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The Doomsday Clock, which has been ticking down to the end of the world for decades, is now officially closer to annihilation than ever before. 

On Tuesday, scientists with the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the symbolic clock four seconds forward to 85 seconds to midnight.

It's also the closest the clock has ever been to midnight in its 79-year history, meaning experts believe humanity has never faced a more dire threat of a world-ending catastrophe than it does in 2026.

The group, which decides where the hands are set annually, cited multiple threats to global stability, including nuclear weapons, climate change, disruptive technologies like AI, and the creation of synthetic biological substances called 'mirror life.'

Alexandra Bell, president and CEO of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, said: 'Every second counts and we are running out of time. It is a hard truth that this is our reality. This is the closest our world has ever been to midnight.'

The Chicago-based nonprofit created the Doomsday Clock in 1947 during the Cold War as tensions between the US and the Soviet Union brought the constant fear of a nuclear apocalypse.

This is the second year in a row that the Doomsday Clock has moved closer to midnight - the hypothetical point where the world will end. Until 2020, the clock had never been closer than two minutes to midnight.

Daniel Holz, chair of the Bulletin's Science and Security Board, said: 'Last year, we warned that the world was perilously close to catastrophe and that countries needed to change course towards international cooperation and action on the most critical and existential risks. Unfortunately, the opposite has happened.' 

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the 'Doomsday Clock' four seconds closer to midnight - the theoretical point of world annihilation

The US, Israel, Iran, and Russia all warned in 2025 that a catastrophic global war could be nearing as the crisis in the Middle East and Ukraine reached a breaking point 

Holz added that nuclear-armed nations became even more adversarial and nationalistic in 2025 and influenced the four-second jump, the largest move forward since 2023 when scientists cut it from 100 to 90 seconds to midnight.

'The latest remaining treaty governing nuclear weapon stockpiles between the US and Russia expires next week. For the first time in over half a century, there will be nothing preventing a runaway nuclear arms race,' Holz revealed. 

Any time the Doomsday Clock has moved forward has been said to signify humanity's failures to make progress in solving the global threats of the past 12 months.

Every year, the Doomsday Clock has been updated based on how close humanity theoretically is to total annihilation.

If the clock goes forward and gets a few minutes or seconds closer to midnight (compared with where it was set the previous year), it suggests humanity has moved closer to self-destruction.

If it moves further away from midnight, it suggests humanity has lowered the risks of global catastrophe since the same point last year.

In some years, the hands of the clock don't move at all, suggesting global tensions and threats worldwide haven't changed for better or worse.

It has been moving steadily closer to the predicted end of the world since 2011, when it was still six minutes from midnight. 

In 2025, the US, Iran, and Israel were involved in a deadly conflict in the Middle East, with the US sending a precision bombing mission to attack Iran's nuclear facilities

Rhe Bulletin's Science and Security Board added that climate change has also escalated over the last year, with global sea levels reaching record highs.

'Droughts, floods, fires, and storms continue to intensify and become more erratic, and this will only get worse,' Holz predicted.

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Additionally, the expert warned of 'mirror life,' which are synthetic organisms built completely backwards compared to normal DNA, which scientists believe could help develop advanced medicines.

However, many scientists fear the threat posed by these lab-made substances, as they are totally incompatible with normal DNA, raising the threat of an unstoppable pandemic.

'Despite repeated warnings from scientists worldwide, the international community has no coordinated plan and the world remains unprepared for potentially devastating biological threats,' Holz said. 

As for so-called 'disruptive technologies,' the security board's chair singled out artificial intelligence (AI) for 'supercharging mis- and disinformation.' 

Dr Leonard Rieser, Chairman of the Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, moves the hand of the Doomsday Clock back to 17 minutes before midnight at offices near the University of Chicago on November 26, 1991

Last year, the Bulletin moved the clock to 89 seconds to midnight, citing the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, conflicts in the Middle East, the threat of nuclear war, climate change, a potential bird flu pandemic, and the so-called 'arms race' to develop AI.

Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine has led to Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II, with unconfirmed estimates estimating the death toll reaching one million people in 2026.

Meanwhile, multiple conflicts involving the US broke out in the last year, as the Trump Administration launched a bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities and arrested Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife during a covert raid in Caracas.

Tensions have even flared between the US and its allies in NATO, as President Trump vies to take control of Greenland, a current territory of Denmark, citing its importance to national security against Russia and China.

'If the world splinters into an "us versus them" zero-sum approach, it increases the likelihood that we all lose,' Holz warned. 

Although symbolic and not an actual clock, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists unveiled a physical 'quarter clock' model at an event on Tuesday when they delivered the news of their estimate for 2026.

After the unveiling, the model can be found located at the Bulletin offices in the Keller Center, home to the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. 

The Doomsday Clock goes back to June 1947, when US artist Martyl Langsdorf was hired to design a new cover for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists journal 

Every January, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists reveals its annual update to the Doomsday Clock – even if the hands are not moved.

The Doomsday Clock officially came into existence in June 1947, when US artist Martyl Langsdorf was hired to design a new cover for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists journal.

With a striking image on the cover, the organization hoped to 'frighten men into rationality' as the Cold War seemed destined to go nuclear, according to Eugene Rabinowitch, the first editor of the journal.

The clock was initially set at seven minutes to midnight because 'it looked good to my eye,' Langsdorf later said.

On the cover of later issues, the hands of the clock were adjusted based on how close civilization was estimated to be to catastrophe.

After the Soviet Union successfully tested its first atomic bomb in 1949, Rabinowitch reset the clock from seven minutes to midnight to three minutes to midnight.

Since then, it has continued to move forward and backwards, now moving within a minute and a half of total destruction.

In 2009, the Bulletin ceased its print edition, but the clock has still been updated once a year on its website and is now a much-anticipated highlight of the scientific community.

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27-01-2026 om 20:57 geschreven door peter  

The footprints that rewrite the evolution of flight: Ancient tracks suggest birds could be 60 MILLION years older than thought

• READ MORE: Evolution debate reignited after 'missing human link' is found

By SHIVALI BEST, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR 

A new AI app is helping to rewrite the evolution of flight. 

The app, developed by researchers from the University of Edinburgh, has been used to analyse footprints made by dinosaurs more than 200 million years ago.

The results show that several tracks share 'uncanny' features with both extinct and modern birds. 

According to the researchers, this suggests that birds could have originated 60 million years earlier than we thought. 

'This study is an exciting contribution for paleontology and an objective, data–driven way to classify dinosaur footprints – something that has stumped experts for over a century,' said Professor Steve Brusatte, an author of the study. 

'It opens up exciting new possibilities for understanding how these incredible animals lived and moved, and when major groups like birds first evolved. 

'This computer network might have identified the world's oldest birds, which I think is a fantastic and fruitful use for AI.'

A new AIapp is helping to rewrite the evolution of flight. The app, developed by researchers from the University of Edinburgh, has been used to analyse footprints made by dinosaurs more than 200 million years ago

While dinosaur footprints are an important indicator of our evolution, they've proved difficult to interpret. 

Until now, scientists have largely relied on manual methods, which introduce an element of bias. 

To rectify this issue, the team developed a new AI app dubbed the DinoTracker, which uses advanced algorithms to recognise dinosaur footprints. 

To train the app, the researchers fed it nearly 2,000 fossil footprints alongside millions of variations to mimic changes such as compression and edge displacement. 

Amazingly, tests have revealed that DinoTracker can now identify dinosaur footprints with 90 per cent accuarcy – even for contentious species. 

One of the most interesting discoveries by the app was the resemblance between several dinosaur tracks and those left by birds. 

According to the researchers, this either suggests that birds originated tens of millions of years earlier than thought, or that some dinosaurs had feet that resembled birds by coincidence. 

The researchers also fed the AI app images of footprints from the Isle of Skye in Scotland, which have left scientists baffled. 

One of the most interesting discoveries by the app was the uncanny resemblance between several dinosaur tracks and those left by birds

Its analysis suggests that the tracks may have been left around 170 million years ago by some of the oldest relatives of duck-billed dinosaurs.   

Looking ahead, the researchers hope the tool will help to improve our understand of how dinosaurs lived and moved around the Earth.  

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Dr Gregor Hartmann of Helmholtz–Zentrum research centre, and co-author of the study, said: 'Our method provides an unbiased way to recognize variation in footprints and test hypotheses about their makers. 

