'THEY MADE CONTACT': Author who investigated alien abductions says ETs now speak to HIM

AN AUTHOR who has investigated alleged alien interactions with humans on Earth says he is now being contacted by extraterrestrials.

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UFO HUNTER MYSTERY: Questions after 'man who found life on Mars' goes silent

A PROLIFIC UFO hunter who claimed on numerous occasions to have found evidence of life on Mars has sparked a mystery after suddenly axing one of the world's biggest UFO websites.

Popular UFO Sightings Daily website to go dormant

By Craig Hlavaty, Chron.com

The man behind one of the most popular UFO sightings websites has decided to call it quits after seven years of exposing the strangest images that have been found. 

Site owner Scott C. Waring said in a farewell post on UFO Sightings Dailythat he began the site in 2010 to give an outlet for people who had allegedly seen UFOs but didn't have an outlet to show off their images. 

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According to Waring, the site had moved away from education and enlightenment and was heading towards entertainment. 

"This is serious stuff that has depths that even I can't fathom," he wrote on the site late last week. "It deserves serious thought and research, not contempt and ridicule." 

Over the years the site has been the go-to for photos of strange images on Mars and the Moon, plus UFO sightings from all over world, even here in Houston. 

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Here at Chron.com the work of Waring and his team of contributors have offered up a unique diversion for readers wanting to see squirrels and groundhogs on Mars or UFOs flying by the "BE SOMEONE" graffiti on I-45. 

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'Drones Are The New UFOs': AMA

By Russ Niles

As might be expected, pilots are reporting seeing a lot more drones these days but the lather that sightings seem to create might be overblown, according to an analysis by the Academy of Model Aeronautics. AMA looked closely at each of the 1,270 sightings reported by pilots of manned aircraft in data released by the FAA in February that showed that 44 of those encounters could be described as close calls. That’s about 3.4 percent and the same as the results of similar analyses done by AMA in 2015 and 2016. “Back in the 70s and 80s, everything pilots saw was a UFO. Now everything they see is a drone,” AMA President Richard Hanson told Popular Science. “Drones are the new UFOs.”

Hanson told PopSci it’s possible pilots have now lumped everything they see in the air, from dry cleaning bags to kites and weather balloons, as drones. They’re also reporting perfectly legal drone operations. Some of the reports included sightings of drones being flown at well below the 400-foot ceiling. Despite all the hype, the notes that come with new drones about rules and drone registration and numerous programs promoting safe operation of the aircraft, Hanson told PopSci he thinks there’s more education to be done. “The vast number of sightings that are people operating inappropriately is because they just don’t know any better, they didn’t know they weren’t supposed to do what they were doing,” he said. “There are a few individuals who are irresponsible but you find that in any community of people.”

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An Ultra-Rare “Impossible” Planet Could Revolutionize Our Understanding of Space

 

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IN BRIEF

Observations of the exoplanet HAT-P-26b have expanded our knowledge of how universes are formed. New satellites set to launch in October will give us even more information

WHAT ASTRONOMERS FOUND ON HAT-P-26B

Scientists at the University of Exeter have discovered peculiar aspects of the Neptune-sized exoplanet HAT-P-26b using NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes. Their findings contribute to our knowledge of the diversity of planets as well as how they are formed.

As the planet — which is around 437 light-years from earth — passed in front of its sun, allowing the telescopes to measure it, scientists discovered an atmosphere rich in helium, hydrogen, and water vapor. Hannah Wakeford, co-leader of the new study and postdoctoral researcher at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), said that this atmosphere would result in “a very alien sky […]  a kind of scattery, washed-out, gray sky.”

The planet is also of interest because of its formation. In Earth’s Solar System, metallicity (astronomy terminology for anything heavier than helium) tends to decrease as mass increases, but HAT-P-26b defies this pattern. While it is about the size of Neptune, its metallicity is more inline with Jupiter.

The atmosphere of the Neptune-mass exoplanet HAT-P-26b is unexpectedly primitive, composed primarily of hydrogen and helium. By combining observations from Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, Wakeford et al determined that, unlike Neptune and Uranus, the exoplanet has relatively low metallicity. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

So, why does this matter?

David Sing, a professor at the University of Exeter said, “this new discovery about its atmosphere feels like a big breakthrough in our pursuit to learn more about how solar systems are formed, and how it compares to our own” because “This exciting new discovery shows that there is a lot more diversity in the atmospheres of these exoplanets than we have previously thought.”  And, while thousands of exoplanets have been discovered, we know relatively little about the compositions of their atmospheres.

This is the first in what promises to be a series of breakthroughs that will emerge as new telescopes launch this upcoming October. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will allow us to explore further with a mirror that has a diameter of  6.5 meters in comparison to the Hubble-Telescope’s 2.4 meter. In addition to this, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will provide “detailed characterizations of planets and their atmospheres”and is expected to survey more than 200,000 planets during its 2 year mission.

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People are seeing UFOs everywhere

Meteorologist Brooks Garner , KHOU

PHOTO submitted by Anonymous to MUFON

HOUSTON - When people see something odd in the sky, we in TV, often hear about it first. But many times what an observer thinks is a UFO, is actually be something else. In this blog I offer a cheat sheet based on my experiences in meteorology, of 11 things to consider before making a report and also some fun facts about our universe that could ... validate ... the existence of UFOs. You decide!

Whether a person calls their local TV station, the police or a friend, there's nothing better than a little acknowledgment of a weird experience! There's also MUFON, the Mutual UFO Network, a venerable, science-based organization that's been debunking UFO sightings since the late 60s. While they can explain most experiences as of Earth-origin, many sightings remain unexplained -- and that's where it gets interesting.

Culture has taught us to think, "crazy person!" when the subject of 'unidentified aerial phenomena' or 'flying objects' is breached. Sure there are plenty of hoaxes and confused people out there, but with the occasional story like, "The Phoenix Lights", as recently told from our sister station in Arizona, you'll see why many highly respected people raise an eyebrow.

So are we alone? Your guess is as good as mine, but cosmologists (who study the universe as a whole), astronomers (who can speak of features in the universe), astronomical biologists (people who study the potential for extraterrestrial life), nuclear and theoretical physicists (who use their knowledge of time, space and multi-verse dimensions to speculate) and some philosophers, will tell you the same thing: out of the 2 trillion galaxies in our universe, we are not alone.

This image provided by NASA Wednesday Jan. 5, 2011 is the most detailed image of the Andromeda Galaxy ever taken at far-infrared wavelengths. The Herschel infrared space telescope captured the image during Christmas 2010. The large rings of dust that encircle the center of the galaxy may be the result of a smaller galaxy having collided with Andromeda some time in the past. The image is a combination of observations from the Herschel Space Observatory taken in infrared light (seen in orange hues), and the XMM-Newton telescope captured in X-rays (seen in blues). Andromeda is our Milky Way galaxy's nearest large neighbor.

(AP Photo/NASA, ESA)   (Photo: KHOU)

The scale of our existence is immense. At light speed it would take 100 millennia just to cross our own galaxy -- and there are 2 trillion of these things. (That's 2,000-million!) Our calendar only goes back 2 millennia. That means over the span of the last 2,017 years, at light speed, we'd have only traveled about 2% across the Milky Way. Physicists today believe travel that fast is impossible due to various atomic forces which hold matter -- you and me -- physically together, so in reality, we'd have traveled far less than that. Considering the scale, to say we are the only example of life in this realm is probably an opinion born from not considering this bigger picture. (Some would more curtly say it's downright arrogant to think we're alone.) 

The Andromeda galaxy, seen from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).   

(Photo: KHOU)

But, even if life does exist, "out there", have they visited Earth? Because space is so expansive, many life forms would likely not remain alive long enough to exit their own galaxy, much less visit ours. Of course, intelligent life may exist within our own Milky Way, but even a relatively, "close" planetary system outside of our own could still take hundreds or thousands of years to get to at light speed.

Enter the world of theoretical physics who speculate that special propulsion systems could help cross those distances -- systems which may not simply travel from point A to point B, but instead, "skip" between the two places instantaneously, as if to cross a dimensional plain and cheat the physical limits of time and space. We are only just now beginning to understand quantum physics, which could hold the key. Considering just 120 years ago, the only way down the road was on horse and buggy, and today we can rocket off to Mars, imagine the technological achievements of species 100 years from now, or 1,000! Some say ET's may have doubled even that number in their technological advancement, easily achieving interstellar travel. Cool.

The USS Enterprise sails proudly through space in the 23th century.  

So let's say for a minute that they're real -- and they're here. It's important to know the difference between a Earth object and ... well ... something else. Here's 11 things to look out for.

1.  Airplanes with their landing lights on, approaching a nearby airport and/or lining up to the runway, doing a series of maneuvers are commonly mistaken for, "orbs" (alien craft believed to be energy-based, which can through dimensions.) 
   
   

   The Solar Impulse lands in the fog, during one leg of it's around-the-world journey. Looks like a UFO at first glance, doesn't it?  
2. Airplanes at a distance during takeoff or landing, conducting broad turns can glint sunlight off the top of their wings and to the ground-based observer it can look like a short or long-duration sun glint.
3. Airplanes conducting military activity -- flying in formation at high altitude, etc.
4. Airplanes of military origin we're not accustomed to seeing, like the B-2 Stealth Bomber, which could easy be confused for a, "black triangle." (That's a genre of UFO occurring time and time again in various UFO sightings, although many are as a big as a football field and fly low, slow and silently, ruling out military activity.)
5. Airplanes creating exhaust trails, especially at twilight and dusk.
   
   

   A plane's contrail refracts sunlight, creating a rainbow effect. This is also seen in the surrounding clouds. Often meteorological phenomena and aircraft-born clouds can cause UFO sightings -- especially at night.   

