Mars, our nearest planetary neighbor in the Solar-System, is approximately forty million miles from the Earth and one hundred and forty two million miles from the Sun. Not particularly big in size, it is dwarfed by all of the planets except for Mercury. At the other end of the spectrum, however, Mars is home to the gigantic Olympus Mons, which is the biggest volcano in the entire Solar System. The huge amount of iron oxide on Mars gives it a noticeable – famous, even – reddish color, hence its memorable nickname: the Red Planet. It has a blood-freezing average temperature of -81 degrees F, and its decidedly harsh atmosphere is comprised almost exclusively of carbon dioxide; aside, that is, from a small amount of water vapor. There is no denying the fact that dusty, rocky, desert-like Mars is a very interesting world: for one thing, it has polar ice-caps. And those ice-caps are comprised of water. Yes, good old water; just like ours. Not only that, the amount of water on Mars is huge. And I do not exaggerate when I use the word “huge.”

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NASA’s current estimates suggest that if all of the Martian water was melted, there would be enough to cover the entire planet up to a height of around thirty-five feet, which is undeniably amazing. The planet’s days are strikingly similar to ours, in terms of length: Mars’ days last for twenty-four hours and thirty-seven minutes. Mars’ year, however, runs for six hundred and eighty-seven days. With that said, what about the anomalies on Mars? There are most definitely more than a few of them. With that said, let’s look at an eerie-looking face on the Red Planet. Interestingly, I’m not talking about the famous “Face on Mars” that was found at Cydonia in the 1970s. I’m talking about another eerie Face on Mars. “The Crowned Face” is what I’m talking about. A photo taken in the Libya Montes area – a ring of mountains on Mars – by the Mars Global Surveyor appears to show a large face, with a pointed chin, a pair of eyes and a nose. Also, what appears to be crown-like headgear – hence the name that has been attached to it, – whatever “it” may be. Moving on…

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In 1968, the acclaimed sci-fi epic, 2001: A Space Odyssey – the work of producer and director, Stanley Kubrick – hit cinemas all around the world and raked in close to $200 Million. In the opening segment of the movie we see a tribe of primitive, early “ape-men” fighting for survival in the harsh landscape of what is now the continent of Africa – albeit in the film it plays out millions of years ago. One day the tribe awakes to find that overnight a strange, black-colored monolith has appeared in their very midst. In no time at all, the intelligence levels of the creatures are increased by, it appears, the monolith itself. The implication is that something of an extraterrestrial nature has kick-started human civilization into what will eventually be high gear. As amazing and as unbelievable as it may sound, a monolith has been photographed on the surface of one of Mars’ moons, Phobos.

A case of fact eerily mirroring fiction? Well, that very much depends on one’s own opinion.We have a man named Efrain Palermo to thank for bringing this incredible matter to light. As someone with a deep interest in Mars and its moons, he decided to make an extensive review of the many pictures that NASA had secured from its Mars Global Surveyor in 1998. Palermo was amazed by what he found. He said that while studying one particular image from Phobos “…my eye caught something sticking up out of the surface.” As to what that “something”” was, Palermo added: “I downloaded it into Photoshop and zoomed into that area, and there it was, an apparent cylindrical shaped object casting a longish shadow and having a slanted roof.”

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Now, let us take a careful look at some of the other imagery that has been collected, studied and placed into the public domain as evidence that there was (and possibly still is) life on Mars. One particular case – that I personally think has a high degree of merit attached to it – concerns what has become known as the “facehugger photograph.” Taken in July 2015 by NASA’s Curiosity Rover, it appears to show a strange creature that looks astonishingly like the monstrous face-invading creatures that appear in the phenomenally successful series of Alien movies. They starred Sigourney Weaver as Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley and reaped in an incredible amount of dollars. The story broke in early August 2015. The headlines were predictably sensational. The U.K.’s Metro newspaper ran with the story and titled their feature as follows: “Crab-like alien ‘facehugger’ is seen crawling out of a cave on Mars.” Now, onto Mars’ distant past.