'It's an excellent tool for research, education, and even fieldwork.'

WHAT WAS THE 'CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION'?

Scientists have long speculated that a large oxygen spike during the 'Cambrian Explosion' was key to the development of many animal species. 

The Cambrian Explosion, around 541 million years ago, was a period when a wide variety of animals burst onto the evolutionary scene.

Before about 580 million years ago, most organisms were simple, composed of individual cells occasionally organised into colonies.

Over the following 70 or 80 million years, the rate of evolution accelerated and the diversity of life began to resemble that of today.

It ended with the Cambrian-Ordovician extinction event, approximately 488 million years ago. 

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27-01-2026 om 20:55 geschreven door peter  

Prophecy from apocalyptic 'messiah' warns of death so widespread 'even birds won't escape'

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By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR

A poem written over 120 years ago by a revered religious figure has resurfaced as some fear its prediction of an apocalyptic event could be coming true today. 

Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, also known as the Promised Messiah and the Imam Mahdi, wrote a 1905 poem describing massive earthquakes and destruction across the world, which some have now interpreted as a warning of World War III. 

In the poem, published around the time of his death in 1908, Ahmad predicted streams of blood flowing from widespread death, entire regions being wiped out, a massive earthquake, and even strange sky events beyond scientific explanation.

It mentions of calamity befalling the Czar of Russia has been seen by some as foreshadowing modern conflicts involving Russia, such as the war in Ukraine and continued tensions with the US and NATO. 

'A sign will come some days hence, which will turn over villages, cities and fields. Wrath of God will bring a revolution in the world, the undressed one would be unable to tie his trousers,' Ahmad's 1905 poem described.

'Suddenly, a quake will severely shake, mortals, trees, mountains and seas, all. In the twinkling of an eye, the land shall turn over, streams of blood will flow like rivers of water.'

Ahmad, born in 1835 in Qadian, India, founded the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam and dedicated his life to defending his faith against criticisms from other religions, such as Christianity. He also claimed to receive multiple divine revelations.

Ahmad's followers believe he was divinely appointed as the guided leader expected in Islamic End Times prophecies.

A 1905 poem and prophecy of global destruction by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad has resurfaced as some believe it is close to coming true

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The poem described a devastating earthquake which would shake 'mortals, trees, mountains and seas,' just as recent natural disasters, like the March 2025 quake in Myanmar

(Pictured)

There is some skepticism about the potential ties to current world tensions, as Russia no longer has a Czar in 2026 and some believers have suggested that Ahmad's predictions referred to a major earthquake in India before his death.

In his book Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, written in the late 1800s, Ahmad wrote that a 'warner came unto the world, but the world accepted him not,' which believers have suggested meant disasters and wars would break out after a divine messenger was rejected by the people.

In The Philosophy of Divine Revelation from the early 1900s, Ahmad warned of a terrible earthquake coming.

'There will be death on such a large scale that streams of blood will flow. Even birds and grazing animals will not escape this death,' the religious leader foretold.

'Those days are near, indeed they are at the door, when the world shall witness the spectacle of a doomsday.'

He also spoke of 'mighty assaults' from God and heaven that seemed to depict the launching of missiles in a global war, and the immense distress this would cause the leader of Russia.

'The terror of it will exhaust everyone, the great and the small, even the Czar will be at that hour in a state of the utmost distress,' Ahmad wrote in the poem.

'It will be a glimpse of wrath, that heavenly sign, the sky shall draw its dagger to attack.'

The poem also described the wrath of God assaulting from heaven and the sky drawing 'its dagger to attack,' similar to the image of a missile flying through the air (Stock Image)

Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (Pictured) was the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam and promoted the religion as a peaceful and tolerant faith

Despite his dire warnings of the future, Ahmad's main goal for the founding of the Ahmadiyya Movement was to present Islam as a peaceful, tolerant, and rational religion based on the Quran and the example of the Prophet Muhammad.

After Ahmad's death in 1908, the Ahmadiyya movement split into two main branches due to disagreements over their late leader's exact religious status.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement operate independently from one another, with their key doctrinal difference being how they view Ahmad.

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community sees him as a subordinate prophet under Muhammad, while the Lahore branch views him strictly as a reformer without prophethood.

However, both acknowledge the existence of the 1905 poem and its prophecy of a cataclysmic event following Ahmad's death, which both branches suggest includes events that have already taken place.

Specifically, Lahore interpreted Ahmad's warning to be about World War I, which began in 1914. Meanwhile, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has suggested that the quake mentioned by Ahmad described major seismic events in India.

However, the prophecy has resurfaced in 2026 as scientists in the US prepare to update the so-called Doomsday Clock, which is said to show how close the world is to a man-made global catastrophe, such as nuclear war.

As of last year, the clock has sat at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever come in its 78-year history of reaching the presumed End Times.

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27-01-2026 om 20:54 geschreven door peter  

High-resolution map shows dark matter's gravity pulled normal matter into galaxies

Scientists have created the highest resolution map of the dark matter that threads through the universe—showing its influence on the formation of stars, galaxies and planets.

The research, including astronomers from Durham University, UK, tells us more about how this invisible substance helped pull ordinary matter into galaxies like the Milky Way and planets like Earth.

The findings, using new data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (Webb), are published in the journal Nature Astronomy.

The study was jointly led by Durham University, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and the École Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.

The new map confirms previous research and provides new details about the relationship between dark matter and the normal matter from which we—and everything we can touch or see—are made.

When the universe began, dark matter and normal matter were probably sparsely distributed.

Scientists think dark matter clumped together first and then pulled in normal matter, creating regions where stars and galaxies began to form.

How dark matter shaped the universe

In this way, dark matter determined the large-scale distribution of galaxies we see in the universe today.

By prompting galaxy and star formation to begin earlier than they would have otherwise, dark matter also played a role in creating the conditions for planets to eventually form. Without it we might not have the elements in our galaxy that allowed life to appear.

Research co-lead author Dr. Gavin Leroy, of the Institute for Computational Cosmology, Department of Physics, Durham University, said, "By revealing dark matter with unprecedented precision, our map shows how an invisible component of the universe has structured visible matter to the point of enabling the emergence of galaxies, stars, and ultimately, life itself.

"This map reveals the invisible but essential role of dark matter, the true architect of the universe, which gradually organizes the structures we observe through our telescopes."

Understanding dark matter's elusive nature

Dark matter does not emit, reflect, absorb, or block light, and it passes through regular matter like a ghost.

However, it does interact with the rest of the universe through gravity, something the new map shows with a new level of clarity.

Evidence for this interaction lies in the degree of overlap between maps of dark matter and normal matter.

According to the research, Webb's observations confirm that this close alignment cannot be a coincidence. Instead, the astronomers say it is due to dark matter's gravity pulling normal matter toward it throughout cosmic history.

Research co-author Professor Richard Massey, in the Institute for Computational Cosmology, Department of Physics, Durham University, said, "Wherever you find normal matter in the universe today, you also find dark matter.

"Billions of dark matter particles pass through your body every second. There's no harm, they don't notice us and just keep going.

"But the whole swirling cloud of dark matter around the Milky Way has enough gravity to hold our entire galaxy together. Without dark matter, the Milky Way would spin itself apart."

Mapping the universe with Webb

The area covered by the new map is a section of sky about 2.5 times larger than the full moon, in the constellation Sextans.

Webb peered at this region for a total of about 255 hours and identified nearly 800,000 galaxies, with many detected for the first time.

The scientific team then looked for dark matter by observing how its mass curves space itself, which in turn bends the light traveling to Earth from distant galaxies—as if the light of those galaxies has passed through a warped windowpane.

The map contains about 10 times more galaxies than maps of the area made by ground-based observatories and twice as many as the Hubble Space Telescope.

It reveals new clumps of dark matter and captures a higher-resolution view of the areas previously seen by Hubble.

Sharper images and future research

Research co-lead author Dr. Diana Scognamiglio, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said, "This is the largest dark matter map we've made with Webb, and it's twice as sharp as any dark matter map made by other observatories.

"Previously, we were looking at a blurry picture of dark matter. Now we're seeing the invisible scaffolding of the universe in stunning detail, thanks to Webb's incredible resolution."

To refine measurements of the distance to many galaxies for the map, the team used Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI).

