Krangle, a scientist who has been consulting for Los Alamos since 1980. In the interview, he talked about his first interaction with Lazar.
According to Krangle, there was not much interaction between them. During security meetings, one would usually be briefed on what was happening in the facility. They would also ask questions only to be kept to a minimum.
According to Jeremy Corbell, Lazar was very different from the other individuals he worked with. He said that he looked like Hawkins, and he had a British norman facial structure. He also noted that they never worked together, and he would often pass him in the cafeteria.
Joe Rogan, who was also interviewed by Jeremy Corbell, stated that the story that Bob told was the same as it had been for a long time. He claims that Bob might have changed his words, but the actual thing remained the same.
Smithsonian Cover-Up: Ancient Egyptians and Giants in the Grand Canyon
In 1908, President Teddy Roosevelt wanted to declare the Grand Canyon off-limits to all timber and mining operations. It would take another 11 years for Congress to designate the Grand Canyon a national park.
Sensing a final opportunity for adventure, explorer G.E. Kincaid took a boat down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. The canyon was rich in minerals like gold, silver and copper and Kincaid wanted to see what he could find before the area was closed off for good.
About 40 miles up-river from the El Tovar Crystal canyon, Kincaid saw stains in the sediment formation about 2,000 feet up. He tied off the boat and got out to investigate.
Kincaid couldn't find a trail, but after a short hike he found something interesting covered in desert brush. Steps. Hundreds of them. Carved in sandstone. Steps that wound their way up to a high shelf on the side of the canyon.
He followed the steps until he came across a cavern entrance. An entrance that was clearly man made.
Kincaid entered the cavern and turned on his flashlight.
On the walls he saw writing. But it wasn't English or Native American writing.
It was Ancient Egyptian Heiroglypics. Kincaid lifted his flashlight and saw that the tunnel ran far into the distance.
He didn't realize it at the time, but this was only the beginning.
SpaceX launches NASA water-monitoring satellite, booster lands in California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched NASA's Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Dec. 16, 2022.
The first stage of the rocket landed back at the base several minutes after liftoff.
NASA's Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite aims to map Earth's water in unprecedented detail to help manage climate change, and to share data openly to assist communities with managing the precious resource.
Credit: NASA
Scientists Discover An Ancient Alien City Hidden Under Antarctica
Scientists Discover An Ancient Alien City Made of Crystal Hidden Under Antarctica Admiral Byrd had been on several explorations before, but after the world war, he was asked by the government to go on the biggest exploration to Antarctica. A Top Secret Expedition to the South Pole started after this. The troop explored nearly one-fourth of the Antarctic coast, and also opened up the continent’s interior for scientific exploration. But then, in the third month, something bizarre happened that the government allegedly keeps from the public even till this day. They discovered a ancient alien crystal city under earth.
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Researchers have discovered another 168 geoglyphs made in the soil of Peru's Nazca Desert, known as the Nazca lines.
The newly-discovered drawings – identified by a team at Yamagata University in Japan – depict humans, camelids, birds, killer whales, felines and snakes.
One of the human drawings looks like Homer Simpson, with big cartoon eyes and a patch of what looks like stubble around the mouth.
These 168 newly-found geoglyphs are thought to date between 100 BC and AD 300, according to experts, but other Nazca lines may go back even further to 400 BC.
More than 160 mysterious Nazca geoglyphs are discovered in Peru - including a Homer Simpson-style person (pictured)
These newly-found 168 geoglyphs are thought to date between 100 BC and AD 300, according to the Yamagata University experts
The Nazca lines
The Nazca lines are a group of geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru.
They extend over an area of nearly 190 square miles (500 square km).
Most of the Nazca Lines were constructed more than 2,000 years ago by the people of the Nazca culture (c. 200 BCE-600 CE), though some clearly predate the Nazca and are considered to be the work of the earlier Paracas culture.
Subjects of the Nazca-made lines are generally plants and animals such as a monkey, a killer whale, a bird resembling a condor, a hummingbird, a pelican, a spider and various flowers, trees, and other plants - as well as geometric shapes, including triangles, trapezoids and spirals.
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica
Photos released by Yamagata University show some of the new discoveries, with lines manually added on the images to emphasize the original lines, which ahve faded due to erosion.
Yamagata University is working in collaboration with the IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center in New York to scan aerial images of the Peruvian site with artificial intelligence (AI).
It's thought AI can identify markings in the landscape that the human eye would otherwise miss.
'By using the newly discovered geoglyphs for AI analysis, Yamagata University aims to clarify the distribution patterns of the geoglyphs,' the university said in a statement.
'The results of this research will also be used for geoglyph conservation activities.'
The Nazca lines of Peru have fascinated archaeologists for centuries.
They are a group of geoglyphs – large motifs made in the ground – located in the Nazca Desert of southern Peru.
The UNESCO World Heritage Site stretches over an area of nearly 190 square miles between the towns of Nazca and Palpa, about 249 miles (400 km) south of Lima.
Archaeological surveys have previously found wooden stakes in the ground at the end of some lines, supporting a theory that ancient people used simple tools and surveying equipment to construct the lines.