   (Photo: KAYGAYA)

6. Bird ... or birds. You'd laugh at how many videos of birds I've seen, when the user screen-grabs a single frame, then zooms in, contorting the pixels and making it look like something entirely different.
7. Drones. As quadcopters, have gained in popularity, many times they look like UFO -- especially if illuminated at night. These things can flash, spin, strobe, etc. From a distance, it might be tough to tell.
8. Clouds. Many times in Texas after a big thunderstorm, strange clouds can form which resemble UFOs. Essentially high speed winds can shape low-level clouds into perfect tear-drops, disks and circles, resembling what we have been groomed culturally, to be an alien space craft.
9. Chinese lanterns. Many celebrations these days feature the release of light-weight paper lanterns, powered by a candle. They ascend slowly and often in large quantities -- and from afar can resemble a swarm of flickering ... UFOs. 
10. Satellites. There are 2,271 human-launched satellites orbiting our planet as of today. Many times on a clear night, it's possible to see a half dozen pass by in just 30 minutes. While these objects are in space, an untrained eye may not realize the white, star-like appearance and fast movement across the sky (at an apparent rate about the same as a jet at cruising altitude) is not a UFO, but instead a man-made space craft.
11. Lens flare. Often when a photo is taken with a bright object in its sights, whether it's the sun, the moon or flood lights at night, lens flare can often resemble an, "illuminated disk." Rest assured, it's only light refracting around the lens and/or it's UV filter, if it's an SLR cam.
    
    

    I've cropped a sunset pic to show only the lens flare, which was confused by the photographer as, "a UFO" upon later inspection.   

    (Photo: MUFON)

Typically sighting experiences happen too fast for an observer to reach for a good means to record it. Usually we only have our cell phones -- and that's a vast improvement from where we were just a decade ago when it was a luxury item to have a camera on your phone. But cell phone cams pose a problem because their wide angle lenses make for terrible UFO photography. In fact, out of the 80,000 or so cataloged UFO sightings taken by MUFON since 1969, there is not one piece of photographic evidence that absolutely proves their existence, much less from any mobile device. There's countless testimony and fuzzy, horribly unclear photos and shaky video. There's tons of computer renderings recreating what an experiencer saw, and then there's the outright fakes. There are claims (by very notable people) that, "the Government" took their solid evidence away (which I can't confirm or deny!) -- but there is zero scientifically admissible, undeniable evidence in existence today that the mainstream can hold in their hand and declare as, "reality." Perhaps the reason is because what most see fall within those 11 items I mentioned above, or perhaps we've all been groomed to think of anything related to ET's as taboo, and even if it was placed in our lap we'd assume it was fake.

If you can produce tangible evidence, you'll not only win the Nobel Prize, but probably unite humanity. In the mean time, hopefully my list can help you determine what you really saw!

This is probably the most common, "evidence" of UFO's presented. Digitally-zoomed points of light, which show very little detail. This could be anything.  

Keep those reports coming! If you see anything, I'm all ears. I want to know just like you!

-Brooks
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'Alien' Horror: 9 Terrifying Extraterrestrials from the 'Alien' Movies

Credit: Twentieth Century Fox

INTRO : Extraterrestrial Terror of 'Alien'

Since the first slimy Xenomorph burst from the chest of Officer Kane in the 1979 original "Alien" movie, several other versions of the extraterrestrial monster have terrorized space travelers in the nearly 40-year-old sci-fi saga. From chestbursters to facehuggers, here are the creepiest creatures from the "Alien" movies. [The Best Scary Movies That Take Place in Space]

Credit: Twentieth Century Fox

1. Neomorph

The latest addition to the Xenomorph family makes its debut in "Alien: Covenant" (in theaters May 19). Director Ridley Scott envisioned the Neomorph as a combination of the original Xenomorph and the prehistoric-looking goblin shark found on Earth.

Credit: Twentieth Century Fox

2. Queen

She's big, she's scary, and she lays evil eggs: Meet the queen of the Xenomorphs. Much like the queen of a beehive, this queen is larger and stronger than the other aliens in its family. The first queen of the "Alien" saga appeared in the 1986 movie "Aliens," and were later featured "Alien: Resurrection" and "Alien vs. Predator." 

Credit: Twentieth Century Fox

3. Chestburster

The next phase of a Xenomorph's life cycle has another self-explanatory name. After a Facehugger implants an embryo, this little alien violently erupts from the host's body. Chestbursters are responsible for some of the most bloody and gut-wrenching scenes of the "Alien" movies.

Credit: Twentieth Century Fox

4. Facehugger

As the name implies, this Xenomorph will hug your face—but not as a display of affection. This long-tailed, crustaceous alien shoves a slimy appendage down its victim's throat to impregnate them with an alien embryo. It then detaches from the new host and dies shortly afterward. But it certainly doesn't end there…

Credit: Twentieth Century Fox

5. Ovomorphs

The Xenomorph egg, or Ovomorph, is the earliest stage in the lifecycle of the various monsters in the "Alien" saga. Queens can lay the eggs, but other Xenomorphs can also create them via a process called "eggmorphing," in which they transform a victim into an egg by trapping them inside a cocoon.

Credit: Twentieth Century Fox

7. Runner

Otherwise known as "Dog Aliens" or "Bambi Bursters," this type of Xenomorph spawns when a Facehugger takes a four-legged animal as its host. Runners made their first appearance in the 1992 film "Alien 3," when an alien emerges from the crew's canine companion, Spike.

Credit: Twentieth Century Fox

8. Deacon

Named after a bishop's hat, this pointy-headed and terrifyingly toothy alien appears in the prequel film "Prometheus" when a Trilobite impregnates an Engineer—an intelligent, human-like extraterrestrial the crew encounters on the moon LV-223. The trilobite was an octopus-like Facehugger that Elizabeth Shaw ripped from her own body.

Credit: Twentieth Century Fox

9. Predalien

This Predator-Xenomorph hybrid appears in the "Alien vs. Predator" movies and is the result of a Facehugger impregnating a Predator. Also called a Proto-Xenomorph, it looks a lot like the other aliens in the saga, but sports what looks like a long, tentacled hair. These things are bigger, stronger and arguably scarier than human-born aliens.

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Alien Implants: Proof of Physical Contact?

JP Robinson

For more detailed information on the ET/UFO reality, read The Alien Enigma by JP Robinson.

Proof of physical contact with extraterrestrial beings has always been difficult to authenticate due to the mysterious and elusive nature of alien abduction experiences. But many 'experiencers' have reported discovering foreign objects or implants lodged beneath their skin in various parts of their body, following a contact.

Could these bizarre objects prove once and for all that something out of this world is visiting and physically affecting human abductees?

Dr. Roger K. Leir, author of The Aliens and the Scalpel and Casebook Alien Implants has spent many years researching physical evidence for proof of the reality of alien abduction. He and his surgical team have performed numerous surgeries on patients claiming to have been abducted by aliens, with the sole intent of recovering implants left in various parts of their anatomy and presenting them for biological and metallurgical research.

The retrieved objects have been scientifically investigated by many prestigious laboratories including Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico Tech, the University of Toronto, Southwest Labs, Seal Laboratories, York University and the University of California at San Diego. The results have been astounding.

On removal of the implants which he described as small metallic rods with strange grey biological membrane surrounding them, initial metallurgic tests drew comparisons with meteorite samples. The laboratories are never informed beforehand of the origin of the objects as this would only compromise and devalue the investigation. One such sample which was extracted from the back of a subject’s wrist bone was described as ‘seed-like’ in appearance as it was only five by two millimetres in size. Dr. Leir commented that “this piece has similar metallurgy as to the earlier specimens and contains high amounts of iron and nickel and has isotopic ratios that are not of this Earth.”

Patient John Smith asked Leir to remove a foreign object from his big toe following an abduction experience. Before the operation took place, other signs of physical evidence were discovered in Smith’s backyard and master bedroom. Recounting that the alien’s craft was seen hovering in the backyard above a patch of turf, soil samples were sent off to be analysed and the results concluded that there was a strange high bromine content present.

Two small four-fingered handprints were visualised under UV light on the interior of the master bedroom wall at the same area as a magnetic anomaly below the window. A biotechnologist has taken DNA from the handprints and the tests are ongoing.

 Minor elements found in the toe sample were rare on Earth and never found in the human body. The scientific analysis revealed the presence of ruthenium, iridium, palladium, rhodium, osmium, hafnium, yttrium, rhenium, niobium, cerium, neodymium, samarium, gadolinium, dysprosium, praseodymium, europium, rubidium, thorium and uranium.

The conclusion of the analysis confirmed the object to be non-terrestrial in origin as some of the elements show non-terrestrial isotopic ratios. The iron in the sample appeared to be meteoric in origin. There were also numerous inclusions in the metal portion of the object such as biological tissue growing out of the metal and surrounding it, sodium chloride orthorhombic nano-crystals of varying size plus carbon nano-structures like nano-fibres and nano-tubes. Leir explained that carbon nano-tubes can be used in a medical capacity by injecting them into the body where they eat up cholesterol.

By comparing the isotopic ratios found in the implant to known isotopic ratios of elements in our solar system, Leir discovered that they were not the same. Sub-atomic structures in the implants are also non-terrestrial. With the origin of the material still unknown, Leir concluded that the results clearly indicated that the material is not from this planet and perhaps not even from our solar system.[i]

Leir said, “We have to draw certain conclusions that these are being manufactured by some kind of intelligence, which is certainly not within the realm of our academic science.”[ii]

Discussing the purpose of the bizarre objects Leir speculated, “I think that these are genetic monitoring devices and I believe that there is a signal that is both going in and out. I also believe that the human race is now, and has been undergoing for some years, a genetic manipulation.”

The fact that people are waking up in the morning with these unusual items implanted deep under the skin is cause for concern. Leir’s research, although still in its early stages, is extremely revealing and suggestive of something greater than our understanding coming into contact with our species and physically affecting it.

The question of whether or not extraterrestrial beings are responsible for implanting the metallic devices remains inconclusive, but something physical is definitely occurring, even though it remains unclear where the responsibility lies.

[i] The X-Conference 2009, Gaithersburg, MD, April 17 – presentation on case file # SC001-09-08

[ii] Coast to Coast radio with George Noory

Article taken from 'Intruders' chapter of The Alien Enigma by JP Robinson.