Durham University's Center for Extragalactic Astronomy was involved in the development of MIRI, which was designed and managed through launch by JPL.

The wavelengths detected by MIRI make it adept at detecting galaxies obscured by cosmic dust clouds.

The team next plans to map dark matter throughout the entire universe, using the European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid telescope and NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

They will learn more about dark matter's fundamental properties and how dark matter might have changed over cosmic history.

However, that patch of sky studied in this latest research will be the reference on which all future mapping will be fine-tuned and compared.

More information: 

• Diana Scognamiglio, An ultra-high-resolution map of (dark) matter, Nature Astronomy (2026). 

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Back in 2013, we reported on the so-called elite survival bunkers and the notorious Deep Underground Military Bases — the D.U.M.B.s. Curiously, the rumors never faded. If anything, they feel more relevant today than ever. 

Despite the public silence, world powers may already be aware of a looming global crisis, yet choose to say nothing. While the masses are distracted, preparations appear to continue behind closed doors. 

Mainstream media keeps its spotlight fixed on geopolitical tension, conveniently ignoring escalating environmental and planetary risks. Governments offer no clear explanation. Scientists remain reserved. The pattern speaks for itself. 

Evidence suggests the world’s major governments have been preparing for catastrophe far longer than most people realize. 

Across continents, state agencies, defense contractors, and major corporations have accelerated underground construction to unprecedented levels. In the United States, massive subterranean complexes are being excavated in remote and restricted regions, well beyond public oversight. China has quietly built unusually deep subway networks beneath key cities, resembling a crash infrastructure program. Russia went public in 2011 with plans for roughly 5,000 new nuclear shelters for Moscow alone, while newer metro lines were designed to double as hardened bunkers. 

More recently, former HUD official Catherine Austin Fitts alleged that the U.S. has been covertly constructing an underground “breakaway” civilization for the elite, designed for near extinction-level scenarios. She claimed trillions in unaccounted federal funds were diverted into subterranean infrastructure, including an underground command grid for continuity of government during nuclear war or worse, as well as advanced transit systems. 

One acknowledged D.U.M.B. is the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, arguably America’s most secure and secretive military fortress. Imagine what else they've built. ( Video : take a look at the inside the Cheyenne Mountain Complex.) 

Economist Mark Skidmore of Michigan State University reviewed federal financial discrepancies and concluded in 2017 that roughly $21 trillion in “unauthorized expenditures” occurred between 1998 and 2015 within the Department of Defense and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. One Army report alone listed $6.5 trillion in unsupported adjustments for fiscal year 2015 — fifty times its official budget. 

After examining the missing trillions, Fitts estimated that at least 170 underground installations exist within U.S. territory, some rumored to extend beneath oceans and interconnect via classified high-speed transit systems. According to her, these would function as sanctuaries if governments anticipated a civilization level collapse. 

Hollywood has long been accused of predictive programming, quietly introducing future technologies, events, or disclosures into films and entertainment well before they surface in reality. In the context of underground survival infrastructure, the film Greenland is frequently cited. Its storyline depicts an extinction-level disaster in which ordinary citizens are abandoned while selected individuals are quietly evacuated to fortified subterranean facilities, including a base beneath Greenland. 

Confirmed or not, the pattern is hard to ignore: powerful institutions appear to be preparing for contingencies the public is not being informed about. And if the worst comes, one uncomfortable possibility emerges, the general population may be left to fend for itself.

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Story by Nicolae Bochis

The NASA sign at the Kennedy Space Center

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In 2026, NASA will move from long-running development and testing into a phase defined by action, readiness, and progress. After years shaped by delays, redesigns, and risk reductions, many of NASA's most ambitious programs are finally lining up for execution. The result will be a year that could redefine how humans explore space and how science missions are delivered. Human spaceflight is once again the central focus.

After more than 50 years, humans are planning to return to the Moon. At the same time, the agency is testing new ways to communicate across deep space, manage crews, and operate complex systems from Earth. Meanwhile, the next-generation Nancy Grace Roman telescope is finished and preparing to launch, while NASA continues to build strong partnerships with commercial companies to improve its means to search for life outside Earth. Together, these efforts make 2026 more than just another year of planning. It represents a moment when planning turns into progress.

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1. Artemis II is going back to the Moon

Photo of the Artemis II crew shown at the space center in Houston, Texas

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In 2026, NASA plans to take a major step in returning humans to the Moon with the Artemis II mission. This flight will be the first time astronauts reach the moon since the final Apollo mission concluded in 1972. A crew of four astronauts aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft will leave Earth from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission is planned to launch no later than April 2026, but NASA is actually aiming for a possible launch even sooner.

• Moon After 54 Years!

The trip will last only 10 days, during which the spacecraft will loop around the Moon and return to Earth. The astronauts won't land on the Moon because the true purpose of the Artemis II mission is to test life support, navigation, communication, and other systems with humans aboard in a deep-space environment. That said, Artemis II is more than just a technical tryout. It's a confidence builder for the later Artemis missions planned to take astronauts to the lunar surface, Mars' surface, and beyond. The excitement for Artemis II is global. NASA invited the public to sign up and have their names fly around the Moon during the mission. Projects like this can help people around the world feel more connected to space exploration in 2026.

2. NASA hones in on search-for-life missions

Artist's concept of the Habitable Worlds Observatory

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In early January 2026, NASA announced that it was hearing proposals from companies who could help advance technology on the successor to James Webb, the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). NASA plans to have HWO serve as a space telescope designed to image Earth-like planets orbiting distant suns and analyze their atmospheres for signatures of life. This new flagship telescope will push beyond what Hubble and James Webb can do. While these existing telescopes also have coronagraphs, or devices that block starlight so that scientists can get a better look at orbiting planets, HWO is expected to have one that is thousands of times more powerful.

NASA awarded three-year contracts to seven companies to build the technical foundations for HWO. Among these are some major players including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and BAE Systems. In a statement, NASA administrator Jared Isaacman  said humanity is ready to find life beyond Earth and that he believes developing such technology is a matter of urgency. HWO is NASA's boldest step yet in answering the question: Are we alone in the universe? 

3. Laser-based communication is implemented

Illustration depicting transmits between NASA's Psyche spacecraft and Earth-based observatories

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In recent years, NASA has been pushing the limits of how space communication works. Until now, spacecraft were using traditional radio waves to communicate with Earth. Now, new technologies are laser-based. They use pulses of light to send information, packing far more data in each transmission. This breakthrough could transform how missions share high-definition images, video, and scientific data across millions of kilometers.

NASA already successfully demonstrated how Deep Space Optical Communication (DSOC) works. The Psyche spacecraft, launched in October 2023, is equipped with this new technology, and it already received laser-encoded data over record-breaking distances. The first stream was, funnily enough, a video of a cat chasing a laser pointer. Throughout 2024 and 2025, the DSOC onboard Psyche continued to beat distance records.

This successful demonstration lays the groundwork for the operational use of laser communication in crew-supported missions like Artemis II. NASA will fly the Orion Artemis II Optical Communication System (O2O) aboard the Orion spacecraft. The Artemis crew will be able to send 4K ultra-high definition video, voice, procedures, images, and science data for the duration of the mission.

The Nancy Grace Roman telescope finishes its final tests

An engineer inspecting the primary mirror for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

© NASA/Chris Gunn

NASA's next great space telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has officially moved from construction to completion. After years of development, the spacecraft's physical build is finished, and all major components have been assembled and integrated. Roman is NASA's next flagship telescope that combines Hubble-like resolution with a field view 100 times larger. That means it's capable of capturing huge cosmic areas in a single image.

The next step is to launch this space telescope. Final testing and preparations are ongoing as engineers simulate the launch vibrations, cold of space, and long-term operations far from Earth to make sure this next-generation telescope will be fully operational before the launch. The telescope is scheduled to go online in May 2027, but as the work progresses fast, there are indications that the launch could be moved to September 2026. While the launch preparations continue, the scientific community is already gearing up. In 2025, NASA ca }ed for research proposals using the Ronan telescope. It could be that 2026 sees some of these come to life.

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Moisture in Mars atmosphere could provide water for future human inhabitants, research finds

By ELEANOR MANN, JUNIOR NEWS REPORTER

Moisture extracted from the atmosphere of Mars could provide a valuable alternative water supply if humans are ever to inhabit the red planet, a study has found. 