May 22, 1984 was one of the most significant of all days in the incredible quest to seek out the truth of intelligent, alien life on Mars. So, why weren’t we, the public, told all about it? How come the story wasn’t splashed across the front pages of the world’s newspapers? Why weren’t major TV news networks on top of it? The answer to all of those questions is both controversial and amazing: the entire affair was deliberately shrouded in blankets upon blankets of secrecy. And who was responsible for ensuring that the secrecy remained intact? None other than the Central Intelligence Agency: the CIA. Operating out of its headquarters at Langley, Virginia, the CIA – for reasons that, decades later, still remain unclear – decided that it was vital to try and determine if Mars was a dead world, a planet teeming with life, or somewhere in between. The biggest question is: why would the CIA want to go and remote-view Mars’ ancient past? That’s exactly what the CIA did. The CIA’s remote-viewing team saw images (across seven studies of Mars) of planet-wide destruction in the distant past, of human-like giants who were not too different to us, and of pyramid-like structures. Indeed, Mars is a very intriguing world. It’s likely to stay like that.

(NASA) Note: NASA’s stance on its photos is that its material is not protected by copyright, unless if specified.

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Native American 'Hopewell' Civilization WIPED OUT By Catastrophic Asteroid Striking North America! - Mike Adams Must Video

This is the fall of Babylon. Read the most brutal chapter in the book of Isaiah Chapter 13. That is referring to THEM. We are JACOB. GET OUT OF BABYLON! – and that is a SPIRITUAL exit: movies, tv, their satanic music, etc….

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First-Ever Fully Autonomous DARPA Black Hawk Helicopter Takes To The Skies Without Pilot In Frightening Harbinger Of Soulless Robot Armies

A fully autonomous DARPA Black Hawk helicopter has taken to the skies over the US without a human pilot on board for the first time in modern history.

In most dystopian visions of the future, we picture pilotless aircraft flying overhead using laser-guided missiles to destroy as legions of robot soldiers go from house to house, stomping on citizens who are trying in vain to plead for their lives. This week, a Black Hawk helicopter, using software and hardware created in a joint alliance between super-secret Army research group DARPA and Lockheed Martin, successfully flew without a human pilot, completing the mission and landing itself without a hitch.

“Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.” Habakkuk 1:5 (KJB)

This is the world, pulled from the pages of Revelation, that is rushing towards us at a thousand miles per hour, without absolutely no hope of it missing its target. Autonomous vehicles are a must in the coming economy of Antichrist where, without the Mark of the Beast, you will not be allowed access to anything, especially not to your vehicles that could be used to fight against him. In the meantime, this technology is being sold as something that will create better ‘safety  and security’, cutting down on crashes and accidents, and I’m sure it will be a blessing, right up to the moment it’s not.

• DARPA REVEALS $65 MILLION ‘MATRIX’ PROGRAM TO PLUG SOLDIERS BRAINS DIRECTLY INTO A COMPUTER

Fully autonomous DARPA Black Hawk helicopter takes to the skies without a pilot for the first time

FROM THE DAILY MAIL UK: A partnership between Lockheed Martin Sikorsky and the Defence Armed Research Projects Agency (DARPA), it took off from Fort Campbell in Kentucky on February 5. Without anyone on board, the UH-60A Black Hawk completed a 30 minute flight above the US army installation, with a second flight held on February 7. It comes with an optionally piloted cockpit, that has to be switched from pilot, to autonomous mode – allowing an onboard computer brain to control the vehicle.

During the flight the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) autonomous pilot was presented with a series of simulated obstacles to overcome. It had to execute a series of pedal turns, maneuvers and straightaways before carrying out a perfect landing back on the Fort Campbell runway – without any human intervention. The autonomous helicopter could be used to deliver supplies to dangerous war zones, or recover soldiers without risking a pilot.

‘This historic BLACK HAWK flight marks the first time that a UH-60 has flown autonomously and builds on recent demonstrations at the U.S. Army’s Project Convergence 2021,’ a Lockheed Martin spokesperson said in a statement.

Once it had shut itself down and the blades had stopped spinning, a pair of pilots entered the vehicle, switched it back to human mode and took it back to base.