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The Unexplained Explosions of Island F

 Brett Tingley

Mysterious or otherwise unexplained explosion noises and booms have been reported throughout the United States in 2017. Is secretive military testing to blame? Or could anomalous geological activity be the cause of these unidentified noises? Loud booms have been reported since long before the advent of air travel, after all. Whatever these mystery booms might be, they sure seem to be on the rise. The latest case of unexplained loud noises comes from the rural community of Sharps Chapel, Tennessee, where residents are reporting a spate of mysterious explosion noises that seem to have no identifiable cause.

Sharps Chapel is heavily forested and largely undeveloped.

The noises all seem to emanate from Island F, an island in Norris Lake not far from Rocky Top, Tennessee. The island is small, just a few miles across, and is uninhabited. Hunting and target shooting is popular in the area, but residents report that these noises sound different. Sharps Chapel community watch captain Tom McCaffery says the sound is unlike the usual gunfire heard throughout the rural area:

I have heard plenty of fireworks over my years, but never anything like this. The closest thing I can think of to the sound is cannon fire.

Local authorities speculate that some citizens are perhaps using homemade explosives for target practice, but have so far been able to find concrete proof. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), an administrative body which oversees rural areas of Appalachia, has been investigating the noises at the request of local citizens.

No traces of explosions have been on the island.

According to TVA spokesman Jim Hopson, TVA investigators haven’t found any clues that might explain the source of the explosions:

They’ve gone to the island, searched the area and found no physical evidence to indicate any kind of explosion, including disturbed ground cover, holes or unusual debris.

Reports of phantom cannon-like booms along America’s east coast date back to at least the late 19th century when James Fenimore Cooper dubbed them “Seneca Guns.” Strangely, most of these reports occur near water, leading some geologists to suspect that they might be caused by large volumes of gas escaping bodies of water. With hydraulic fracking on the rise throughout the United States, it’s not entirely inconceivable that underground pockets of natural gasses are being disturbed at an unprecedented rate. Of course, there are any number of events both natural and man-made that could be the cause of these booms, sonic booms from military aircraft being the most likely candidate. Still, without an official explanation, the high frequency of these unexplained booms is a bit conspicuous.

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Big Bang vs. Big Bounce: wetenschappers twisten over ontstaan van de aarde - HLN.be

 Bron: Scientific American, Time

Stephen Hawking. © ap.

De Britse fysicus Stephen Hawking en 32 collega's-wetenschappers verwerpen in een kritische brief de zogenoemde 'Big Bounce'-theorie voor het ontstaan van het heelal. Die theorie stelt dat de Big Bang eigenlijk een doorstart was van een vorig, ingestort heelal

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De theorie weerlegt de oerknal niet, maar stelt dat er meerdere opeenvolgende oerknallen zijn geweest. Als gevolg van de zwaartekracht trekt het heelal telkens samen tot een dichte, hete toestand, die gezien wordt als de oerknal, waarna het weer uitdijt. Wetenschappers spreken dan van een pulserend heelal.

In een studie in Scientific American beschreven drie wetenschappers deze alternatieve theorie over het ontstaan van het heelal in detail. De nieuwste metingen en theoretische problemen doen immers twijfels rijzen over de lang voor waarheid aangenomen inflatietheorie, stelden ze, en de 'Big Bounce' is een logischere verklaring voor het ontstaan van het universum.

De bekendste aanhanger van die laatste theorie, die stelt dat het heelal uit het niets ontstond en zich na de oerknal in een fractie van een seconde heeft opgeblazen, is Stephen Hawking. Samen met 32 collega's verzet hij zich in een brief tegen het idee van de 'Big Bounce'.

"Elke test doorstaan"

"Door te beweren dat de inflationaire kosmologie buiten de wetenschappelijke methode ligt, wijzen Anna Ijjas, Paul J. Steinhardt en Abraham Loeb het onderzoek van niet alleen alle auteurs van deze brief af, maar ook van een belangrijk contingent van de wetenschappelijke gemeenschap", zo schrijven Hawking en collega's aan Scientific American. 

"Bovendien, zoals het werk van verscheidene grote, internationale samenwerkingen duidelijk gemaakt heeft, is de inflatie testbaar. Ze is onderworpen aan een aanzienlijk aantal tests en heeft tot nu toe elke test doorstaan", klinkt het nog.

Ijjas, Steinhardt en Loeb reageren teleurgesteld op de brief. "We geloven sterk in de kracht van respectvolle meningsverschillen in een gezonde wetenschappelijke gemeenschap. We verwerpen de suggestie dat we, door te wijzen op problemen, het werk verwerpen van al diegenen die de inflatietheorie hebben ontwikkeld en gezorgd hebben voor precieze metingen van het heelal."

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UFO caught on tape over Hurghada, Egypt 5-May-2017

This UFO video was filmed over Hurghada in Egypt on 5th May 2017.

Witness report:

Hovering ligtining object for a few hours lights looks like a plane lights with beaming
I was at the front of the house and I was drinking a tea . When I notice the object I start to make photos and movies , I thought it is an airplane but I watch it and it does not move for hours . Because this area close to an airport, it looks like a star but was very close to the buildings and the lights looks different than the star lights , it looks like a car or an airplane lights , and it didn’t move at all only beaming light , I felt so excited as I believe in UFO and I even try the contact them by waving lights from my iphone , but no reaction , I did found it also in the next day at the same spot and the same time . I lost the sight of the object when the sun light getting more stronger.

Author (source: MUFON)

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Big Milestones for SpaceX, Cassini and Virgin Galactic: The Week's Top Space Stories

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the NROL-76 spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 1, 2017.

Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX successfully launched its first national-security mission (and landed the rocket to boot), Virgin Galactic's new SpaceShipTwo tested its "feathering" re-entry system for the first time, and NASA's Cassini probe made a surprising discovery at Saturn. Here are the most interesting things that happened in the universe this week.

SpaceX launches first mission for U.S. military

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday (May 1) to boost a classified spy satellite into orbit for the U.S. military — the first national-security mission for SpaceX. The rocket's first stage then turned around and touched down at a nearby landing pad. [Full Story: SpaceX Launches US Spy Satellite on Secret Mission, Nails Rocket Landing]

New SpaceShipTwo tests out re-entry system for first time

Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo took to the skies over Mojave, California on Monday (May 1) for the first test flight of the craft's atmospheric re-entry system, which was modified after a fatal test flight in 2014 destroyed the original ship. [Full Story: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Makes 1st Test Flight of Revamped Re-Entry System]

Cassini finds the gap between Saturn and its rings is eerily silent

Researchers monitoring the Cassini spacecraft were surprised to find almost no dust and debris in the previously unexplored zone between Saturn and its rings during the spacecraft's first dramatic dive through the 1,200-mile-wide (2,000 kilometers) gap. You can hear the strange lack of impacts in a new NASA video. [Full Story: Hear Saturn's 'Big Empty' from Cassini, Which Just Made 2nd Ring Dive]

See what Cassini saw during its epic dive

An amazing new video shows just what NASA's Cassini spacecraft saw during its first "Grand Finale" dive between Saturn's cloud tops and the gas giant's rings last week. [Full Story: Wow! Cassini's Bird's-Eye View of Saturn Plunge Astonishes in New Video]

Kamikaze Starshot?

The Breakthrough Starshot project aims to send tiny robotic probes zooming past nearby alien worlds to hunt for signs of life and gather other data. But the scientific return would be even greater if some of the fast-moving 1-gram spacecraft actually slammed into their target worlds, some researchers said. [Full Story: Kamikaze Starshot: Will Some Interstellar Probes Slam into Their Target Planets?] 

Another twist in the hunt for dark matter

A mysterious abundance of high-energy light near the Milky Way's core likely isn't a sign of elusive dark matter after all, a new study suggests. [Full Story: 'Excess' Gamma-Rays Likely Not Sign of Dark Matter After All] 

NASA gets some good budget news

A long-overdue fiscal year 2017 spending bill unveiled May 1 will provide NASA with $19.65 billion, more than $600 million above the original request for the agency by the previous administration. [Full Story: NASA Receives More Than $19.6 Billion in 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill]

A tsunami of gas 200,000 light-years wide

A wave of hot gas twice as wide as our Milky Way galaxy roils the nearby Perseus galaxy cluster, a new study reveals. [Full Story: Gigantic X-Ray Tsunami Rolls Through Galaxy Cluster (Video, Photos)] 

Why 'Star Wars' still has a hold on us 40 years later

A long, long time ago — 40 years ago this month, actually — an initially small group of theatergoers was transported to a galaxy far, far away, heralding the birth of the "Star Wars" universe. [Full Story: Why the Force Is Still Strong with 'Star Wars' Fans] 

Spot the planets: May skywatching guide

Here's how to view Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in the night sky this month, along with the eye-catching conjunctions some of these planets will have with Earth's moon. [Full Story: The Brightest Planets in May's Night Sky: How to See them (and When)] 

Hundreds of galaxies, no guardians in sight

As Star-Lord and his team head to the big screen this weekend to guard a galaxy in the Marvel universe, new images from the Hubble Space Telescope remind us that there are far more galaxies in our own universe without any superheroes to protect them from villains. [Full Story: Paging Star-Lord! Hubble Spies Hundreds of Galaxies That Need Guarding] 

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THE SECRET SPACE PROGRAM: SOLAR WARDEN

A secret space program with the name of Solar Warden has been in existence since 1980 but the public has known nothing about it as it has been kept a secret. An investigative researcher looked into the program when making a freedom of information request to the Department of Defense and found out that the program belonged to NASA.

He talked to a representative from NASA who said that Solar Warden did belong to them and it was not a joint program with the DoD and that he should talk with the Johnson Space Center FOIA manager. 

GOVERNMENT SLIPPED UP WITH INFORMATION

The Solar Warden program does not just operate classified under the government of the US but also of that of the United Nations. Many people have tried to find the truth about the program but this researcher used information that had been leaked and asked questions, while government departments slipped up in giving information away, in much the same way as when Darren Perks questioned the Department of Defense, while Gary McKinnon contributed.

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McKinnon was the guy who hacked into the computers of the US Space Command many years ago and found out that there were such things as non-terrestrial officers along with fleet-to-fleet transfers and the Solar Warden program. He was charged for committing the biggest military computer hack by the Bush Justice Department and was looking at a prison sentence of up to 70 years once extradited from the UK.