However, the research from a Strathclyde University academic found that ice located beneath the surface of Mars would provide the most viable long-term solution. 

Dr Vassilis Inglezakis examined the various ways of obtaining water on Mars in a paper in the Advances In Space Research journal. 

The planet has several potential sources of H2O - including underground ice, soil moisture, and atmospheric vapour.

While underground ice could provide a long-term solution, Dr Inglezakis's research noted there are unlikely to be any accessible deposits near locations where explorers would land.

Harvesting water from the atmosphere is challenging as it requires more power and energy - but he suggested it could provide an alternative in areas were subsurface ice is inaccessible, or as a backup supply.

Dr Inglezakis, from the university's Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, said: 'Reliable access to water would be essential for human survival on Mars, not only for drinking but also for producing oxygen and fuel, which would reduce dependence on Earth-based supplies.

'This study is one of the first to compare the various technologies that could be deployed to recover water in a Martian environment.

Mars has several potential sources of H20 - including underground ice, soil moisture, and atmospheric vapour

'It also puts forward new ideas for atmospheric water harvesting, offering potentially valuable alternatives where other sources are inaccessible.'

The paper discusses each method in terms of energy demands, scalability, and suitability for different Martian conditions.

The analysis suggests subsurface ice is the most viable long-term water source.

The study examined ways of obtaining water on Mars

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Dr Inglezakis added: 'While the search for water continues and much of Mars remains unexplored, a clear understanding of available technologies and their realistic applications will be key to supporting sustained missions and eventual settlement.

'The research offers insights for future space exploration missions, supporting efforts to make them more self-sufficient and sustainable.'

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26-01-2026 om 21:50 geschreven door peter  

Mystery of Egypt's Giza pyramids deepens as hidden megastructure 4,000 feet below is revealed

• READ MORE: I interviewed Joe Rogan's 'worst guest ever'... then a controversial question stopped everything

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Joe Rogan's latest podcast guest delved into controversial scans showing an enormous underground structure beneath the Great Pyramid of Giza, potentially rewriting ancient history.

The scans were conducted by Italian scientist Filippo Biondi and the Khafre Project team using synthetic aperture radar. This satellite imaging technology maps subsurface features by bouncing radio waves off the ground.

More than 200 scans from multiple satellites, including Italy's Cosmo-SkyMed and the US-based Capella Space, showed uniform results suggesting massive pillars about 65 feet in diameter wrapped in spirals and plunging nearly 4,000 feet deep.

Those pillars appear to end in 260-foot cubic chambers beneath all three pyramids and the Sphinx, which Biondi described as 'huge chambers' measuring roughly 260 feet in length and width.

The scans also highlighted shafts descending about 2,000 feet that intersect horizontal corridors roughly 10 feet tall, leading Biondi to speculate the pyramids may not be tombs but ancient power plants or vibration devices for out-of-body experiences.

Rogan echoed the radical implications, saying: 'They're not tombs,' and adding that if the data is accurate, the pyramids may be 'just the tip of the iceberg.'

Biondi dated the underground structures to 18,000 to 20,000 years ago, linking them to Zep Tepi, the mythic 'First Time' when gods first ruled and civilization began.

He also pointed to salt residues from ancient seawater flooding as evidence of a great flood event that could support the theory of a far older civilization beneath Giza.

The researcher team has released a model of the structures hiding below the Giza plateau, which includes three pyramids and the Great Sphinx

Italian scientist Filippo Biondi was the latest guest on the Joe Rogan Experience, where he discussed the scans showing the hidden megastructure 

The Giza complex consists of three pyramids, Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, built 4,500 years ago on a rocky plateau on the west bank of the Nile River in northern Egypt.

However, the Khafre Pyramid team believes the structures are much older and are hiding an underground world built by a lost civilization. 

The key driver of the controversy is the credibility of the technology, which Biondi said he developed through 'top secret projects for the Italian military' and has applied to sites like the Mosul Dam and Italy's Grand Sasso laboratory.

It's patented, peer-reviewed, and built for precision, yet when the scans are applied to Giza, the reaction is fierce. Mainstream archaeologist Dr Zahi Hawass has called the scans 'This is bulls***.'

Biondi admitted that he and Armando Mei, who is part of the team, initially doubted the data, holding the results for six months, suspecting processing artifacts.

'My opinion was that it was not real. I was thinking that maybe it was noise or some artifacts due to our processing procedures,' he said.

Confirmation came from multiple satellite systems and benchmarks, including exact mapping of Italy's Grand Sasso particle collider, which lies about 4,600 feet deep inside a mountain.

Biondi said the consistency across datasets was what ultimately convinced him the findings were real. 

The scans captured enormous shafts descending from the pyramids 

The Giza complex consists of three pyramids, Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, built 4,500 years ago on a rocky plateau on the west bank of the Nile River in northern Egypt

After initially relying only on Italy's Cosmo-SkyMed satellites, the team expanded its analysis to US-based Capella Space satellites and others, seeking confirmation through diversity of sources. 

'Once we had the same results while we were using American satellites… and also other satellites always the same results, we decided to disclose,' he said.

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In total, more than 200 scans returned the same structural patterns. 

Rogan pointed out that the technology has already been validated elsewhere, including its ability to precisely map Italy's underground Gran Sasso laboratory, a particle physics facility buried roughly 4,600 feet inside a mountain. '

We know it's accurate, we know it works,' Rogan said, calling resistance to the findings 'confirmation bias.'

Biondi emphasized that his work does not involve penetrating the ground with radar beams, a common online criticism. 

Hawass has used that argument to dismiss the claims, telling the Daily Mail: 'They used topographic radar.

'They claim it reaches more than 1,000 feet down to a city. But any scientist who understands tomographic radar knows it only reaches about 60 feet. Their theory is completely wrong.'

However, Biondi explained that the method analyzes mechanical vibrations naturally present on Earth's surface and reconstructs subsurface features through tomographic inversion. 

'We are not penetrating anything,' he said. 'We are just grabbing the entropy that is on the surface of the earth.'

The scans indicated not only vertical structures but horizontal corridors roughly nine feet tall that connect the shafts and chambers beneath the plateau. 

The scans also captured large rooms at the bottom of the shafts 

After gathering the data, researchers used a special algorithm that turned the information into vertical images of the ground beneath the pyramid, capturing the first look at the hidden structures. Pictured are the eight wells under the pyramid

According to Biondi, existing shafts between the pyramids, currently blocked by debris, may already provide access points to the underground system. 

'Those shafts go down, down, down… and they reach chambers that are below,' he said, estimating depths of about 1,968 feet.

Biondi argued that physical excavation may not even be necessary to confirm the findings. 

He has proposed a project to Egyptian authorities that would focus on clearing debris from existing shafts and deploying robotic drones, rather than digging new tunnels. 

'We want to use machines, not humans,' he said, estimating the cost of such an effort at roughly $20 million.

Rogan repeatedly returned to the scale of the implications. If the data holds up, he said, the pyramids, long considered among humanity's greatest architectural achievements, may be only the visible remnants of something far larger. 

'Those immense structures that have baffled mankind forever are just the tip of the iceberg,' Rogan said.

Biondi agreed, stressing that the measurements are the only subsurface data currently available for the Giza Plateau. 

'What we found is something that has been confirmed by our measurements,' he said. 'At the moment, these are the only data that we have.'

Despite the controversy, Biondi said he welcomes replication by other research groups and remains open to scrutiny. 

'I am happy if somebody can replicate things,' he said. 'If other research groups can replicate the things that I'm showing, I'm happy.'

For now, the scans remain unverified by direct exploration, suspended between radical possibility and entrenched skepticism. 

But as Rogan put it, ignoring the data outright would be a mistake. 'If you're skeptical, we should probably explore it,' he said. 'And if it's wrong, okay. But if it's right, it's a crime not to investigate.'

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26-01-2026 om 21:40 geschreven door peter  

See dark matter like NEVER before: NASA reveals one of the most detailed maps of the elusive substance yet – confirming its vital influence on the universe

• READ MORE: Image shows elusive substance that makes up 25% of universe

By SHIVALI BEST, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR 

NASA has revealed one of the most detailed maps of dark matter yet.

Taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, the map suggests the elusive substance acts as a hidden framework on which entire galaxies are built. 

According to researchers from Durham University, it could help to unravel the mystery of the formation of our Milky Way – as well as planet Earth. 