This wasn’t the first time the ALIAS system has been tested during a flight, and wasn’t the first time it had been used in a Black Hawk, but was the first time they’d trusted the autopilot to fly and land with no humans as a backup. One example of use could be for pilots flying into an area where visibility suddenly becomes a problem, flipping the switch to autonomous mode allows the ALIAS system to take over, using sensors rather than sight to navigate.

Benjamin Williamson, lead test pilot for the Fort Campbell event, said: ‘This capability will allow pilots to confidently switch back and forth between autonomy and piloted modes at any point of their mission with the literal flip of a switch. This will support autonomous flight during a wide range of missions such as flight in degraded visual environments (DVE) and confined areas. Most critically, ALIAS will be capable of automatically detecting and preventing dangerous situations that lead to accidents, thereby saving lives.’

Most autonomous systems used in aircraft to date have acted as an assistant to pilots, carrying out simple tasks, but leaving complex and unexpected situations to the human.

However, ALIAS turned a basic Black Hawk into an aircraft that is completely autonomous, with the on-board brain able to handle all aspects of flight. This includes pre-flight procedures, including power, secondary control, wind checks and other elements, as well as the flight and landing – even in an emergency. If there had been a problem during the test flight, going as far as both engines failing, it would have found a safe landing spot and touched down, without human input. READ MORE

First Pilotless DARPA Black Hawk Helicopter Flight

Sitting on the runway in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, one of Sikorsky’s pilots in an S-70 

 BLACK HAWK® helicopter flips the optionally piloted cockpit switch from two to zero, exits the aircraft and walks across the runway.

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LATEST UFO SIGHTINGS AND VIDEOS

Hundreds Of Birds Filmed Hitting The Ground Leaving Dozens Dead & Dieing In Chihuahua, Mexico.

In what could only look like something from a scene of an Alfred Hitchcock movie but no this is real... This was captured on February 7, 2022 on an home CCTV and in the footage we can see hundreds of birds falling out of the sky and leaveing dozens dead with others dieing and a few getting back up and flying off. I know this isn't a UFO or Ghost footage but it's creepy, strange & fascinating all at the same time.

Thanks to Jorge Hits for sharing this footage

Something BIG Just Detected By Scientists.. What’s Lurking Near Our Sun? - secureteam10 (youtube.com)   

NOW THIS Is Terrifying… Plus Unseen UFO Footage Revealed! - secureteam10   

STRANGE ENERGY IN ILLINOIS , UFO IN MEXICO  - #UFO #alert ATLANTICAEVOLUTION     

Tell me What is This…….? 😱 OMG, Jan 27, 2022, Texas, UAP/UFO News | @UFOTV -VIRAL  

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Fact Check: Did NASA Rover Photograph Alien Lying on Martian Rock?

The Ruling

False.

NASA's Perseverance rover did not spot an alien relaxing on a Martian rock. The surface of Mars is completely inhospitable to life as we know it.

Evidence That USAF sergeant Karl R. Wolfe Once Saw Structures On Moon, UFO Sighting News.

Date of discovery: Feb 11, 2022
Location of discovery: Earths moon
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Guys there was a USAF seargeant that goes by the name of Karl Wolfe, who saw NASA photos of structures on the dark side of the moon. Sure you have heard about that, but as I went through this photo. I found some structures that boggle the mind. They look very advanced...so advanced they we bio-mechanically grown! Yeah thats a thing for aliens. Aliens do not have the time and often use this method to create a living structure that is genetically designed to create living environments suitable for their species. 

 

Karl Wolf dedicated much of his life talking about the incident and trying to explain what he saw. I really wish he was alive today so he could help us identify with 100% accuracy which ones were structures, but...I did my best and I know these are alien structures. 

Scott C. Waring - Taiwan 

 

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On 2022-02-03 NASA's SOHO - EIT284 satellite captured an enormous rectangular spacecraft above the sun. 

The outlines of the UFO are clearly visible. Did this craft come to the sun to harvest energy?

  

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Really fast UFO sighting over northern parts of Norway, 2022 – Norwegian mainstream medias reports!

This UFO sighting came in a mainstream news in Norway recently. Here are few updates from Norwegian medias:

• Reports of no sound.

• Norwegian Military says it does not have anything flying in the area.