Of course, if they tried McKinnon in open court he would testify to the classified facts and his attorney could subpoena officers from the government under oath to talk about the space fleet program they had been keeping quiet about. The extradition of McKinnon, not surprisingly, did not go anywhere.

LARGE CIGAR SHAPED MOTHERSHIPS PART OF SOLAR WARDEN PROGRAM

McKinnon found out that there were craft or ships within Solar Warden and it had been said that there was around eight cigar-shaped motherships, with each of them being longer than putting two football fields end to end, along with 43 scout ships that were smaller.

The Solar Warden Space Fleet was operating under the Space Operations Command and US Naval Network and there was about 300 personnel working at the facility. Solar Warden was said to have US aerospace Black Projects contractors, with contributions from the UK, Canada, Italy, Australia, and Russia. It had also been said that the program was operated and tested from a secret military base much like Area 51.

Whether there is any truth in this remains to be seen, but in the end, no doubt, the truth will eventually come out. Solar Warden does seem to be a possibility that may be real, so it should not be viewed as being yet just another conspiracy. While there is a great deal of hype along with controversy surrounding all the information and facts, it perhaps should not be ruled out. If found out to be real then it would change the views on space exploration along with space travel, so really if there is anything to it there is no wonder that it is being kept a secret.

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ISS CAPTURES UFO PASSING AT HIGH SPEED IN THE SKIES OF NORTH KOREA

The unseen video that shows the mysterious object passing at high speeds over North Korea surfaced on the Internet. This unidentified object entered the upper layers of the atmosphere. The object was captured with a camera installed on the International Space Station.

Live broadcasts from the International Space Station (ISS) are usually guidelines for unexplained appearances, which ufologists and conspiracy theorists always associate with extraterrestrial beings. Once again, the US space agency was accused of covering up evidence of the existence of aliens.

It has been going on for some time that not every space technology or celestial body observer approaching Earth has a strictly terrestrial origin. The International Space Station since it began its scientific activities in space seems to have become a point of direct observation of the Unidentified Flying Objects that circulate our atmosphere, and more, "they" seem to demonstrate that they are not even worried about being captured in video Or detected by radars and other instruments of detection of space agencies administered by the superpowers. 

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CHASING A UFO WITH A LASER

UFO's are mostly known as these untouchable discs flying through to the sky. People think that these objects can not be touched, not be messed with, no be tracked. However, when we try to seek contact with these entities, the results are spectaculair. 

I went out UFO hunting this evening and I came across this object, I checkec my satelite finder and the results were negative, I checked my plane tracker and the result was negative. The object that I was filmking was showing some strange movements so I decided to shine my laser towards the object and the results were spectacular.

Could this be some form of intelligent being that was trying to communicate with me? Or was it trying to get out of scope really fast? The object did not make any noice whatsoever. The movements were highly irregular. What do you think it is? I don't it was a bird. 

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SHOCK CLAIM: Jesus was a SHAPE-SHIFTER and could take any form, ancient Egyptian texts say

JESUS Christ was able to shape-shift into any form which he could have used to escape his crucifixion, according to ancient Egyptian texts.

Five Unsolved Mysteries That Keep Scientists up at Night

 

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IN BRIEF

In physics, some of the easiest questions to ask are the most difficult to answer. From the mystery of dark matter to the inevitable end of the universe, there are many questions we just don't have answers for yet.

BIG QUESTIONS IN PHYSICS

Across all disciplines of science there exists an abundance of unanswered questions and mysteries that have endured for as long as humans have attempted to solve them. Perhaps one of the most query-filled fields is physics, which continues to confound even the most brilliant minds. While it’s unlikely that all these quandaries will be answered in our lifetime, some of them may well could be.

Why is there more matter than antimatter? 

In theory, the Big Bang should have created as much matter as antimatter in the universe. But it didn’t — at least not as far as physicists can see. Matter is everywhere, all around us — it makes up everything. But so far, we’ve only found small amounts of antimatter. Why is that? Shouldn’t a particle of matter have an antimatter counterpart? It must be that the laws of the universe and nature just don’t apply to antimatter the same way they do to matter. Scientists have to figure out why that is and what it means for the universe.

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What is dark energy/dark matter/all this dark stuff?

For all we can see of our universe, there’s much more that we have yet to see — in part because it’s made up of invisible stuff called dark energy and dark matter. The thing is, we haven’t even actually visualized dark matter — only the effect it has on what we can see. Physicists are trying to gain a deeper understanding of the invisible force by studying the behavior of stars and galaxies which appear to react to the presence of it. It is, however, a challenge to study something we can’t see. We need technology to catch up and let us come face-to-face with these “dark” substances.

THE UNIVERSE’S UNSOLVED MYSTERIES

One of the simplest questions to ask may be one of the hardest to answer:

How big is the universe?

Asking how big, or how old, the universe is depends on what part of the universe you’re talking about: the observable universe, or the entirety of it. We know through studying light that the observable universe is around 13.8 billion years old — that’s 46 billion light years. Determining how big even the observable universe is presents challenges because it isn’t a static entity: the universe is still expanding.

Are there parallel universes? 

Even though we don’t quite have a handle on our own universe, it hasn’t stopped us from wondering if there are others out there — particularly so-called parallel universes. The idea is part of the multiverse theory, for which there are at least five accepted theories. Those who don’t think it’s possible point out that after the Big Bang, with all that matter taking up space in space, inflation would have slowed down. Because it slowed down, if there were multiverses they wouldn’t be expanding at the same rate as our universe is. That would throw a wrench in the idea of a truly parallel universe.

This is merely a fraction of the questions physicists are asking, and it all kind of comes down to answering one final question: what’s the ultimate fate of the universe? How will it end? Some theories posit that it will be a lot like how it began: a big bang. More specifically, a big crunch. One of the most prominent theories about the inevitable death of the universe is that eventually, as the universe expands, it will eventually reach a density that exceeds critical density — at which point it would collapse in on itself in an event referred to as the Big Crunch. Of course, that’s just one theory. Another posits that the end will be more of an endless void — but in either case, it won’t happen for billions, if not trillions, of years. As far as we know, anyway.

References: 

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The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week

Each week we uncover the most interesting and informative articles from around the world, here are 10 of the coolest stories in science this week.

Life in the Rocks

Microscopic images of geyserite taken from the Dresser Formation in Australia provide evidence for microbial life that lived 3.48 billion years ago. The ripply "palisade" texture could have been formed when long filaments of bacteria were entombed by the silica from the mineral-rich water from a hot spring.

Credit: Tara Djokic

Ancient rocks found in a remote stretch of Western Australia may contain the world's oldest known evidence of life on land, a new study finds.

The findings hint that early life may have gotten its start in hot springs on land, as opposed to deep inside ocean hydrothermal vents, as is commonly believed, Djokic told Live Science. [Read more about the oldest evidence.]

Sunbathing Toddlers

A group of great white sharks, babies and 1- and 2-year-olds, was spotted off the coast of Dana Point, California, on May 10, 2017.

Credit: Orange County Sheriff’s Department

A group of more than a dozen great white sharks were spotted swimming in the surf off a Southern California beach, but beachgoers shouldn't panic, say shark experts.

These are not bloodthirsty predators, but rather a group of "toddlers," said Chris Lowe, director of the Shark Lab at California State University, Long Beach. They are babies and 1- and 2-year-olds, probably 5 to 7 feet (1.5 to 2 meters) long, that are likely moving into the shallow waters because the area is safe and there's plenty of their favorite food, stingrays, Lowe said. [Read more about the swarming sharks.]

Early Printing Specimen

This 540-year-old page, ripped from a medieval priests' handbook, was found in a library at the University of Reading.

Credit: University of Reading

A librarian in England has stumbled upon a rare page from the early days of book printing.

The double-sided page has black-letter typeface and red paragraph marks that gave it away as an early western European printing, according to the university. [Read more about the ancient text.]

AI Struggles

World Chess champion Garry Kasparov (left) ponders a chess move during the sixth and final game of his match with IBM's Deep Blue computer on May 11, 1997.

Credit: Roger Celestin/Newscom

When the IBM computer Deep Blue beat the world's greatest chess player, Garry Kasparov, in the last game of a six-game match on May 11, 1997, the world was astonished. This was the first time any human chess champion had been taken down by a machine.

Despite those incredible computations, however, machines still fall short in other areas. [Read more about artificial intelligence.]

Mystery Solved

Archaeologists have reached the burial chamber of the 3,800-year-old pyramid discovering the remains of a poorly preserved sarcophagus and a wooden box inscribed with three lines of hieroglyphs.

Credit: Courtesy of Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities

Inside a 3,800-year-old pyramid at the site of Dahshur in Egypt, archaeologists have discovered a burial chamber that may have held the mummy of a princess named Hatshepset. A wooden box inscribed with hieroglyphs was also found within the chamber.

The wooden box is inscribed with "Hatshepset," which likely does not refer to the pharaoh Hatshepsut but rather someone else with a similar name, the researchers said. Last month, another inscription, written on an alabaster block, was also found in the pyramid. [Read more about the discovery.]

Poop Diet

Studies in mice have garnered attention for a remarkable result: When the feces of one mouse was transplanted to another mouse, the recipient mouse either gained or lost weight.

All of the patients in the study received stool from OpenBiome, a company that provides stool from healthy donors who have healthy BMIs, said Dr. Valery Muenyi, a resident physician in internal medicine at the University of Miami and the lead author of this study. [Read more about the strange procedure.]

Open and Shut

This illustration, based on computer models, shows how the hanging wall (right) of a thrust fault can twist away from the foot wall (left) during an earthquake.

Credit: Harsha Bhat

Like a crocodile's jaw opening and snapping shut, Earth's crust can rip apart and then violently close back up during an earthquake, a new study finds.

The study focused on a particular paradox associated with thrust faults, a crack in Earth’s crust, where geologic forces are slowly pushing a huge slab of continental crust up and over an oceanic layer. [Read more about the mega-quakes.]

Marijuana and Memory

Marijuana's main psychoactive compound, THC, may improve memory, according to a new study in mice.