Some geoglyphs depict animals, objects or compact shapes, while others are only simplistic geometric lines.
The newly-discovered drawings are thought to depict humans, camelids, birds, killer whales, felines and snakes (pictured)
The newly-found 168 geoglyphs are thought to date between 100 BC and AD 300. Pictured, one of the new discoveries, a bird geoglyph
What are geoglyphs?
Geoglyphs are works of art created by moving objects in the landscape, such as stones, trees and gravel.
A positive geoglyph is formed by materials being laid on the ground while a negative geoglyph is formed by removing material.
Though some geoglyphs clearly represent animals and other natural imagery, many have strange square, circular or hexagonal shapes.
The most famous geoglyphs are the Nazca lines in Peru, rediscovered in 1939. The cultural significance of these features remains unclear.
The Nazca lines were originally created by removing black or reddish-brown pebbles from the surface of the earth to expose a white sandy surface below.
The Yamagata team discovered them through field surveys conducted between June 2019 and February 2020 that used aerial photos and drones.
Adding the 168 new geoglyphs to those that are already known gives a new total of 358 Nazca Lines, they say, although they are thought to be hundreds more yet to be discovered.
Luis Jaime Castillo, a Peruvian archaeologist, previously told the Guardian that only five per cent of all the Nazca lines out there had been found.
Often, a geoglyph is too big to be appreciated at ground level, so only when one is high enough in the air can they discern the shapes of some of the designs.
For this reason, the intricacies of many of the designs were not fully realised until airplanes were invented and the artwork was seen from the sky.
The Nazca lines were apparently first spotted in 1939 when a pilot flew over the Nazca planes of the Peruvian coastal highlands – although its likely they were seen by locals on hill tops much earlier.
Contrary to the popular belief that the figures can only be seen from the air, many are actually visible from the surrounding foothills too.
The Nazca lines are a group of geoglyphs - large motifs made in the ground - located in the Nazca Desert of southern Peru
A spider geoglyph at Nazca. The figure is said to be 150 feet long and made out of one continuous line
However, the actual purpose of the mysterious Nazca Lines in Peru has long puzzled archaeologists.
Some believe they were intended to act as a kind of observatory, to point to the places where the sun and other celestial bodies rose or set in the solstices.
Other theories suggest that they were created to be seen by the gods in the sky, while it's also possible that they were artistic expressions much like the ones we see today.
By uncovering more of these mysterious formations, archaeologists hope to piece together clues about their existence, IBM says.
WHAT ARE PERU'S MYSTERIOUS 'NAZCA LINES'?
Geoglyphs span large land tracts located between the towns of Palpa and Nazca. Some geoglyphs depict animals, objects or compact shapes; others are only simplistic lines.
The Nazca people lived in the area from 200 to 700 CE. Some of the designs are believed to be created instead by the Topará and Paracas people.
Most of the lines are formed by a shallow trench with a depth of between four inches (10cm) and six inches (15cm), made by removing the reddish-brown iron oxide-coated pebbles that cover the surface of the Nazca desert and exposing the light-colored earth beneath.
This sublayer contains high amounts of lime which has hardened to form a protective layer that shields the lines from winds and prevents erosion.
An aerial view of a spiral-tailed monkey figure in Peru's mysterious Nazca Lines, located some 240 miles south of Lima. No one knows why the Pre-Inca Nazca culture made the figures and lines, some of them miles long
Paul Kosok, from Long Island University, is credited as the first scholar to seriously study the Nazca Lines.
He discovered that the lines converged at the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.
Along with Maria Reiche, a German mathematician and archaeologist, Kosok proposed the figures were markers on the horizon to show where the sun and other celestial bodies rose.
168 New Geoglyphs Discovered, Adding to the Enigma of Peru’s Nazca Lines
168 New Geoglyphs Discovered, Adding to the Enigma of Peru’s Nazca Lines
A fresh set of 168 geoglyphs have been discovered by researchers in Peru’s intriguing Nazca Lines UNESCO World Heritage Site. The newly found drawings depict humans, camelids, birds, orcas, cats and snakes as well as simple lines and geometrical patterns.
Interestingly, one of the 50 or so human figures in the set is cartoon-like, with big rounded eyes and a stubble-like patch around the mouth, and bears a resemblance to Homer Simpson, the popular American animated sitcom character, reports the Daily Mail !
According to Science Alert , when the Nazca Lines , located in the Nazca Desert some 400 kilometers (249 miles) south of Lima, was designated a World Heritage Site in 1994, only around 30 geoglyphs had been identified and they mostly depicted plants and animals. By 2019 the number had risen to around 200 geoglyphs, several of which were human-like figures. However, Peruvian archaeologist Luis Jaime Castillo told The Guardian in 2020, he believed this to be only 5 percent of the total number out there.
The Nazca Lines are vast geoglyphs carved into the sandy, rocky earth of the Nazca Desert lying between the towns of Palpa and Nazca in southern Peru. They stretch across an area of nearly 500 square kilometers (190 square miles).