• Morten Bliet in Norsk meteornettverk says it’s “highly irregular.” And he continues: “Meteors usually burns up or disintegrate before it comes as low as the thing is on the video”

From Nordlys, a Norwegian newspaper:

We showed the video to Paal Brekke at the Norwegian Space Agency. He finds it difficult to conclude.

• “It goes very fast as you say, but in still image it looks like a plane.”
• “Do not think that it has a long enough tail to be satellite or space junk, but you should never say never.”
• “It is unlikely that it is one of the satellites to SpaceX. That space station (translation probably means orbit) does not go that far north, and thus it is probably unlikely that this is what has been observed over Finnmark.”

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Talk about a sauro-throat! Diplodocid discovered in Montana had a RESPIRATORY INFECTION 150 million years ago – and likely 'felt as miserable as we all do when we're sick', study finds

• New research suggests that dinosaurs may have been struck down with colds

• Diplodocid remains provide first evidence of respiratory infection in a dinosaur

• Named 'Dolly', it was found in Montana in 1990 and dates back 150 million years

• Scientists said irregular neck protrusions likely formed in response to infection

By SAM TONKIN FOR MAILONLINE

It's never nice being under the weather with a sore throat.

But it's not just us humans who have suffered with colds throughout history — a new study suggests that the dinosaurs were also struck down with them. 

Researchers said the fossilised remains of a young diplodocid, which was a large, long-necked herbivorous sauropod, provide the first evidence of a respiratory infection in a dinosaur.

They added that the Brontosaurus-like creature probably experienced similar symptoms to humans — coughing, trouble breathing, and a fever — and 'likely felt as miserable as we all do when we're sick'.

The specimen, nicknamed 'Dolly', was discovered in Montana in 1990 and dates back to the Late Jurassic Period around 150 million years ago. 

Researchers said the fossilised remains of a young diplodocid, which was a large, long-necked herbivorous sauropod, may provide the first evidence of a respiratory infection in a dinosaur

Scientists said irregular bony protrusions found in Dolly's neck likely formed in response to an infection. They think this could have been caused by a fungal infection similar to aspergillosis, a common respiratory illness that affects birds and reptiles and can lead to bone infections

WHAT WERE DIPLODOCIDS?

Diplodocids were a group of sauropod dinosaurs which included some of the longest creatures ever to walk the Earth.

Some of the large, long-necked creatures, which count Diplodocus and Supersaurus as family members, were up to 112ft (34 metres) long.

While their necks were long, their legs most certainly were not.

Described by some as the 'dachshund' of the giant dinosaurs, diplodocids had short legs, with the rear ones longer than the front.

This gave their back a distinctive slope towards the neck.

Their diet is thought to have involved grazing on ferns and horsetails.

The specimen in this study by the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum in Montana, nicknamed 'Dolly', was discovered in the state in 1990 and dates back to the Late Jurassic Period around 150 million years ago. 

Cary Woodruff and colleagues from the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum in Montana examined three of the bones from Dolly's neck and identified never-before-seen abnormal bony protrusions which had an unusual shape and texture. 

These protrusions were found in an area of each bone where they would have been attached to air-filled structures, known as air sacs, which connected to the lungs and formed part of the dinosaur's respiratory system. 

CT imaging of the irregular protrusions revealed that they were made of abnormal bone that most likely formed in response to an infection.

Based on their location, the researchers believe the abnormal bony protrusions formed in response to an infection in Dolly's air sacs, which then spread into its neck bones. 

They think this could have been caused by a fungal infection similar to aspergillosis, a common respiratory illness that affects birds and reptiles and can lead to bone infections. 

If Dolly had been infected with aspergillosis, the researchers said, it may have experienced flu or pneumonia-like symptoms such as weight loss, coughing, fever and breathing difficulties. 

Not only that, but because aspergillosis can be fatal in birds if untreated, they believe Dolly could ultimately have died from it.

'Given the likely symptoms this animal suffered from, holding these infected bones in your hands, you can't help but feel sorry for Dolly,' said Woodruff. 

'We've all experienced these same symptoms — coughing, trouble breathing, a fever, etc. — and here's a 150-million-year-old dinosaur that likely felt as miserable as we all do when we're sick.' 