'Wherever you find normal matter in the Universe today, you also find dark matter,' explained Professor Richard Massey, co–author of the study. 

'Billions of dark matter particles pass through your body every second. 

'There's no harm, they don't notice us and just keep going.

'But the whole swirling cloud of dark matter around the Milky Way has enough gravity to hold our entire galaxy together. 

'Without dark matter, the Milky Way would spin itself apart.'

NASA has revealed one of the most detailed maps of dark matter yet. Taken by the James WebbSpace Telescope, the map suggests the elusive substance acts as a hidden framework on which entire galaxies are built

Dark matter is described as the 'glue' that holds the universe together. 

However, because it's invisble, understanding exactly what it is or what is does has proved difficult. 

Scientists have previously suggested that when the universe began, dark matter and normal matter were sparsely distributed.

Dark matter clumped together first, before pulling in normal matter, creating regions where stars and galaxies began to form.

By prompting this formation, dark matter also played a role in creating the conditions for planets to form – eventually allowing life to appear. 

To prove this is the case, the research team turned to NASA's James Webb – the largest and most powerful telescope ever launched to space.

This allowed them to map dark matter with 'unprecedented precision'.

Because dark matter is invisible, the team looked for it by observing how its mass curves space itself, which in turn bends the light travelling to Earth from distant galaxies.

Because dark matter is invisible, the team looked for it by observing how its mass curves space itself, which in turn bends the light travelling to Earth from distant galaxies

The research team turned to NASA's James Webb – the largest and most powerful telescope ever launched to space

The map shows that dark matter interacts with the rest of the universe through gravity – seen by the degree of overlap between maps of dark and normal matter. 

'By revealing dark matter with unprecedented precision, our map shows how an invisible component of the Universe has structured visible matter to the point of enabling the emergence of galaxies, stars, and ultimately life itself,' explained Dr Gavin Leroy, co–author of the study. 

'This map reveals the invisible but essential role of dark matter, the true architect of the Universe, which gradually organises the structures we observe through our telescopes.'

In total, the area covered by the map is a section of sky about 2.5 times larger than the full moon, in the constellation Sextans. 

It includes nearly 800,000 galaxies – about 10 times more than Webb's predecessor, Hubble, was able to observe.  

Dr Diana Scognamiglio, co–author of the study from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said: 'This is the largest dark matter map we've made with Webb, and it's twice as sharp as any dark matter map made by other observatories.

'Previously, we were looking at a blurry picture of dark matter. 

'Now we're seeing the invisible scaffolding of the Universe in stunning detail, thanks to Webb's incredible resolution.'

The team now plans to map dark matter through the entire universe, using the European Space Agency's Euclid telescope alongside NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

Dark matter: The mysterious substance that makes up 85% of the universe that scientists cannot confirm

Dark matter is a hypothetical substance said to make up roughly 85 per cent of the universe.

The enigmatic material is invisible because it does not reflect light, and has never been directly observed by scientists.

Astronomers know it to be out there because of its gravitational effects on known matter.

The European Space Agency says: 'Shine a torch in a completely dark room, and you will see only what the torch illuminates.

Dark matter is a hypothetical substance said to make up roughly 27 per cent of the universe. It is thought to be the gravitational 'glue' that holds the galaxies together (artist's impression)

'That does not mean that the room around you does not exist.

'Similarly we know dark matter exists but have never observed it directly.'

The material is thought to be the gravitational 'glue' that holds the galaxies together.

Calculations show that many galaxies would be torn apart instead of rotating if they weren't held together by a large amount of dark matter.

Just five per cent the observable universe consists of known matter such as atoms and subatomic particles.

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26-01-2026 om 21:24 geschreven door peter  

Ark of the Covenant mystery deepens as new findings reshape the biblical relic's purpose

• READ MORE:  Hidden 'fingerprints' found in the Bible after thousands of years rewrite the story of the Ark of the Covenant

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

An Egyptologist has proposed a new theory that the Ark of the Covenant was not merely a sacred container for the Ten Commandments, but a radical reimagining of ancient religious symbols.

David Falk, who holds a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Liverpool, argued the Ark was modeled on Egyptian ritual furniture, specifically shrines designed to hold a statue or idol.

But unlike Egyptian shrines, the Ark contained no idol, meaning it was built to show that God's presence did not require a physical representation, Falk suggested.

In ancient Egypt, sacred chests and shrines were often decorated with uraeus cobras that spat fire, symbols meant to protect and sanctify holy space.

Winged goddesses also appeared on Egyptian thrones and shrines, their outstretched wings signifying protection and divine power.

Falk argued the Ark borrowed this visual language but flipped it, creating sacred space not inside the box but above it, between the wings of the cherubim on the mercy seat.

If Falk is correct, the Ark's design reveals a deliberate theological innovation: a sacred object built to reject the religious norms of its time, while still using their symbols to mark it as holy.

The theory implies that the Israelites did not just abandon Egyptian religion, but they intentionally weaponized its symbols against it through the Ark.

A new theory has suggested that the Ark was built using ancient Egyptian religious symbols as a theological rebuke, a statement that the Israelite God was superior to Egyptian gods because he required no idol, and because his presence was not confined to a statue

The Bible states that the Israelites spent generations in Egypt, which would have led to absorbing all aspects of its culture and religious imagery. 

Falk's theory suggested that, rather than simply abandoning these influences, the Israelites intentionally borrowed and reworked them. 

The biblical relic would then function as a theological rebuke, a statement that the Israelite God was superior to Egyptian gods because He required no idol, and because His presence was not confined to a statue. 

The Ark of the Covenant is one of the most iconic artifacts in religious history, yet it remains one of the most mysterious. 

According to scripture, Moses placed the Ten Commandments inside the Ark, which was kept in the Tabernacle, a sanctuary built shortly after the Israelites' Exodus from Egypt, traditionally dated by some scholars to around 1445 BC.

The Book of Exodus describes the Ark as a gold-covered acacia wood chest with precise dimensions and carrying poles. 

Its lid was topped with two cherubim facing one another, their wings outstretched to form a sacred space known as the 'mercy seat,' where God would commune with Moses.

While the fate of the Ark remains a mystery, it vanishes from the biblical record before the Babylonian sack of Jerusalem in 586 BC. 

The theory pointed to ancient Egyptian chests, noting how similar they are to the Ark

Falk noted in Biblical Archaeology that 'the Ark was constructed using a visual language that everyone knew 3,300 years ago, but is mostly lost to us today.' 

His theory centers on the idea that the Ark was intentionally modeled on Egyptian 'shrine' furniture, which was often built to house a statue or idol of a deity. 

These shrines were typically gold-covered and decorated with protective imagery. 

The most common protective figures were the uraeus cobra, often depicted spitting fire, and winged goddesses, whose outstretched wings signified divine protection and power. 

Falk argued that these symbols were not mere decoration, but active markers of sanctity, a way of announcing that a sacred presence was contained within.

However, rather than containing a physical god, the Ark may have been designed to create a holy space above its lid, between the wings of the cherubim on the mercy seat. 

The mercy seat, a golden cover placed atop the Ark, featured two cherubim facing each other. 

Their wings form a protective canopy, suggesting a sacred 'throne room' in the space between them. This, Falk argued, is a deliberate rejection of idol worship, a way of saying that God's presence cannot be captured in a statue.

According to scripture, Moses placed the Ten Commandments inside the Ark , which was kept in the Tabernacle, a portable sanctuary built shortly after the Israelites' Exodus from Egypt , traditionally dated by some scholars to around 1445 BC

The Ark's carrying poles also support Falk's argument, as in the Exodus description, the Ark was transported using poles that ran through rings attached to its sides. 

Falk noted that this is consistent with Egyptian ritual chests, which were similarly designed to be carried by poles. 

However, the Egyptian versions were built to carry idols, while the Ark was built to carry nothing inside. 

This, Falk said, is the key difference: it retains the form of Egyptian sacred furniture, but removes its defining function.

If Falk's interpretation is correct, the Ark becomes a powerful symbol of Israelite identity and resistance. 

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26-01-2026 om 21:08 geschreven door peter  

A picture portraying a UFO flying.

A crack of lightning, a burst of heat, and suddenly a glowing sphere hangs in the sky like a craft from another world. Scientists now say this is not fantasy or folklore, but hard physics, after a growing body of peer reviewed experiments revealed that lightning and plasma can spontaneously create floating fireballs known as plasmoids.