They were created around 2,000 years ago by the Nazca people who inhabited the region between around 200 BC to AD 600. Some of the geoglyphs, though, even predate the Nazca, and are attributed to the earlier Paracas culture.
Most of the lines are a shallow 10 centimeters (4 inches) to 15 centimeters (6 inches) deep and are formed by removing the black or reddish-brown iron oxide-coated pebbles of the Nazca Desert to expose a white sandy surface below. The sublayer contains high amounts of lime that has hardened to form a protective layer that prevents wind erosion to some extent.
Wooden stakes found in the ground at the end of some of the lines indicate that simple tools and surveying equipment were used to construct the lines that cover an extraordinary range of motifs from objects and shapes like triangles, trapezoids and spirals to flowers, trees and other plants, animals like a monkey, a condor-like bird, a humming bird, a killer whale, a pelican, a spider as well as humanoids and even a mythical beast sticking out its tongue.
Although many theories have been advanced to explain what purpose the lines served, none of them is entirely satisfactory or conclusive. Some believe that they were etched to please the eyes of the gods in the sky. Another notion is that they point to the places where the sun and other heavenly bodies rose or set in the solstices and served as a kind of observatory. Thus, they might have had ritual astronomical significance. Or, they could simply have been artistic expressions with no deeper significance.
Since the geoglyphs are usually so vast that the shapes and patterns cannot easily be discerned at ground level, it was only after airplanes were invented that they came to be “discovered”. They are believed to have first been spotted by a pilot flying over the Nazca planes. However, since many are visible from the surrounding hilltops too, the locals were probably always familiar with them.
The latest explorations by a team from Yamagata University working in collaboration with local archaeologists have added healthy number of 168 new geoglyphs, taking the total tally up to 358, although according to Castillo’s estimation this is still only a drop in the ocean.
Field surveys conducted by the Yamagata researchers between June 2019 and February 2020, using aerial photos and drones, helped them identify the new geoglyphs. Since these geoglyphs are simply etched into the soil by removing pebbles and rocks from the surface of the earth to expose the surface below, coupled with centuries of light erosion, they are sometimes difficult for the human eye to identify. So some of the information gathered by drones is even being scanned by AI to help pick any markings that the human eye might miss.
While it is hard to definitively date the new geoglyphs, based on the dating of the clay pots found near them, they are believed to have been created between 100 BC and AD 300.
The Yamagata University researchers intend to survey the entire length and breadth of the Nazca site with permission from the Peruvian Ministry of Culture and with the help of local archaeologists. By uncovering as many of these designs as they can, they hope to crack the mystery of their creation.
Top image: A newly found Nazca line image, a humanoid reminiscent of Homer Simpson.
Dark Cube UFOs Seen Deep Within Sun, 12-14-2022, UFO Sighting News.
Dark Cube UFOs Seen Deep Within Sun, 12-14-2022, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: 12-14-2022
Location of sighting: Sun
Source: NASA/SOHO images
There was an explosion on the sun so big, it blinded the camera for a few seconds. It also lit up several planet size dark objects deep within the sun itself. I believe these objects to be the notorious black cubes we have all seen over the last decade. The objects have a square shape to them and are very big, over 5x the size of earth. Now the explosion lit up the area below the UFOs, highlighting them so that they could not escape detection. I'm sure NASA will find some excuse for these UFOs, but the truth is...NASA wont tell you the truth, never has about the subject of intelligent aliens.
Remarkable statement of NASA Chief Bill Nelson on UFOs, Aliens and parallel universes
Remarkable statement of NASA Chief Bill Nelson on UFOs, Aliens and parallel universes
During an interview last year on October 19th, 2021 NASA Chief Administrator Bill Nelson made some astonishing statements regarding UFOs/UAPs and the possible existing of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations on other Earth-like planets in the universe or in a parallel universe.
Some quotes of Bill Nelson:
We aim the search for extraterrestrial life, what you think we doing on Mars, we looking for life, this is part of NASA's mission.
This is what the telescope (new Webb telescope) is going to be looking for. Are there planets elsewhere that there is life. This is a mission that is constantly looking what/who is out there.
Who are we, how did we get here, how did we become as we are, how did we develop, how did we civilized?
And all those conditions are out there in the universe that has billions of suns and billions of other galaxies, my personal opinion is that the universe is so big and now there are even theories that there might be other universes (parallel universes) and if that is the case who am I to say that planet Earth is the only location of a life form that is civilized and organized like ours.
Are there other planets Earth out there , I certainly think so because the universe so big said Bill Nelson.
He also talks about the hundreds of sightings of UFOs/UAPs reported by navy and commercial pilots and says he doesn't know where they came from, but it goes without saying that he (and NASA) knows very well more about the existence of extraterrestrial UFOs/UAPs and where this alien technology comes from.
If you listen closely and watch Bill Nelson's expressions, you will know that he is in fact confirming the existence of extraterrestrial UFOs/UAPs and advanced extraterrestrial civilizations that inhabit Earth-like planets somewhere in the universe or in a parallel universe.
Video below:
Here is the full interview with Bill Nelson and skip to the 53.10 mark where he starts to talk about UFOs, aliens and parallel universes.
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