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In addition to documenting the first occurrence of such a respiratory infection in a dinosaur, the authors said their study also had important anatomical implications for the respiratory system of sauropod dinosaurs.

'This fossil infection in Dolly not only helps us trace the evolutionary history of respiratory-related diseases back in time, but gives us a better understanding of what kinds of diseases dinosaurs were susceptible to,' Woodruff said. 

Diplodocids were a group of sauropod dinosaurs which included some of the longest creatures ever to walk the Earth.

Researchers examined three of the bones from Dolly's neck and identified never-before-seen abnormal bony protrusions which had an unusual shape and texture (pictured)

Some of the large, long-necked creatures, which count Diplodocus and Supersaurus as family members, were up to 112ft (34 metres) long.

While their necks were long, their legs most certainly were not.

Described by some as the 'dachshund' of the giant dinosaurs, diplodocids had short legs, with the rear ones longer than the front.

The authors wrote in their paper: 'With more and continuing investigations, we will hopefully be able to continue to document and trace medical conditions present today, better our understanding of the disorders that affected the dinosaurs, and understand how the identification of these disorders contribute to our understanding of dinosaurian physiology.'

The study has been published in the journal Scientific Reports.

Meet the T.Rex with a jaw infection

Tooth pain: A Tyrannosaurus rex that roamed the Earth 68 million years ago (pictured has been found to have suffered from bone disease in its jaw, new analysis reveals

Tyrannosaurus rex that roamed the Earth 68 million years ago has been found to have suffered from bone disease in its jaw, new analysis reveals.

Experts said the dinosaur, which was discovered in Montana in 2010 and is one of the most complete T.Rex skeletons ever found, had an infection of the bone known as tumefactive osteomyelitis.

It was diagnosed using a CT-based, non-invasive approach that researchers said could have significant implications on paleontology because it doesn't lead to the destruction of samples like other fossil analysis techniques. 

Imaging of the T.Rex's jaw showed thickening and a mass on its surface that extended to the root of the teeth, according to the study's lead author Charlie Hamm, a radiologist at Charité University Hospital in Berlin.

He and his team detected a significant amount of the element fluorine in the mass, which they said was an indication of decreased bone density, and suggested that it was caused by inflammation or swelling in the jaw bone. 

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Moderne mens kwam mogelijk veel vroeger aan in Europa dan gedacht: “Dit herschrijft onze geschiedenisboeken”

De ontdekking van een oude gefossiliseerde kindertand in een Franse grot zou de geschiedenisboeken zomaar kunnen herschrijven, volgens een nieuw onderzoek gepubliceerd in Science Advances. Dat concludeert dat de homo sapiens al 54.000 jaar geleden in Europa is aangekomen, veel eerder dan tot nu gedacht. De moderne mens zou de neanderthalers dan ook niet zo snel van de aardbodem hebben geveegd als vaak wordt aangenomen. Voorwaardelijke wijs allemaal, want het bewijsmateriaal berust ruwweg op één kiesfragment en enkele werktuigen, toegeschreven aan homo sapiens.

Joeri Vlemings 

Bron:BBC, Scientias

Onze huidige mensensoort stamt af van homo sapiens. Daar is de wetenschap het over eens. Dat de homo sapiens ooit samenleefde met de neanderthaler en dat de twee mensensoorten weleens seks hadden met elkaar, staat eveneens vast. Niet-Afrikaanse moderne mensen delen nog altijd een stuk DNA met neanderthalers. Maar hoe het allemaal precies zit, daar blijft onduidelijkheid over.

Het was al bekend dat onze voorouders in het Midden-Oosten samenleefden met neanderthalers. Maar nu zijn een stuk melktand en enkele werktuigen van homo sapiens gevonden in de Mandrin-grot in de Rhônevallei in Zuid-Frankrijk. De kies lag in een aardlaag van tussen de 56.800 en 51.700 jaar oud en wordt door de archeologen op basis van de vorm toegewezen aan homo sapiens. Ongeveer 54.000 jaar geleden zouden er dus sapiens in die grot hebben gewoond, terwijl tot nu toe de komst van de moderne mens in Europa rond 45.000 jaar geleden werd geschat op basis van tanden en sieraden van sapiens die gevonden zijn in Italië en Bulgarije.