Previous research in people — in teens and young adults — as well as in young animals has suggested that THC may actually impair cognition, but it was not clear how the compound might affect the aging brain in older individuals. [Read more about the mind-altering blend.]

What Lies Beneath

Forrest Follet from the Cobb Institute of Archaeology at Mississippi State University, removes the soil from the lid of one over 35 graves uncovered during construction in 2013.

Credit: The University of Mississippi Medical Center

An estimated 7,000 bodies are thought to be buried under The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), according to radar scans of the campus grounds.

Exhuming and reburying 7,000 bodies could be very expensive — about $3,000 per corpse, or a total of about $21 million — and UMMC is currently investigating options that could relocate the bodies and create both a memorial center and a dedicated lab for analyzing the remains, UMMC representatives added. [Read more about the buried secrets.]

Ghostbusting Dinosaur

An ankylosaur discovered in Montana in 2016 looks eerily like Zuul, a fictional monster from the movie "Ghostbusters."

Credit: Brian Boyle/Copyright Royal Ontario Museum; Columbia Pictures Corporation

What's as long as a pickup truck, as heavy as a white rhinoceros and as weird-looking as Zuul, the monster from the 1984 "Ghostbusters" movie? A newfound species of ankylosaurus.

Like Zuul in "Ghostbusters," Z. crurivastator has a short, rounded snout, large horns and a gnarled appearance, the researchers said. They found the beast in 2016 in Montana's Judith River Formation, a site known for its vast array of dinosaur fossils. [Read more about the ghostly dino.]

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Revealed: Top Secret Base where Alien Bodies and UFOs are kept—Its NOT Area51

Area 51 is a top-secret airbase for the CIA and military to test super-secret aircraft years ahead of what the general public is aware of. But there aren’t any UFOS there claims Ufologist.  There is, however, an area just to the south and on the same Tonopah Test Range called S4. Based on insider information, this is where work on extraterrestrial recovered craft takes place.

 

Ever since the Roswell UFO incident—1947, people have gone crazy about the idea that the United State Government recovered alien bodies and a wrecked alien spaceship.

 

According to several UFOlogists, what crashed in Roswell was NOT a ‘Conventional weather balloon’ as we’ve been told, but a real alien spaceship which was ‘confiscated’ by the government.

 

The Roswell case has remained at the heart of the UFO scene ever since the US military announced—then denied—in a press release it had found the remains of a crashed flying saucer in the nearby desert, of Roswell in July 1947.  It is considered by many ufologists as the most important event in the history of UFOs. The Roswell case has caused rivers of ink to flow, as countless stories theories, lies and denials appeared over the years.

 

But where did they take the bodies and wreckage? Many people are convinced that Area51 is where alien technology and alien bodies were taken to.

 

However, several Ufologists—among them Jan Harzan, executive director of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON)—believes crashed FOs and alien bodies WERE NOT taken to Area 51, but to another secret facility located in the vicinity.

 

In an interview with Forbes, Mr. Harzan was asked if he thought Roswell was real or a hoax.

 

He said: “Real. Get a copy of the video presentation of ‘Recollections of Roswell’ filmed by MUFON member and well-known UFO researcher Stanton Friedman.

 

“It is interviews with some 30 survivors of Roswell, including first-hand witnesses, their spouses, and their children.

 

“What they tell you will send chills up your spine.

 

“If you don’t believe something extraordinary happened after watching this video, then nothing will convince you. I can tell you this: It was no weather balloon.”

 

So If Roswell was REAL, and a UFO—or several UFOs for that matter—crashed in the desert, where were the bodies and wreckage taken to? Mr. Hazan believes he know where.

 

 

“Area 51 is a top-secret airbase for the CIA and military to test super-secret aircraft years ahead of what the general public is aware of. As best we know, there are no UFOs or aliens at Area 51.

 

“There is, however, an area just to the south and on the same Tonopah Test Range called S4. Based on insider information, this is where work on extraterrestrial recovered craft takes place. So when the President, or other officials proudly proclaim that there are no UFOs or aliens at Area 51, they may be technically correct because they are at S4.” 

 

 

Interestingly, several whistleblowers—among them Bob Lazar—claim Area S4 is real.

 

Robert Scott “Bob” Lazar claims to have worked on reverse engineering extraterrestrial technology at a site called S4, in the Emigrant Valley and Old Kelley Mine area near the Area 51 test facility.

 

Lazar alleges that the S4 facility is located near the Papoose Range within Nevada’s Nellis Air Force Test Range and is accessed via a dirt road. The details that Lazar provided regarding S4 are very non-specific, with Lazar having stated that he was transported in a blacked-out bus to the site which did not allow him to see the landscape.

 

Groom Lake (upper left) with Papoose Lake noticeable at the lower right

 

The name “S4 Area 51” appears in the controversial Majestic 12 (MJ-12) documents. According to Lazar’s claims, access to the area is highly restricted by the United States government to the public.

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"Was meteoriet 30 seconden later ingeslagen, hadden dinosaurussen nu misschien nog geleefd" - HLN.be

Bron: BBC, The Times, DM

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30 seconden: dat is wat het lot van de dinosaurussen 65 miljoenen jaar geleden wel eens bezegeld zou kunnen hebben. Een team van Amerikaanse en Engelse wetenschappers heeft berekend dat als de meteoriet - die toen een einde maakte aan drie kwart van het leven op aarde - seconden vroeger of later was ingeslagen, de wereld er nu wel eens heel anders had kunnen uitzien. Vermoedelijk zonder ons.

Het was zowat de grootste verdwijntruc uit de geschiedenis van onze planeet. Wetenschappers van de University of Texas en Imperial College Londen vroegen zich af hoe een meteoriet - die in vergelijking met de aarde niet eens zo groot was - toch zo een gigantische impact kon hebben. In verhouding was het alsof een korrel zand tegen een bowlingbal was gevlogen.

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"De meteoriet raakte de aarde gewoon op een heel ongelukkige plaats", aldus geofysicaprofessor Sean Gullick van de University of Texas in Austin. "Ze verpulverde een dikke rotslaag vol zwavel, waardoor die verdampte in de atmosfeer en het licht van de zon tegenhield. Daardoor werd de aarde in een globale winter gedompeld. Exit de dinosauriërs. Na 150 miljoen jaar heerschappij." 

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Maar was de meteoriet 30 seconden vroeger of later ingeslagen, zou hij wel eens veel minder schade berokkend kunnen hebben. En zouden de dinosaurussen nog kunnen hebben geleefd. Het ruimtepuin zou dan in de oceaan terechtgekomen zijn, wat een veel kleinere impact gehad zou hebben.

De wetenschappers boorden voor hun onderzoek ongeveer anderhalve kilometer diep in de bodem op de plek waar de meteoriet insloeg, vlakbij het Mexicaanse schiereiland Yucatan: de Chicxulubkrater in de Golf van Mexico. En ze vonden voor de allereerste keer bewijs voor de these. "Volgens de stalen moet er meer dan 100 miljard ton zwavel in de atmosfeer terecht zijn gekomen, plus het roet van de branden die uitbraken", aldus professor Joanna Morgan van het Imperial College Londen. "Dat was genoeg om de planeet een decennium lang af te koelen en bijna al het bestaande leven uit te roeien. Maar het bood ook kansen aan nieuwe soorten. Zoals wij."

De wetenschappers konden ook bepalen dat de meteoriet 15 kilometer breed moet zijn geweest en onze aarde geraakt moet hebben met 65.000 kilometer per uur. Ze kwamen ook tot nieuwe inzichten in hoe dergelijke inslagen mee de toekomst van planeten bepaalt en condities kunnen creëren voor het ontstaan van nieuw leven. Het gaf ook een nieuwe kijk op hoe het oppervlak van een planeet zich bijna als vloeistof gedraagt als een meteoriet inslaat, terwijl tot nu toe eerder gedacht werd dat inslagen de oppervlakte vervormen, doordat de bodem rond de krater wegsmelt. 

De resultaten van het onderzoek zijn te zien in de nieuwe documentaire 'The Day the Dinosaurs Died', die morgenavond, 15 mei te zien is op BBC2 om 22 uur.

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Uitstel voor eerste vlucht van ruimtecapsule die ooit mensen naar Mars moet vervoeren - HLN.be

Bron: Belga

Archiefbeeld: Een draagraket van NASA 

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De Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA verschuift de eerste test met de nieuwe ruimtecapsule van november 2018 naar ten vroegste 2019. De Orion moet op een dag mensen naar en van Mars vervoeren.

De eerste onbemande test loopt vertraging op nadat het Witte Huis een haalbaarheidsstudie naar de kosten, veiligheid en technische vereisten heeft gevraagd. Ook de tweede test, EM-2, die ten vroegste in augustus 2021 is gepland, heeft wellicht vertraging. Dan zal de capsule voor het eerst astronauten vervoeren.

Het Amerikaanse ruimtevaartbureau werkt momenteel ook aan het Space Launch System (SLS), dat de Orion naar de Maan en Mars moet slingeren. Het wordt de krachtigste draagraket ooit. 

Het Europese ruimtevaartbureau ESA heeft de dienstmodule voor de Orion ontwikkeld. De Orion en het SLS zijn het antwoord op het op stal zetten van de spaceshuttles eerder dit decennium, in de nasleep van het dodelijke ongeluk met het ruimteveer Columbia op 1 februari 2003.

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UFO the ‘size of a BUS’ spotted at International Space Station

UFO hunters have spotted an “alien spaceship the size of a city bus” on the NASA feed from the International Space Station.

By Rachel O'Donoghue 

The eagle-eyed viewers saw the bizarre disc-like “craft” zooming off into space from the ISS.

Video apparently shows the craft get close to the station, which is constantly manned by astronauts from NASA, Roscosmos and the ESA.

Alien enthusiasts online have claimed it is further proof there is a large population of ETs in space.

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UFO blogger Scott Waring hailed it as an excellent example of an alien spaceship.

He wrote: “It is seen on the other side of the solar panels in the far distance.

“It looks like it is the size of a city bus and is disc-shaped.”