Ball lightning has baffled witnesses for generations. During violent thunderstorms, people have reported silent glowing spheres drifting through streets, rolling along power lines, or even passing through walls. Local police and military authorities have logged hundreds of accounts each year, yet the phenomenon remained deeply mysterious because it appears randomly and vanishes within seconds.

From Storm Clouds to Strange Sightings

These shimmering orbs behave in ways that closely resemble famous UFO sightings, including the so called tic tac object filmed by the US Navy, raising dramatic questions about what people have really been seeing for centuries.

A major scientific book on the phenomenology of lightning now includes an explicit chapter on UFO-like events, arguing that many reports could be rooted in real atmospheric plasma rather than extraterrestrials. On page 68, the description of lightning born fireballs is so precise that it mirrors modern footage of the tic tac object struck by a missile and seemingly unharmed.

• Scientific Literature on The Phenomenology of Lightning Contains Explicit Chapter on UFO Phenomenon.
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When Scientists Made Their Own Fireballs

Laboratory research shows that under the right conditions, electricity can organise chaos into structure. Scientists call this the auto assemblage of ionospheric research instruments, a technical way of saying that giant plasmoids can self assemble in the sky. When electrons are pushed far from thermal equilibrium, they begin to behave like organisers of matter, transforming random sparks into stable glowing bodies. This process involves complex quantum effects such as Bose Einstein condensation, electron tunnelling and Josephson effects. Instead of being simple blobs of light, plasmoids act like dynamic systems that evolve step by step as energy changes around them.

Researchers have successfully recreated plasmoids inside laboratories, producing luminous spheres that look strikingly similar to natural ball lightning. One of the most dramatic experiments took place at the Heavy Ion Collider in New York, where beams of gold nuclei were smashed together at near light speed. The collision created a fireball of plasma 300 times hotter than the surface of the Sun. Remarkably, the fireball survived longer than the moment of impact itself. Scientists observed particles being absorbed into its core and re-emerging as thermal radiation, a process compared to how matter might fall into a black hole and reappear as Hawking radiation.

Are They Alive or Just Light?

The big question remains whether these plasmoids are merely exotic physics or something closer to proto intelligence. Some researchers suggest the structures show signs of organised behaviour, adapting to energy flows rather than dissolving instantly.

Critics argue they are simply electromagnetic shapes, no more sentient than foam or smoke. The debate is far from settled, and experts admit that much of the scientific literature is so technical that only a handful of specialists can fully interpret it. What is clear is that nature can create floating luminous objects without any need for alien pilots.

Taken together, the evidence suggests that many historical UFO encounters may have been misidentified plasmoids born from lightning, plasma or extreme energy events. Yet the findings do not entirely close the door on extraterrestrial possibilities. Instead, they deepen the mystery, showing that our own planet can generate phenomena that look, move and behave like something straight out of science fiction.

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25-01-2026 om 23:06 geschreven door peter  

Pentagon baffled by 8,000 mysterious UFO orbs hovering over US military bases

• MORE: Mysterious 'UFO' caught hovering over Disney World before vanishing into the darkness

By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR

An invasion of small metallic orbs has been spotted hovering over the US in recent years, leaving the Pentagon scrambling to identify these mysterious UFOs.

A new report from the crowdsourced platform Enigma, which allows people to report sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs), reveals more than 8,000 sightings across the US between December 2022 and June 2025. 

Among these, 422 reports specifically describe metallic orbs, with the majority observed between 1am and 4am near military installations in New York, California, and Arizona. 

Eyewitnesses, including civilians, pilots, and military personnel, reported seeing the spheres hover silently before moving at extreme speeds, leaving no trace of their departure. 

Some of the sightings have been captured on video or radar, though many remain unexplained. 

'I was walking into work when I looked up and saw two metallic liquid-like objects hovering for about two minutes,' said one witness over Brooklyn's Fort Hamilton in June 2024. 

Another in California described seeing a metallic orb above Los Angeles shortly after a squadron of planes flew by. 

The Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) has been charged with investigating claims of UFOs and has dismissed many as natural phenomena like flocks of birds, conventional aircraft, drones, balloons, or other explainable objects. 

Military drone footage from the Middle east in 2022 revealed a metal sphere flying through the sky in broad daylight (circled in purple)

The crowdsourced platform Enigma reported that over 8,000 orbs have been seen over the US since December 2022

However, some cases have remained unsolved, reportedly due to a lack of data. Of the 757 UFO cases between May 2023 and June 2024 released in AARO's annual report, 21 cases were classified as unresolved sightings.

Although the Pentagon and civilian groups like the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) have also been cataloging these incidents, many have continued to baffle military officials, who have no way of explaining what was seen.

While the new report focused on the thousands of sightings in the US over the last three years, strange orbs have been documented all over the world, from Puerto Rico to the Middle East.

Moreover, these tiny craft have apparently been visiting our skies for decades, with pilots during World War II reporting similar orbs over the skies of Europe.

Enigma revealed that more than 360 'metallic orb' reports took place within a few miles of military bases here on US soil.

In three of those cases, witnesses revealed that the orbs got within five miles of Fort Hamilton in New York, Papago Military Reserve in Arizona, and Los Angeles Air Force Base on multiple occasions.

These mystery orb sightings include one shocking encounter revealed by Dr Sean Kirkpatrick, the former director of AARO, which was captured on a MQ-9 Reaper drone's camera in the Middle East in 2022.

Enigma revealed that witnesses spotted strange orbs flying above Fort Hamilton military base in New York multiple times

Even more close calls were documented around Los Angeles Air Force Base in California between 2022 and 2025

Kirkpatrick warned that if these videos didn't prove that aliens exist, then they're evidence that a rival foreign power could be 'doing stuff in our backyard.'

Some theories have suggested these orbs could be surveillance devices from foreign powers like China or Russia.

Government officials believed they might be advanced drones, due to their tremendous agility and ability to avoid radar, according to a 2022 report in the New York Times.

This theory exploded into rampant paranoia last year, when countless drones were spotted flying over the East Coast, including over key military sites and President Trump's property in New Jersey.

As for Enigma's report, many of the orb sightings have been concentrated in Texas and Florida. 

In fact, visitors at Disney World's Epcot in Florida got an unexpected sight this month, when a glowing orb appeared over the amusement park.

After searching online and finding no information about drones or satellites in the area, Morgan Huelsman, digital director of The Bobby Bones Show, described the object as a 'UFO,' adding, 'definitely a UFO with aliens.'

The Enigma platform has also received sightings from all over the US, over critical infrastructure such as power plants, and over naval vessels at sea.

The Buga Sphere recovered in Colombia (pictured) remains one of the only pieces of physical evidence tied to metallic orb sightings worldwide

However, the most convincing proof of this invasion of mysterious orbs has been found in Colombia, where locals actually recovered a metallic sphere that was seen hovering over the town of Buga in March.

The 'Buga Sphere' has become a major topic of discussion among UFO researchers, with scientists claiming the object contains a maze of fiber-optic wires that suggest it can send and receive signals.

After striking a power line and crashing to the ground, the object also appeared to have somehow dehydrated the field it landed in, killing all the grass and soil where it touched down.

Scientists suggested this was proof that the object produced some kind of energy field, but researchers had not attempted to forcibly cut the object open so far. The sphere has since been taken to Mexico for further analysis.

However, UFO researcher Dr Julia Mossbridge from the University of San Diego is among the many who doubt the authenticity of the Buga Sphere, calling it a 'man-made art project.'

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25-01-2026 om 22:41 geschreven door peter  

America’s nuclear sites secretly invaded by thousands of UFOs, new report reveals

• MORE: Mysterious 'vehicle of unknown origin' hidden at US Navy Base raises questions about secret UFO program

By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR

America's most sensitive nuclear sites have been secretly invaded by thousands of unidentified flying objects, a stunning new report has revealed.

Crowdsourced platform Enigma revealed to the Daily Mail that there have been more than 2,800 'unidentified aerial sightings' over 90 US nuclear plants or nuclear weapons facilities over the last eight decades.

The new report detailed sightings of objects often described as glowing orbs, disks, spheres, cylinders, or triangles hovering or flying in precise patterns within 25 miles of these nuclear sites.