Archeologen deden onderzoek in de Mandrin-grot in Zuid-Frankrijk.  © AP

“We kunnen nu aantonen dat homo sapiens 12.000 jaar eerder arriveerde dan we hadden verwacht”, zegt professor Ludovic Slimak van de universiteit van Toulouse. “En dat deze bevolking daarna is vervangen door andere populaties neanderthalers. Dit herschrijft letterlijk al onze geschiedenisboeken.”

De Franse grot was zowel vóór als ná de periode van de homo sapiens ook bewoond door neanderthalers, die 400.000 jaar geleden arriveerden in Europa. Dat suggereert dat de twee mensensoorten ook in Europa samenleefden, en veel langer dan gedacht, mogelijk meer dan 10.000 jaar. Wetenschappers gingen ervan uit dat ze er maar een paar duizend jaren samenleefden, tot de neanderthalers ruim 40.000 jaar geleden uitstierven. Vaak wordt aangenomen dat de sapiens de neanderthalers toen uitroeiden, snel nadat onze voorouders vanuit Afrika naar Europa waren gekomen. De studie zet die theorie nu op de helling, volgens professor Chris Stringer van het Natural History Museum in Londen. “Het was niet zomaar een overname door de moderne mens van de ene dag op de andere”, zegt Stringer aan de BBC. “Soms hadden de neanderthalers de bovenhand, soms de moderne mens. Het was allemaal veel meer in evenwicht.”

Archeologen vonden werktuigen die ze toeschrijven aan de moderne mens.  © AP

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NASA toont zich erg bezorgd over tienduizenden SpaceX-satellieten in de ruimte

Het Amerikaanse ruimtevaartbureau NASA maakt zich grote zorgen over de plannen van het commerciële ruimtevaartbedrijf SpaceX om duizenden Starlink-satellieten van een tweede generatie in de ruimte te brengen. Dit leidt tot een "significante toename" van potentiële botsingen in lage banen en doorkruist de lanceringen en wetenschappelijke activiteiten van de NASA zelf, zo staat in een brief van vijf bladzijden aan de Amerikaanse telecomwaakhond FCC.

 Bron: BELGA, ANP

Met ‘Starlink’ wil SpaceX-oprichter Elon Musk wereldwijd supersnel breedbandinternet aanbieden. Het bedrijf heeft daarvoor al meer dan 2.000 van in totaal 12.000 toegestane satellieten gelanceerd, van elk grofweg 260 kilo per stuk. Tegen 2024 moeten de 12.000 satellieten in de ruimte zijn geschoten. 

Daar blijft het niet bij, want SpaceX wil dat aantal uiteindelijk op 42.000 brengen. Het bedrijf heeft de FCC in dat verband voorgesteld om nog eens zowat 30.000 stuks van een tweede generatie in de ruimte brengen. 

Botsingen

De NASA meldt in de brief aan de telecomwaakhond dat er momenteel zo’n 25.000 objecten in een baan rond de aarde worden gevolgd, ruim 6.000 van deze objecten bevinden zich op maximaal 600 kilometer afstand van het aardoppervlak. De plannen van SpaceX zouden “het aantal gevolgde objecten verdubbelen en het aantal objecten op minder dan 600 kilometer afstand vervijfvoudigen”, aldus de ruimtevaartorganisatie.

NASA stelt dat het “zich zorgen maakt over de gevolgen voor de wetenschappelijke en menselijke ruimtevluchten”.

Hop, daar wordt in de achtergrond nog eens een Falcon 9-raket van SpaceX gelanceerd om een nieuwe lading Starlink-satellieten te lossen.  © AP

De plannen verhogen in het bijzonder het risico op botsingen en kunnen wetenschappelijke en bemande missies in gevaar brengen, beklemtoont het ruimtevaartbureau. Lanceringen van vracht en astronauten naar het Internationaal Ruimtestation ISS bijvoorbeeld worden moeilijker. Verder kunnen instrumenten op wetenschappelijke satellieten hinder ondervinden, net als astronomische waarnemingen vanop de grond.