He also claimed that if you regularly watch the live feed of the space station you are guaranteed to see a UFO.

It’s just the latest “alien” sighting at the ISS.

Last month, outlandish claims emerged of a NASA alien cover up over accusations the US space agency cuts the feed to the station when a UFO approaches.

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Aliens Are Already Here, Canadian Scientist Says

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Stanton Friedman is convinced aliens are already here on Earth.

Stanton Friedman is convinced aliens are already here on Earth.

UFO sightings are reported in nearly every country in the world. However, there has never been any substantial evidence that aliens exist or are visiting earth.

On the other hand, someone is entirely confident that aliens have been visiting humanity. He is a Canadian researcher and nuclear physicist.

Stanton Friedman believes that aliens have been here on Earth many times, but they simply don’t have plans yet to reveal their existence.

The Canadian scientist stressed that they have sufficient proof to prove beyond doubt that aliens have visited the Earth, but the information was kept secret from the public to prevent chaos. Friedman explained that there would be mass panic and great concern if the information is made available in public.

However, Stanton pointed out that it is easy for aliens to make themselves seen and they will bound to do it.

The 82-year-old scientist has been leading the UFO movement and claiming he has worked several secret investigations.

His theory states that aliens choose to remain in shadows until they are ready to colonize earthlings and prevent humans to populate other planets. Friedman explains that this is because humans have proven to be evil.

Another reason that Friedman noted is on political grounds. He says that the Earth is a race among U.S., Russia, and China. Anyone of them can copy the technology of aliens and will automatically become the most powerful.

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Rolling Stone Guitarist Spotted A UFO While In Brazil

Rolling Stone guitarist’s ex-wife Jo Wood revealed in a chat with Peter Andre that Ronnie Wood saw a UFO while on holiday in Brazil. The guitarist, 69, saw the spaceship hovered over the sea in shining strange lights, which freaked him out, according to his 62-year-old ex-wife Jo, who split from the rocker in 2008.

Jo said that they were in Recife in Brazil with their children. Ronnie was reportedly out wandering around when he started calling the attention of his ex-wife to come and see something weird above the sea.

Jo claimed that they spotted the giant UFO above the sea having strange shining lights that came down. The lights then suddenly went off and on many times until it was gone without a trace.

Jo shared the story to Peter Andre, 44, as part of This Morning new three-part series about paranormal and supernatural.  Peter also revealed he had an unusual experience in Nevada Desert. He said that he saw mysterious objects going from one point to another in split seconds, disappearing and reappearing, which blew his mind.

Earlier in the week, the Rolling Stone announced 13 shows in September and October throughout the course of their European tour.

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Official Government UFO Agencies

AZ MUFON Lecture by Alejandro

This presentation is from the December 2016 meeting of the Arizona chapter of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON).

Governments around the world have felt compelled to act on credible UFO sightings. The United States, Great Britain and France have had official UFO investigation departments, and have released thousands of files. What many do not know is that France and several South American countries currently have active official government and/or military UFO research organizations. We will examine these organizations, past and present, and the amazing UFO cases that have prompted their creation.

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Strange UFO Incident, 1966 Light Or Fire Beam Destroys Construction Site In Texas

In October or November of 1966, J. R. “Milo” Ponce, a deputy sheriff with the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Department, received a phone call at around midnight from the sheriff’s department dispatcher, George Rapp. The dispatcher stated that someone had called in to report a group of “disturbed” men standing alongside Farm to Market Highway 490, north of Edinburg, Texas, near Laguna Seca Road.

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Strange UFO Incident, 1966 Light Or Fire Beam Destroys Construction Site In Texas

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In October or November of 1966, J. R. “Milo” Ponce, a deputy sheriff with the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Department, received a phone call at around midnight from the sheriff’s department dispatcher, George Rapp. The dispatcher stated that someone had called in to report a group of “disturbed” men standing alongside Farm to Market Highway 490, north of Edinburg, Texas, near Laguna Seca Road.

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Detailed Alien Encounter On A Lake In New York State

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JULY 24, 1991  ………..HUBBARDSVILLE NEW YORK

I’m talking to my friend and just enjoying the evening, we’re paddling, you know, we get to that, we get to the point where we have to make the curve and hit the last stretch. When we came around the curve, made that last stretch, I’m looking straight on to the source of the lights and the source of the lights was not on the bank or on the water’s edge, the source of the lights was set back into the woods. And at a 100 yards it was, it clearly looked odd to me. It was clearly something there, a piece of equipment, a machine, an object, something fairly large but it certainly wasn’t fishermen along the bank fishing. Okay, what is this? I don’t know but we’re going to find out because we’re drifting and slowly paddling closer to it. I would say probably at 75 yards out I can clearly tell this was a conical shaped object. Why was it conical because I could clearly see the side of it, the cut off top, the bottom, it was conical in a curve because on the right-hand side, my view looking straight ahead, on the right-hand side, it had three stationary lights lit up. I would call them bars or strips, bars, one two three clearly defining the curve of the object. They were amber in color, amber as in the same exact color that you find on your car in your driveway, your signal light. And they were just lit up. The machine was whitish, glowing. The forest floor all around it had an aura of a fog, a haze, something that you would see maybe as a special effect that would occur with the dry ice, the evaporation of the CO2 but yet there was no movement to it. There was just a white foggy aura over the earth. At 50 yards I can clearly see two entities… What it was, I don’t know, but it was two, not one, but two… two figurines that were hiding behind the machine. I’ll call it a machine. They were hiding because they were clearly looking out the side, peering out the side, taking a peek and watching us. They were watching us because at 50 yards I had started to communicate what my curiosity was. What is this? What am I looking at here? So I yelled out to them. ‘How’s it going tonight? How are you doing?’ Nothing. Dead silent. It was so dead silent that I didn’t hear a cricket. I didn’t hear a hear a frog. I didn’t hear anything.

The whole environment around us is dead silent. Calm, warm, muggy evening. The two figurines, as I yelled out to them, at that point in time, have ferried behind the machine and made a quick duck behind the machine to hide. Okay, I don’t know what this is going on? I don’t even know what I’m looking at? This is odd. It was odd. What is this machine? What was it doing there? What did I just witness? I just witnessed two figurines, pale, white, with dark black shiny eyes They were larger than mine is the most identifying feature I can make to what I just witnessed. My friend sitting in front of me is witnessing this exact same thing. From a hundred yards to the 50-yard event I had been communicating with my friend and all the way up asking, ‘What is this? What the hell is this?’ I badgered this poor guy so much that he snapped back, I mean, he said, ‘I don’t know what it is, shut up!’ He was nervous. What were we watching. As we got closer, now, I’m within thirty 30 yards. The current is taking me towards this beaver dam. I’m no longer paddling. There’s no need to paddle. My eyes are focused on something and I can’t make out what it is and I, once again, the land is aglow, the machine is sitting there. I would say it’s about eight to nine feet tall. It clearly stood on at least three legs that I could tell. It had an additional feature to it. It had light. I call it light. It had an object on top of it and on the left hand side, as I’m looking at it, would be on the top left, during my shout out to whatever it is, I’m shouting out to with no reply, at a certain point in time, I couldn’t tell you if it was 50 yards. I’ll say 50 yards. It was a little bit of a distance.”

THE STRANGE LIGHT

After the figurines had ducked back in to hide, this object, on top of the machine I’ll call it, it made a complete 180 and turned around, nice and slow, and shined right at us which appeared to me to be a typical spotlight, a floodlight of some sort. Only problem was, it was shining right at us. This round white light source but there is no light shining on our canoe, our bodies, on the water. I don’t know how but we were not lit up despite this light shining on us. This did raise a few hackles on our neck, I guess. This is not natural for this type of thing to happen. I’m curious but I’m also respectful not to, you know, butt in where I don’t belong. I’m assuming whatever’s going on maybe I don’t need to know. Maybe it’s none of my business. Am I seeing something beyond my comprehension, what’s on this earth? Is this entity not human? This machine is nothing like I’ve ever seen in my life. What is it? No clue. Yet it’s there. It is in front of me big as day. It’s silent. No communication. As we drift closer now, we can’t be more than 30 yards from this machine in the woods. The canoe makes its way through the current and finally lands on top of the washed-out beaver dam.

THE WAVING ENTITY ENCOUNTER

At that point in time, you know, we actually literally have to get out of the canoe, just kind of drag it over a little bit, so we could carry on. At that point in time, before we did this, now I’m standing there, you know, we’re just stuck there for a while, just looking at it and, standing right there, just came out of nowhere, standing right there, about 15 feet across for me, to where the water is, to where the bank is, is now standing there, one of those entities that we saw earlier, standing right there 15 feet from me. It looks like a figurine. No identifiable clothes. No identifiable anything. It looks like a figurine. I can only describe it as an artist’s model doll that they use, where they are posed to draw with, this smooth normal shape figurine. This is exactly what it looked like. At 15 feet I should have been able to make out great detail of clothes, of what it was, unfortunately, we’re in pitch-black darkness, the light source of the machine, the glowing light, is 30 yards back, the figurine is half that distance. It’s 15 feet right in front of me yet it’s facing me and what all I’m seeing is the dark side of it much like you would at a campfire sitting around with your friend; you two could all see each other’s faces, but if you were to get up and turn and face away from the fire to talk to an incoming incoming friend, they probably wouldn’t see your face or be able to make out who you were because you are now black. There’s no light shining on you. This unfortunately was the situation for me. It was right there 15 feet away yet I’m looking at just its outline against the light backdrop and it’s just this figurine shape; no identifiable clothes, no hats, no shorts, sleeve shirt, sleeves, no pants that I could tell. He’s smooth, very defined figurine. The figurine made an attempt to communicate with us at this time.