One of the most recent reports from April 2025 captured video of a glowing orange ball changing shape while flying over Bear, Delaware, which is located near the Salem Nuclear Power Plant and Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station in New Jersey.

'It just kept getting bigger, disappearing, bigger, disappearing. I thought it was just a star at first, or just a plane from a distance. Then I realized it got a lot, lot closer and kept getting closer and bigger. Then it started flashing,' the witness described.

'It wasn't a drone. It wasn't mechanical. It would actually morph into different shapes.'

One witness in California from April 2023 said: 'After hovering, it arched sideways and disappeared in the blink of an eye. I felt it was observing Diablo Canyon Nuclear plant.'

More than 70 of these reports specifically referenced UFOs with metallic or reflective surfaces flying over bases in broad daylight during the early dawn hours.

Over 1,800 UFO sightings have been reported near US nuclear power plants, while more than 1,000 sightings have been documented at military nuclear weapons sites

An image taken in February 2024 in Salem, New Jersey captured multiple small objects merging with a larger object near the local nuclear plant

Enigma added that nuclear sites and missile bases in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Florida saw the biggest clusters of sightings.

Moreover, these incidents exploded during the mysterious drone surge over the East Coast between November 2024 and February 2025. 

Enigma said: 'Many of these sightings described structured, light-emitting objects that pulsed or changed color before disappearing - characteristics that closely resemble those attributed to the unidentified drones reported across the region at the time.'

One witness near the Salem nuclear power plant claimed that several small objects hovering over the facility seemed to combine into one large UFO in February 2024.

'I was coming up to the Salem hospital and saw these four lights in a square hovering over the building, it looked like, but the closer I got, they seemed to disappear,' the witness revealed.

'So I started recording, and you see all these little lights going into the big bright one and not coming back out.'

Although the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office is charged with investigating reports of UFOs, the military has maintained that there has never been any physical evidence that proves extraterrestrials or UFOs exist. 

The new report also detailed how many of the thousands of objects easily violated restricted airspace, raising concerns about how safe America's national security sites really are.

Enigma Labs has revealed that more than 2,800 UFO sightings have taken place directly over or nearby nuclear power plants and military bases

The sightings were reported over several years and sent to the crowdsourced platform by eyewitnesses, including civilians, pilots, and military personnel

'If these objects belong to foreign intelligence or advanced programs, they expose vulnerabilities in national defense,' Enigma researchers wrote in a statement.

'If they are something unknown to science, they may represent new physics or technology. Either possibility demands improved detection, data sharing, and protective measures.'

Enigma, which allows people to report sightings and share pictures or videos of UFOs on an app, noted that these incidents include the strange craft seen over Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana in 1967, just as several Minuteman missiles shut down.

The sightings of strange craft and unidentifiable objects over nuclear plants weren't limited to just the US.

Researchers detailed how witnesses claimed they saw UFOs over two major nuclear disasters - the 1986 reactor meltdown in Chernobyl, Ukraine and the 2011 accident in Fukushima, Japan.

In Chernobyl, a bright cylindrical object was reportedly seen hovering near the burning remnants of the nuclear plant's Reactor 4. There has never been any confirmation that the radiation dipped after the sighting, as some have claimed.

During the Japanese meltdown, similar glowing objects were allegedly flying over the damaged reactor; however, these sightings were later suggested to be foreign drones conducting surveillance of the accident.

In 1967, multiple nuclear missiles were disabled during alleged UFO encounters over Malmstrom Airforce Base in Montana (Pictured)

Limerick Generating Station nuclear energy plant in Pottstown, Pennsylvania (Stock Image)

In the US, the sightings go all the way back to the dawn of the US nuclear program in the late 1940s, with Enigma detailing how 'bright green fireballs' were reported near Kirtland and Sandia Air Force Bases in New Mexico.

Overall, Enigma Labs has collected over 1,800 reports of UFOs flying and hovering near 53 nuclear power plants in the US.

Another 1,000 reports specifically mentioned incidents that allegedly took place over 37 US military bases linked to nuclear weapons research or missile launch sites.

Half of these sightings claimed that the objects were able to hover or seemed to float through the air, and one-third mentioned suddenly disappearing or vanishing into thin air.

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25-01-2026 om 22:14 geschreven door peter  

Warning Issued That Alien Revelations Could Spark Financial Crisis

A financial crisis could be triggered by an announcement that aliens exist, according to Helen McCaw, a former policy expert of the Bank of England.

McCaw told The Times of London that politicians and bankers can’t afford to dismiss alien life, and wrote to the governor of the Bank of England, urging him to organize a contingency plan in case the White House confirms alien existence.

Why It Matters

A 2021 study from the Pew Research Center found that nearly two-thirds of Americans believe that intelligent life exists beyond Earth. Some Americans, meanwhile, believe that there is proof of UFOs and alien life being concealed from the public by global governments. However, this belief is held by a significant minority.

Planet Earth visitor looks at an immersive presentation of Antarctica at the "Polar Experience" exhibition at the Arena venue on December 16, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.

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President Donald Trump has previously indicated that his administration may declassify some information on the nature of extraterrestrial life. In 2025, the UFO documentary The Age of Disclosure made headlines, and its director Dan Farah said that Trump could reveal the existence of aliens.

What To Know

McCaw was a senior analyst in financial security at the Bank of England for ten years, until 2012.

She told The Times, "The United States government appears to be partway through a multiyear process to declassify and disclose information on the existence of a technologically advanced non-human intelligence responsible for Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs)."

"If the UAP proves to be of non-human origin, we may have to acknowledge the existence of a power or intelligence greater than any government and with potentially unknown intentions. It is entirely possible that government leadership and their central banks have not been properly briefed on the topic. UAP disclosure is likely to induce ontological shock and provoke psychological responses with material consequences," she said.

McCaw said there could be price volatility in the financial markets, and a collapse in confidence, in addition to a potential rush to safe assets such as gold.

She also told the outlet that the authorities should be prepared for unrest.

The report has quickly made an impact online.

Mario Nawfal, a podcast host, said in a post on X viewed over 100,000 times, "WAIT…WHAT?! A former Bank of England policy analyst is warning the UK’s central bank to prepare for a financial crisis…caused by aliens."

What People Are Saying

Holly Wood, a researcher and public speaker sharing The Times piece, in a post on X viewed over 100,000 times: "And at the centre of it is my friend, Helen McCaw. A former Bank of England senior analyst in financial security. A Cambridge graduate. Someone whose actual job was to think about state-level risk, stability, and what breaks systems. I’m incredibly proud of her. She inspires me regularly. The question is no longer "is it real?" It’s "what happens when it’s confirmed?"

The YouTuber Hustle B****, in a post on X sharing The Times report, viewed over 100,000 times, which read in part: "READ THIS TWICE - THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM IS PREPARING FOR ALIENS. This is not a meme. This is not a fringe blog. This is an actual newspaper article reporting that the Bank of England has been urged to prepare for financial collapse if aliens are officially confirmed."

What Happens Next?

There is a continued interest in the idea of intelligent life beyond Earth. The documentary The Age of Disclosure made a significant impact online, with the trailer amassing millions of views and the documentary prompting a discourse about aliens.

The upcoming fictional film Disclosure Day, directed by Steven Spielberg, has also prompted significant interest, with the trailer fast amassing more than a million views on X. Disclosure Day is set for release in the U.S. on June 12, 2026.

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25-01-2026 om 21:52 geschreven door peter  

Bank Of England Warned To Prepare For Economic Chaos Sparked By The Existence Alien Life

by Connor Toole

There is currently no proof that the universe is home to other intelligent life forms aside from the ones that inhabit Earth, and evidence to the contrary would be a very big deal. There’s no telling how people would react to that development, but one expert has warned the Bank of England to be prepared for a financial crisis triggered by that revelation.

Humans have been debating the existence of extraterrestrial life for thousands of years. Thinkers in ancient Greece floated the notion of a “plurality of worlds” like the one we inhabit, and arguments for (and against) the probability of so-called “aliens” being real have gotten increasingly sophisticated as our knowledge of the universe has grown over the millennia.

The odds of Earth being the only planet in the universe to boast some sort of life are infinitesimally small, and the same can be said for the notion that humans are responsible for cultivating the most advanced society in existence.

With that said, we’re still waiting for the day when we’re treated to incontrovertible proof concerning alien life. It’s difficult to predict the impact that kind of discovery would have, but one economic expert is warning a major institution to be prepared for some negative ramifications if that information comes to light.