De NASA wijst er ook op dat satellieten van een andere constellatie mogelijk moeten uitwijken voor Starlinks en op hun beurt het risico op botsingen kunnen verhogen. 

Afwachten

De gerenommeerde astrofysicus Jonathan McDowell van de Harvard-universiteit legt uit dat het grote aantal satellieten inderdaad mogelijk voor problemen kan zorgen. “Mogelijk is het verstandig eerst ervaring op te doen met de duizenden satellieten die zich momenteel al in een baan om de aarde bevinden, voordat we kunnen opschalen naar tienduizenden objecten”, aldus McDowell.

Beeld van een lancering van SpaceX van satellieten voor Starlink.  © Photonews

Musk: “Genoeg ruimte in de ruimte”

Het is niet de eerste keer dat er kritiek komt op de steeds chaotischere situatie in de ruimte, onder meer door Starlink-satellieten. Behalve SpaceX werken ook andere partijen, waaronder Facebook en Amazon, aan vergelijkbare satellietverzamelingen. De hoeveelheid ruimtepuin en actieve satellieten is de voorbije jaren sneller dan ooit gestegen, met bijna-botsingen tot gevolg.

Eind vorig jaar maakte China zich nog bijzonder boos omdat een botsing tussen zijn ruimtestation en twee Starlink-satellieten alleen maar was vermeden door het bemande station Tiangong zelf te laten uitwijken. Eerder moest ook het Europese ruimtevaartagentschap ESA al eens een koerscorrectie uitvoeren op een van hun satellieten om een botsing met eentje van Elon Musk te vermijden.

Tesla-baas en SpaceX-oprichter Elon Musk ziet geen probleem.  © AP

In een reactie bij de Britse zakenkrant Financial Times wees Musk kritiek op zijn netwerk van de hand. Volgens de miljardair is de ruimte “extreem gigantisch” en is er ruimte genoeg voor tientallen miljarden satellieten. “Het is zoals zeggen: hier zijn nog een paar duizend extra auto’s op aarde. Het is niks.”

Belgische experten werken aan ruimteverkeersleiding

Daar denkt dus lang niet iedereen hetzelfde over. Een internationale coördinatie in de ruimte dringt zich volgens velen steeds meer op. 

Opvallend in dat verband is dat de Belgische universiteit KU Leuven op vraag van de Europese Unie aan een soort ruimteverkeersleiding werkt; een coördinatiesysteem voor alles wat rondzweeft in de ruimte, zoals we dat vandaag ook al kennen voor het vliegverkeer. 

Lees ook:

• Elon Musk betwist kritiek op zijn Starlink-netwerk: “Genoeg ruimte in de ruimte”

• Na alarm in ISS rond opgeblazen Russische satelliet vliegt ruimtepuin nu rakelings langs Chinese satelliet: “Extreem gevaarlijk incident”

• Belgische experten werken op vraag van EU aan ruimteverkeersleiding: “Er dreigen botsingen tussen ruimtepuin en onbestuurbare satellieten” (+)

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Have you ever wondered what happens to us when we die? Some people experience NDE's and no longer have to wonder. 

A near-death experience (NDE) is a profound personal experience associated with death or impending death which researchers claim share similar characteristics. 

When positive, such experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, the experience of absolute dissolution, and the presence of a light. When negative, such experiences may include sensations of anguish and distress. 

Explanations for NDEs vary from scientific to religious. Neuroscience research hypothesizes that an NDE is a subjective phenomenon resulting from "disturbed bodily multisensory integration" that occurs during life-threatening events, while some transcendental and religious beliefs about an afterlife include descriptions similar to NDEs.

  

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Bob Lazar talks about the advance technology he worked on

A short video where Bob is are actually talks about the candle effect when an Antigravity device was pointed to it. Pretty interesting stuff.

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Bijna duizend raadselachtige strengen ontdekt in Melkwegcentrum

Op een nieuw mozaïek van het turbulente centrum van ons Melkwegstelsel zijn bijna duizend geheimzinnige slierten te zien, die op onverklaarbare wijze in de ruimte ‘bungelen’. Deze eendimensionale ‘filamenten’, die tot 150 lichtjaar lang kunnen zijn, vormen paren en clusters, vaak op gelijke onderlinge afstanden – ongeveer zoals de snaren van een harp.