Okay, so, during this peculiarity, as I’ll call it, I’m a mechanic by trade, I’m the tradesman, worked on all types of equipment. I can’t tell you I’ve ever seen anything that quite looked like this object, this machine, nothing that I know of in the world. Never seen anything like it what it could possibly be used for? It was a conical shaped machine of some sort. Back to our friends, our figurine entities who were hiding and that from us, who showed apprehension, I would say, I would call it, didn’t reply to us like a human being would. Who wouldn’t shout, who wouldn’t shout back if you’re only 30 yards away as I’m yelling out to you. I’m just a fisherman in a canoe with a friend, fishing, you could be anybody in the woods at a campsite or whatever it is you’re doing. Perhaps you were doing something you shouldn’t have been doing. I couldn’t tell you if anything like that was going on. My story is, I think, it has much more going on than that, but at that point time we had reached that Beaver Dam. We were stuck there. We had to get out and leave. I’m looking at an angle. I’m standing here in a canoe and I’m looking back at an angle, this figurine is standing right there not 15 feet from me. So all that’s separating me is the water. To them, I’m on 15 feet of water to that bank. It’s looking right at me, of course, like I told you, it is pitch black out and so I could see its perfect figurine outline against the lit background of the machine that it’s, it’s behind it. Well, this is what the figurine did to me and my friend and I take this as a form of communication, I would say. You could see its arm, I’ll call it an arm. It’s appendage. You can clearly tell it had a flat sleek hand, probably had a thumb, you see the V here, it didn’t wave but it’s arm was perpendicular to its torso, very square, like perpendicular, just like this, and this is what it did, in this very slow motion form of a wave, I guess, and its wrist was very articulated, just like, you see what I’m doing with mine, just like this.

That was too much at that point time for my friend to handle. I think he got nervous. This was a very odd experience as you could tell by this story. At that point in time, he had already jumped out of the canoe, yanked it from out from underneath me, I was literally, almost fell into the water, I had the paddle to stop me from going face-first into the into the creek. I grabbed the canoe and yelled some choice words to stop and wait a damn minute and at that time, I had looked back at my figurine friend here, who was now no longer waving. He was just standing there in a very statuesque pose, doing nothing. I never felt I was in any kind of danger. I never felt that I was in trouble. My curiosity overcame all these things but yet something told me to get the hell out of Dodge with my friend and leave which is what we did.

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Astronomers Unable to Explain Latest Mysterious Radio Burst

 Brett Tingley

The search for extraterrestrial life has lately been focused on fast radio bursts (FRBs), short but incredibly powerful spikes in radio signals coming from beyond our own galaxy. While some scientists have optimistically pointed to these as proof of advanced alien civilizations, there are plenty of naturally-occurring astrophysical phenomena which could just as easily create such spikes. 

These radio bursts clearly stand out against baseline background noise.

However, a recently-discovered FRB seems to defy the explanations astrophysicists typically assign to such anomalous signals. In a new pre-publication study on arXiv.org, an international body of astronomers searched for the usual follow-up signals across radio, optical, X-ray, gamma-ray, and neutrino emission bands. None were found.

The signal was picked up by radio telescopes at the Parkes Observatory in Australia.

The study’s main author, Emily Petroff from the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, told Gizmodo that this latest radio burst is a complete anomaly. Astronomers all over the world ran various tests to determine what its origin might be, Petroff says, but none of those tests was conclusive:

We spent a lot of time with a lot of telescopes to find anything associated with it. We got new wavelength windows we’ve never gotten before. We looked for high-energy gamma rays and neutrinos…we ruled out some source classes but no detection is a little unhelpful. We’re still trying to figure out where this one came from. It’s not very often in science that you get to work on something that’s so brand new and so unknown that you get to answer the fundamental questions.

This particular radio burst, named FRB 150215, passed through an incredibly dense region of the Milky Way on its way to Earth, possibly beaming through a tiny gap between stars and other bodies along the way.

Such bursts typically only last a few milliseconds.

While some might say this is a sign that the signal was beamed intentionally towards us by an advanced race of aliens, Petroff has been insisting through her Twitter account that she does not believe the radio burst has an alien origin. In all likelihood, there is a perfectly natural explanation for the radio signal such as a gamma ray burst or exploding star, but our telescopes likely missed it just prior to detecting the burst. Still, discovering how to identify and trace the origins of these signals might some day lead to that one lucky discovery which changes everything – or crush our hopes and make us realize just how alone we are.

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Weird Clouds on Extrasolar "Warm Neptune"

Two space telescopes reveal the distant exoplanet HAT-P-26b has an atmosphere rich with hydrogen, helium and water vapor

By Mike Wall, SPACE.com 

Observations by NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes show the atmosphere of the distant “warm Neptune” world HAT-P-26b, illustrated here, is unexpectedly primitive.  Credit: NASA/GSFC

Astronomers have spotted water vapor and evidence of exotic clouds in the atmosphere of an alien planet known as HAT-P-26b.

The researchers also determined that HAT-P-26b's atmosphere is dominated by hydrogen and helium to a much greater degree than that of Neptune or Uranus, the alien world's closest counterparts in our own solar system in terms of mass.

"This exciting new discovery shows that there is a lot more diversity in the atmospheres of these exoplanets than we have previously thought," David Sing, an astrophysics professor at the University of Exeter in England, said in a statement. [Gallery: The Strangest Alien Planets]

"This 'warm Neptune' is a much smaller planet than those we have been able to characterize in depth, so this new discovery about its atmosphere feels like a big breakthrough in our pursuit to learn more about how solar systems are formed, and how it compares to our own," added Sing, the co-leader of a new study about HAT-P-26b that was published online today (May 11) in the journal Science.

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The planet has been described as a "warm neptune"

WATER AND ALIEN CLOUDS

HAT-P-26b lies about 430 light-years away from Earth. The alien planetcircles very close to its host star, completing one orbit every 4.2 Earth days. This proximity suggests that HAT-P-26b is tidally locked, showing the same face to its star at all times, said Hannah Wakeford, co-leader of the new study and a postdoctoral researcher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Sing, Wakeford and their colleagues analyzed observations made by NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes when HAT-P-26b crossed its parent star's face from the telescopes' perspectives. The planet's atmosphere filtered out certain wavelengths of starlight during these "transits," allowing the study team to identify some of the molecules swirling in HAT-P-26b's air.

One such molecule is water.

"For this mass range, this is the strongest water-absorption feature that we have ever measured," Wakeford told Space.com.

The data also indicate that clouds scud across HAT-P-26b's skies, but relatively deep in the atmosphere; they do not block much of the water-absorption signal, Wakeford said. These clouds are probably made of disodium sulfide, not water vapor like those of Earth, she added.

"This would be a very alien sky that you would be looking at," Wakeford said. "These clouds would cause scattering in all of the colors, so you'd get a kind of scattery, washed-out, gray sky, which is interesting, if you were looking through these clouds."

Ultrabright light streaming from the nearby star would bombard an observer above the clouds, she added. "There's nothing there to really help stop that sunlight from reaching you."

CLUES ABOUT PLANET FORMATION

Using the transit data, the study team also calculated the "metallicity" of HAT-P-26b's atmosphere — how much of it is made up of elements other than hydrogen and helium. (To an astronomer, anything heavier than helium is a metal.)

In Earth's solar system, metallicity goes down as a planet's mass goes up. For example, Neptune and Uranus both have metallicities about 100 times greater than that of the sun (which is almost entirely hydrogen and helium), whereas the much larger Saturn and Jupiter are just 10 and five times more metallic than the sun, respectively.

But HAT-P-26b does not fit that pattern. Though the exoplanet is about as massive as Neptune, its metallicity is more in line with that of Jupiter, the researchers in the new study found.

This surprising bit of information holds clues about HAT-P-26b's formation and evolution, Wakeford said.

"It suggests that this smaller planet actually formed closer to its star, more like where Jupiter formed," she said. "And we didn't know before that you could form [such] planets in that region. We expected the smaller worlds to be formed further out, where they would accumulate clumps of icy debris and richer heavy elements during the formation in the [protoplanetary] disk." (In these scenarios, planets such as HAT-P-26b migrate inward, toward their stars, after they form.)

Over the last decade or so, NASA's Kepler space telescope and other planet-hunting instruments have revealed a staggering array of alien worlds and solar system architectures. The new study, and others like it, should help researchers better understand the reasons for this variety, Wakeford said.

"This is the first step toward looking at the diversity in the formation process as well," she said.  

Follow Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwall and Google+. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook or Google+. Originally published on Space.com.

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So You Think You’ve Found an Alien. Now What?

 

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IN BRIEF

As fascinated as we are with the possibility of alien life, humanity does not have a plan for how to respond to aliens if they contact us. But however we respond, first contact is sure to change our world forever.

A CELESTIAL SEARCH

From the pointy ears of Vulcans to the sharp fangs of the Xenomorph, humans have long envisioned what alien species must be like. Will they be humanoid, or completely unfamiliar? Friendly, or violent?

We have no evidence of what extraterrestrials are like — or if they exist to begin with — but that hasn’t stopped us from looking for them. For years, organizations like SETI and NASA have been scouring the galaxy and our solar system for signs of alien life — and have actually found a few. Some scientists say fast radio bursts could be explained by otherworldly intelligence, and NASA just announced that they have detected molecules that could suggest life on one of Saturn’s moons.

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Despite our many creative tests, we have yet to discover conclusive proof of life originating from another world. And perhaps this is for the best, as, for the moment, Earth has not come to a consensus on how to react to alien lifeforms — or if we should even interact with them at all.

While humanity has not developed a protocol for alien encounters, we do have a a scale, called the “Rio Scale,” for determining how important your evidence of aliens is. It was developed by researchers at SETI and evaluates your discovery based on four criteria. It calculates your score (available here for the next time you spot a UFO), which can range from zero (you think you see stars forming your initials in a NASA picture of a distant galaxy, but no one else gets how important that is) to 10 (you have an alien in the trunk of your car, and are now Googling labs to take it to).

But the question remains, what do we do when we finally reach that 10 — or even a 5? Do we send flowers? Try to initiate trade? Put on a tough front and warn off the potentially dangerous aliens?

The Green Bank Telescope is the world’s largest, fully-steerable telescope. The GBT’s dish is 100-meters by 110-meters in size, covering 2.3 acres of space. The telescope is currently being used in a new SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) attempt to look for possible alien radio signals from Tabby’s Star.