• A former security analyst at the Bank of England is sounding the alarm about the economic ramifications of alien life being confirmed

Aliens have been a staple of science fiction for centuries, and while plenty of people have come forward with claims that they were abducted and ferried away to an unknown part of outer space in a UFO, they’ve been largely dismissed as crackpots.

The same can be said for the conspiracy theorists who are convinced the United States government (and others around the world) has engaged in a massive cover-up concerning aliens who’ve already visited Earth and UFOs that are purportedly being stored in a warehouse in Area 51.

A number of whistleblowers have come forward in recent years to support those claims, and Congress itself added some fuel to the fire with a series of hearings concerning the UFOs the military officially refers to as “unidentified anomalous phenomena.”

Those proceedings did not produce any concrete evidence concerning alien life, but according to The Times, the Bank of England has been warned to prepare for what would be one of the most monumental days in human history if that ends up changing.

Helen McCaw, who formerly served as a senior analyst specializing in financial security for that institution, recently sent a letter to Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey to warn him about the potentially disastrous ramifications of alien life coming to light, saying:

• “It is entirely possible that government leadership and their central banks have not been properly briefed on the topic. UAP disclosure is likely to induce ontological shock and provoke psychological responses with material consequences.

There might be extreme price volatility in financial markets due to catastrophising or euphoria, and a collapse in confidence if market participants feel uncertain on how to price assets using any of the familiar methods.”

McCaw warned the price of precious metals like gold and silver could either skyrocket or plummet, saying people may turn to those historically trusted assets or dump them out of fears that alien technology could cause their value to drop.

She also said digital currency like Bitcoin could end up being attractive if people lose their faith in government-backed funds and predicted it wouldn’t take long for chaos to reign if alien life is confirmed, adding, “I would say that in a matter of hours, you are going to have total financial instability….Even if you feel it’s very unlikely, it’s madness not to consider it and plan accordingly.”

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25-01-2026 om 21:36 geschreven door peter  

The super-heavy Space Launch System rocket is what allows the Orion spacecraft not only to go into space, but also to fly to the Moon. The history of their creation was not easy, and the design deserves to be described in detail.

The dream of returning to the Moon

Soon, four astronauts may embark on a journey around the Moon as part of the Artemis II mission. If this happens, it will be a great success not only for the United States but for all of humanity. But most of all, it will be a success for the NASA engineers who created the super-heavy Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft, as well as their European colleagues who developed the service module for the latter.

All these devices are true works of engineering genius. However, their path to space flight was extremely difficult and long. It all began in 2003, when the Columbia shuttle disaster forced the US to reconsider how and by what means it planned to explore space in the future. At that time, the main focus was on returning to the Moon. However, the giant Saturn-V rocket, which was used to send the Orion spacecraft there in the 1960s and 1970s, was no longer available, and it proved impossible to resume its production.

The response to this was the Constellation program, adopted in 2004. It involved the creation of two rockets: Ares I and Ares V. The first was larger and two-stage. With a height of 94 m, it was designed to carry 25.4 tons of payload into orbit. It was intended to carry the Orion manned spacecraft together with the Altair landing module.

Ares V was supposed to be smaller, also two-stage, and was supposed to launch the Orion upper stage into orbit. In space, both parts were supposed to connect and fly to the Moon. Outwardly, everything looked quite realistic, but in 2010, it was acknowledged that the program had failed due to underfunding, and of all the above, only the Orion spacecraft is at some stage of readiness.

Constellation was canceled, but plans to return to the Moon were not abandoned. In 2011, a new program called Artemis was adopted, in which only the Orion spacecraft remained from Constellation. Only now, instead of two large rockets, one giant rocket was to send it to the Moon. It was named the Space Launch System, or SLS.

SLS design

The Space Launch System is a three-stage rocket that can exist in several variants, depending on the tasks assigned to it. For the first three missions carried out under the Artemis program, a smaller variant called Block 1 is used. Its height is 98 m, and its mass when fueled is 2,610 tons.

The “zero” stage in SLS is a pair of solid-fuel boosters. They are a modification of similar accelerators that were used for the Space Shuttle program. However, while the space shuttle used four segments connected in series, each with a diameter of 3.71 m, the lunar rocket has five, so each booster is actually over 50 m long.

A mixture of ammonium perchlorate, aluminum, and iron oxide enclosed within plastic is used as fuel. Segments containing this material burn out sequentially, propelling the SLS away from Earth and providing its initial acceleration.

After they have worked and separated, the main stage begins to operate. It is a huge metal tank with a diameter of 8.4 meters and a height of 65 meters. For comparison, this is equivalent to two nine-story residential buildings placed one on top of the other. Inside are tanks of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, a cryogenic unit for their maintenance, and four RS-25 engines at the bottom. These were also used on the shuttle.

The upper stage of the rocket is called the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS). It is essentially a modified upper stage of the Delta III rocket.

It is 8.8 m high and 4 m in diameter. Inside are tanks containing liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. There is only one engine. In the Artemis I mission, it was an RL10B-2. In the second mission, it was replaced with a more powerful RL10C-2. The engine is designed for launch in the upper layers of the atmosphere.

Above all, this is the Orion spacecraft. It consists of two parts: a command module built by Lockheed Martin and a service module built in Europe by Airbus Defence and Space.

The command module is a truncated cone with a diameter of 5.03 m and a height of 3.3 m. Inside, there is room for a crew of four astronauts, control systems, and scientific equipment. Attached to the bottom is a service module in the form of a cylinder with a diameter of 4 m and a height of 4 m. Its main purpose is to propel the spacecraft through space and supply its systems with electricity. To do this, it is equipped with an engine, its own fuel tanks, and folding solar panels. All of this is an adaptation of the systems used on the European ATV cargo spacecraft.

The long road to space

As you can easily see, most of the SLS components are not new, but are already used versions. This was done to make its creation cheaper and faster.

However, it was still not possible to complete everything on time. The Artemis program was supposed to begin with an unmanned flight around the Moon. Initially, it was planned that this would happen in 2017. But as time went on, it became increasingly clear that there would simply not be enough time to quickly assemble and test this most complex puzzle in the world.

Many components could not even be manufactured on time. Therefore, the Artemis I mission dates kept getting pushed back. First to 2019, then to 2020. At the same time, the rest of the plans had to be changed as well.

The SLS and Orion, designed for the Artemis I mission, were first transported to the launch pad in March 2022. But that was not the end of the horror that accompanied its first launch. The rocket was refueled several times, a launch simulation was conducted, technical problems were found, and it was returned to the assembly shop. This continued until November, when it was finally launched.

Overall, the Artemis I mission was successful in terms of the flight to the Moon itself. There were problems with the spacecraft that were launched together with Orion as an additional payload, but this did not interfere with the plans to explore the Moon.

Much more attention was paid to the Orion spacecraft, which, upon returning to Earth, was found to have problems with its heat shield, designed to protect it from atmospheric friction. The problem was not unsolvable, but it did require attention.

But then it turned out that while the first SLS was being prepared for launch, the schematics used to manufacture its components were compromised, and many things had to be redesigned. Therefore, it will not be possible to launch the second mission as quickly as possible.

At one point, delays in the Artemis II launch schedule led to fears that it would never happen. Criticism reached its peak in February 2025, when Elon Musk himself joined in. He stated that the SLS should be recognized as a non-viable concept and that instead of the Moon, it should fly to Mars.

For a while, it seemed as if this idea would prevail. But then Starship, which was supposed to fly to the fourth planet from the Sun, suffered several accidents, and the technical staff of the Artemis project managed to solve the problem and complete the assembly of the rocket.

And now it has been delivered to the launch pad. This means that at least this launch will not be canceled due to technical problems. Another issue is that the procedure that took everyone involved six months of work and a lot of nerves in 2022 may now begin. Before launch, engineers must ensure that everything is working properly, and to do this, they will fuel the rocket and carry out all the procedures that will take place during launch. Except for the actual ignition of the engines.

Everything may work as it should the first time around. However, it is more likely that it will not. And then, the rocket will have to be brought back, and the launch postponed. After all, no one promised that it would be easy. But the rocket will only fly when everyone is confident that the technology is working as it should and the people on board are safe.

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25-01-2026 om 20:41 geschreven door peter