Hun bestaan is al bijna veertig jaar bekend, maar hoe ze zijn ontstaan is nog steeds niet duidelijk. Het nieuwe mozaïek biedt mogelijke aanknopingspunten (The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 3 februari).

Op de nieuwe afbeelding zijn tien keer meer filamenten te zien dan eerder waren ontdekt. Dat gaf Farhad Yusef-Zadeh van Northwestern University de mogelijkheid om de populatie van filamenten aan een statistische analyse te onderwerpen. Yusef-Zadeh is degene die de filamenten begin jaren tachtig als eerste opmerkte.

Hij en zijn team hebben de hemel de afgelopen drie jaar in kaart gebracht met de MeerKAT-radiotelescoop in Zuid-Afrika. Dat heeft een mozaïek opgeleverd van twintig hemelgebieden in de richting van het Melkwegcentrum, dat 25.000 lichtjaar van ons verwijderd is. Het complete resultaat zal binnenkort in The Astrophysical Journal worden gepubliceerd.

Behalve de filamenten zijn op de opnamen ook de radio-emissies van talrijke andere verschijnselen zoals steruitbarstingen, stellaire kraamkamers en nieuwe supernovaresten te zien. In hun recente publicatie hebben de astronomen specifiek gekeken naar de magnetische velden van de filamenten en de rol die kosmische straling speelt bij het oplichten ervan.

Daarbij is vastgesteld dat de variaties in de radiostraling die door de filamenten wordt uitgezonden sterk verschillen van die van een recent ontdekt supernovarestant. Dat suggereert dat er geen relatie bestaat tussen deze verschijnselen. Volgens de onderzoekers is het waarschijnlijker dat de filamenten verband houden met vroegere activiteit van het superzware zwarte gat in het centrum van de Melkweg. Een andere mogelijkheid is dat de filamenten te maken hebben met de enorme radiostraling-uitzendende bellen die Yusef-Zadeh en medewerkers in 2019 hebben ontdekt.

Momenteel zijn de onderzoekers van Northwestern University bezig om de eigenschappen van de afzonderlijke filamenten in kaart te brengen. Een van de vragen die de astronomen willen beantwoorden is waarom de filamenten in de clusters zich op gelijke onderlinge afstanden van ongeveer 150 miljoen kilometer bevinden. Ook is nog onduidelijk of de filamenten bewegen en hoe het kan dat ze elektronen versnellen tot bijna de snelheid van het licht.

Credit: Northwestern/ SARAO/ Oxford.

Credit: Northwestern/ SARAO/ Oxford.

Yusef-Zadeh en zijn team hebben geprobeerd de oorsprong te achterhalen van de paren en clusters van strengen, maar echte duidelijkheid daarover hebben ze nog niet. Op de met MeerKAT gemaakte foto komen ook talloze supernovarestanten voor, expanderende schillen van heet gas die veroorzaakt zijn door exploderende sterren. De strengen lijken daar geen verband mee te hebben. Men denkt eerder aan een verband van de strengen met de activiteit van Sagittarius A* (kortweg Sgr A), het superzware zwarte gat in het centrum van de Melkweg. In 2019 ontdekte Yusef-Zadeh en z’n team twee enorme bellen van gas aan weerszijden van Sgr A, die radiostraling uitzenden (zie de foto hieronder). Het zou kunnen dat de strengen verbonden zijn op de één of andere manier aan die bellen. Alle strengen zijn magnetisch, zo is inmiddels wel duidelijk geworden. Maar hoe de elektronen daarbinnen tot snelheden van bijna de lichtsnelheid kunnen komen is niet bekend. Kortom, nog veel werk aan de winkel met deze mysterieuze strengen.

De twee in 2019 ontdekte bellen.

Credit: SARAO / Oxford / NRAO / AUI / NSF

Hier en daar de vakartikelen over de mysterieuze strengen in het Melkwegcentrum, te verschijnen in een komende editie van The Astrophysical Journal. 

Bron: Northwestern University.

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