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FIRST CONTACT

While we haven’t officially arrived at an answer to these questions, enthusiasts haven’t let that stop them. Several groups have already sent messages to the stars, hoping to get an extraterrestrial response. NASA included a map to Earth in the Pioneer spacecraft. Carl Sagan helped broadcast a message in “alienese” from the Arecibo Observatory. We have also sent mathematical principles to potentially-habitable star systems so aliens will know that we’re smart.

But many experts think that these attempts, and others like them, have more potential to harm the human race than to help it. Stephen Hawking voiced his concerns about responding to potential alien signals in the video “Stephen Hawking’s Favorite Places.” He pointed out that other civilizations could be “vastly more powerful and may not see us as any more valuable than we see bacteria.” After all, he argues, being friendly did not protect the Native Americans from European settlers.

Other experts, like Douglas Vakoch, argue that any alien advanced enough to be a threat to our world would have surely picked up on all the signals we’ve already vented into the universe. We haven’t been at all concerned about hiding our tracks to this point, so what good would ghosting extraterrestrials do us now?

How or whether we respond to alien life when we find it, one thing is certain — it will change our world forever. Sagan believed that the discovery could lead to a more humble and unified humanity. He reflected in Pale Blue Dot, “To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.

The famous “Golden Record” carried aboard both Voyager 1 and 2 contains images, sounds and greetings from Earth. (NASA)

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UFO the ‘size of a BUS’ spotted at International Space Station

UFO hunters have spotted an “alien spaceship the size of a city bus” on the NASA feed from the International Space Station.

By Rachel O'Donoghue 

The eagle-eyed viewers saw the bizarre disc-like “craft” zooming off into space from the ISS.

Video apparently shows the craft get close to the station, which is constantly manned by astronauts from NASA, Roscosmos and the ESA.

Alien enthusiasts online have claimed it is further proof there is a large population of ETs in space.

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UFO blogger Scott Waring hailed it as an excellent example of an alien spaceship.

He wrote: “It is seen on the other side of the solar panels in the far distance.

“It looks like it is the size of a city bus and is disc-shaped.”

He also claimed that if you regularly watch the live feed of the space station you are guaranteed to see a UFO.

It’s just the latest “alien” sighting at the ISS.

Last month, outlandish claims emerged of a NASA alien cover up over accusations the US space agency cuts the feed to the station when a UFO approaches.

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ENCOUNTER WITH BLACK EYED KIDS TERRIFIES AIRMAN ON TEXAS MILITARY BASE

Take the following account sent in to us from an airman at a Texas military base. It’s one thing to scare a woman alone in her home, but to terrify a trained military man on base? That only goes to show how frightening these kids really are. Buckle up, this story is a good one. 

Modern urban legends are widely publicized by the power of Internet dispersion, which often ends up working as a form of creation or increment of these stories. Whether they are true passages or not, we really can not know for sure. But the fact is that some reports of events have attracted the attention of Internet users around the world.

One of the main current topics that have gained more and more repercussion is the one that deals with children with completely black eyes. Known in the American milieu as BEK ("Black-Eyed Kids" or literally "black-eyed children"), the reports that mention these entities are always more or less the same.

It seems that somebody is alone somewhere indoors (home, car or other), when approached by a child or teenager, who asks permission to enter the place. 

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NASA'S NEW MARS ROVER PROTOTYPE LOOKS LIKE A BATMOBILE

The Kennedy Space Center reveals new Mars buggy on social media.

The latest project of NASA’s privately owned Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex has taken even the most ardent space buff completely by surprise. It has transpired that since last year, the company has been involved with the creation of a high-tech concept vehicle which is capable of acting an exploration rover on Mars. 

The space center trailed images of videos of the space buggy on social media before releasing the news to the mainstream media. A video was shared to Instagram showing the rover in action, slowly moving across the road in front of the Kennedy Space Center. This video particularly caught the attention of the general public who noted that the buggy bears more than a passing resemblance to the Batmobile in ‘Batman Begins.'

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The cinematic reference would most certainly not be lost on the buggy’s creators, Marc Parker and his brother Shanon Parker. Over the years, the brothers have made their names designed audacious and high-spec vehicles for the use in television programs and action movies. Speaking to the press, Marc Parker explained that the buggy had been specifically designed to withstand the obstacles that a voyage to Mars will present. He described the buggy as a ‘dual-purpose vehicle’ that separates into two pieces. The rear section in a full lab and the front section is a cockpit which can be used for scouting. The two pieces of the buggy can act independently of one another and perform their research tasks separately.

However, the buggy will not be used for a visit to Mars. Instead, the buggy is going to be the centerpiece of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s ‘Summer of Mars.' This is a planned educational event that will be conducted in conjunction with NASA to teach the public, especially children, about the mysteries of the Red Planet and the exploration of outer space.

Marc Parker explained that he was incredibly enthusiastic about this project. "Movies are cool, TV is cool, but it's something else to be part of a thing that could inspire kids to go Mars and live in outer space, "he said to reporters. He also revealed that the making of the Batmobile-rescue Mars buggy had been captured in full by a television documentary crew and the whole story should be hitting screens at some point this year.

NASA UNVEILS BATMOBILE MARS ROVER

NASA in conjunction with the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, have unveiled their new concept Mars rover, a six-wheeled vehicle oddly resembling the Batmobile.

NASA plan to begin manned missions to Mars by 2033 and the rover is part of a larger event entitled 'Summer of Mars' held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, which is owned by NASA but run by a third party.

Being a conceptual design, it isn't clear how close the vehicle is to anything that will one day be exploring the surface of the red planet. What the rover will do however is raise interest in the idea of exploring Mars at a time when interest among the general public is fairly low.

The space agency tends to receive a higher or lower budget depending on several factors. Most influential are the economic and political conditions at the time the budget is drawn up. Public opinion of space exploration and the work that NASA is doing, however, go a long way towards influencing their budget as well. The more popular NASA is, the better funded it becomes and the more projects it can pursue.

The lofty goal of reaching Mars in a relatively short time is due in part to the new budget given to the space agency by the passing of a bill entitled the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017. The bill provides NASA with a budget of $19.3 billion per year or 0.5% of the total budget and focuses on reaching Mars and the continued development of the space launch system.

The budget does however dramatically cut certain sections of NASA's operations, namely the Earth sciences. These sections of NASA deal primarily with ecological and environmental issues and don't tend to attract as much press as space exploration.

The designer of the vehicle, Marc Parker, said of his creation:

"What we came up with was a dual-purpose vehicle. It separates in the middle. The rear section is a full lab; the front area is a cockpit for going out and doing scouting, "

The vehicle is solar powered as most rover designs tend to be, and features specially designed tires that allow the fine dust of the Martian surface to pass through them.

Design and construction of the vehicle began in November 2016 and was completed earlier this month. The concept design, although not directly mandated by NASA itself does follow broad guidelines that the space agency put in place. 

NASA's New Incredible Rocket Fuel Harvesting Mars Rover

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Astronaut filmt onweer boven Europa vanuit de ruimte: "Zie hoe de atmosfeer verandert van groen naar oranje" - HLN.be

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VIDEO De Franse astronaut Thomas Pesquet verblijft momenteel voor zes maanden in het ISS-ruimtestation in opdracht van het European Space Agency ESA. Op Twitter deelde hij vandaag een filmpje waarin het onweer te zien is dat Europa donderdag teisterde.

"Nachtvlucht over Europa met onweders in de verte. Merk op hoe de atmosfeer verandert van groen naar oranje," schreef Pesquet bij het filmpje, waarin te zien is hoe tientallen bliksemschichten de hemel oplichten.

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Pesquet voert momenteel met enkele collega's wetenschappelijke experimenten uit in het ISS en houdt zich in zijn vrije tijd bezig met fotografie. Hij is een fervent twitteraar en houdt zijn volgers voortdurend op de hoogte van wat hij in het ruimtestation ziet en beleeft. 

Het is niet de eerste keer dat Pesquet indrukwekkende beelden vanuit de ruimte deelt. Zo maakte hij eerder deze week nog een adembenemende foto van het poollicht en deelde hij onlangs ook een foto waarop te zien is dat België 's nachts meer verlicht wordt dan eender welk ander Europees land.

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‘We’re not alone’ Aliens ALREADY on Earth but there's a huge cover-up, scientist claims

EXTRATERRESTRIALS are here on Earth and the truth about them will soon be known, a scientist has claimed.

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Stanton Friedman, a nuclear physicist, who worked on classified projects for for US defence contractors across 14 years in the 1950s and 1960s, believes the truth about a global cover up over the existence of aliens will soon be exposed, and it will have a positive effect on the world.

Mr Friedman, who has investigated the UFO mystery for more than 50 years and was the first civilian investigator of the infamous 1947 Roswell UFO crash unsolved case, revealed his thoughts in a new book compiled by author Miguel Mendonca.

The book, called We Are the Disclosure - Part I, tells the stories of a string of campaigners fighting for an alleged "truth embargo" on the existence of aliens to be lifted.

Mr Friedman, although never witnessing a UFO himself, said he was convinced we are not alone.

He said: "There's an enormous amount of evidence from all over the world from respectable, responsible individuals whose testimony you'd accept about anything else.

"We're not alone and that bothers the heck out of some people, some religious people.

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"Some of the fundamentalists have explained that the only place in the universe where there are thinking, communicating people is right here on Earth, and that this UFO stuff is the work of the devil.

"And that the Earth was created in 4004 BC.

"Sorry guys all those things are wrong."

He said the subject had been surprised through ridicule by agencies such as the CIA.

He said: "(This) was established by the Robertson Panel report done for the CIA back in 1953.

"They recommended the use of all the tools of propaganda, including Walt Disney and so forth, to persuade people that aliens are not visiting.

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"I see people being much more willing to hold their heads up."

Conspiracy theorists claim the US Government is aware aliens have visited Earth, but have put in place a "truth embargo" to prevent it getting out to the public.

Disclosure activists, such as Steve Bassett, head of Paradigm Research Group, campaign for the embargo to be lifted.

Earlier this month Express.co.uk revealed how Mr Bassett believes that disclosure could be imminent after the CIA put thousands of formerly classified files, including stuff on UFOs, on its website.

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