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NASA Telescopes Deliver Cosmic Bouquet Specially for Valentine’s Day #Paranormal

The Tarantula Nebula is one of the brightest star-forming regions relatively close to Earth. Scientists used data from NASA’s Chandra and Hubble space telescopes, as well as the ALMA radio telescope, to create a unique image of the Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus. This is the most detailed X-ray image of the most powerful star-forming region in the relatively nearby Universe. The composite image of the nebula resembles a bouquet in shape, which is just in time, because Valentine’s Day is approaching. The study was published on the preprint server arXiv, writes Phys. In this composite image of…

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Unlocking the Mystery of Kozyrev Mirrors: Time, Consciousness, and the Limits of Human Perception #Paranormal

For centuries, the human mind has grappled with the nature of time. The ability to alter its flow, peer into the past, or glimpse the future has remained a tantalizing mystery. While mainstream physics holds that time is an unyielding force, moving steadily in one direction, some researchers have sought to challenge this notion. Among them was Nikolai Kozyrev, a Soviet astrophysicist whose controversial theories suggested that time might be more fluid than we assume. Kozyrev proposed that time was not just a passive dimension but an energy-like force interacting with matter and consciousness. Though dismissed by many of his…

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Robot Gets a Grip

The blue tentacle-like arms containing gecko-like adhesive pads, attached to an Astrobee robotic free-flyer, reach out and grapple a “capture cube” inside the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory module. The experimental grippers, outfitted on the toaster-sized Astrobee, demonstrated autonomous detection and capture techniques that may be used to remove space debris and service satellites in low Earth orbit.

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The Betz Mystery Sphere Revisited: A 50-Year Search for Answers #Paranormal

Not every mystery begins with flashing lights in the sky or eerie radio transmissions from space. Some arrive in the most unassuming ways, like a silent, seamless metal sphere resting in the grass. When the Betz family discovered just such an object on their Florida property in 1974, they could not have predicted that their curiosity would ignite a media firestorm, government interest, and decades of wild speculation. What at first seemed like a lost piece of machinery or an old cannonball soon defied expectations. It rolled in ways that defied gravity, vibrated when exposed to music, and even appeared…

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High-Resolution Imaging of Dyson Sphere Candidate Reveals no Radio Signals #Paranormal

In the more than sixty years where scientists have engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), several potential examples of technological activity (“technosignatures”) have been considered, reports universetoday.com. While most SETI surveys to date have focused on potential radio signals from distant sources, scientists have expanded the search to include other possible examples. This includes other forms of communication (directed energy, neutrinos, gravitational waves, etc.) and examples of megastructures (Dyson Spheres, Clarke Bands, Niven Rings, etc.) Examples of modern searches include Project Hephaistos, the first Swedish Project dedicated to SETI. Named in honor of the Greek god of blacksmiths,…

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Untraceable: Silver Tracksuit Blocks Radio Waves for the Conspiracy Theorist #Paranormal

British clothing manufacturer Vollebak has unveiled a groundbreaking tracksuit made entirely from pure silver. This innovative garment is designed to block electromagnetic radiation, shield wearers from infrared cameras, and offer antibacterial protection. The company claims that wearing this suit makes it impossible for anyone to track you through your smartphone—whether it’s on or off—or even call you. Vollebak, which brands itself as a “clothing from the future” company, has utilized a shielding material in this “conspiracy suit” that is reportedly the same as the one NASA used for its Curiosity rover. “Long before the Curiosity rover was sent to Mars…

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Aliens from a parallel universe may exist, but we don’t know about it #Paranormal

New research suggests that while alien life may exist in our universe, the conditions here may not be the most optimal for its development. In 1962, American astronomer Frank Drake introduced the Drake Equation, a formula designed to estimate the number of detectable extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way. As Popular Mechanics explains, the equation considers factors such as: – The average rate of star formation in the galaxy; – The proportion of stars with planetary systems; – The number of planets per star capable of supporting life. Beyond these, the equation also accounts for the likelihood of intelligent life…

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Astronauts to Check for Microbes Outside the Station #Paranormal

On Thursday January 30th, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are doing a 6.5-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Among other goals, they’ll be collecting surface samples from the station to analyze for the presence of microbes, reports universetoday.com. The ISS “surface swab” is part of the ISS External Microorganisms project. It was developed to understand how microorganisms are transported by crew members to space. It also seeks to understand what happens to those “mini-critters” in the space environment. The “bugs” that the two astronauts bring back in for analysis will come from areas on the space station near…

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28 Bob Dylan Memes Blowin’ in the Wind #Fun

It’s time to become fluent in Bob (as Timothée Chalamet famously claimed he did). Maybe you’ve been a Dylan Disciple since the days of Cafe Wha, sauntering up and down McDougal street listening to him peddle his folk tunes. If so, kudos to you, and I hope retirement is going well. Maybe you’re just getting into him after the recent film A Complete Unknown, where Gen Z’s internet boyfriend brought early Dylan to life, tracking his early rise and move to electric. Either way, welcome to Bob Memes. 

You may be thinking to yourself, aren’t Bob Dylan memes insanely niche? How on Earth did you find enough to fill up a meme list? And I say to that, you’d be surprised. Turns out the Venn diagram of Dylan enthusiasts and dank meme creators is a circle. Something about being a fan of that skinny man with a prominent nose and an… interesting voice… means you also make a mean meme. 

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Come Holy Spirit: Prayer of the Day for Tuesday, January 14, 2025 #Pray

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.

O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

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Scientists Discover Thriving Microbial Life Deep Within Earth #Paranormal

Underground ecosystems have taken on a whole new meaning. A new study by an international team of researchers has revealed vast communities of microbes thriving deep within the Earth’s subsurface—far removed from the life-giving light of the sun. Published in Science Advances, the study is the result of eight years of meticulous research, analyzing over 1,400 datasets from microbiomes around the globe. The findings challenge long-held assumptions about life’s dependence on sunlight and its abundance closer to the surface. Chief among the discoveries is the revelation that the cracks and crevices of the Earth’s crust could harbor more than half…

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Could Ocean Planets Support Life? #Paranormal

There might be a type of exoplanet without dry land. They’re called “Hycean” worlds, a portmanteau of ‘hydrogen’ and ‘ocean.’ They’re mostly or entirely covered in oceans and have thick hydrogen atmospheres, reports universetoday.com. They’re intriguing because their atmospheres keep them warm enough to have liquid water outside of the traditional habitable zones. If they do exist, scientists think they’re good candidates to support microbial life. Hycean worlds are hypothetical, but there is some evidence that they exist. The Kepler mission detected many candidates and provided foundational evidence for their existence. However, it didn’t detect any with certainty. More recently,…

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Getting Closer to God #Paranormal

Irrespective of which religion is being considered, the concept of God as the creator is linked to the origin of the Universe and everything within it. This means that if our scientists had a quantum-gravity recipe for the ingredients and the heating process that resulted in the birth of our Universe through the womb of the Big Bang, then they would be on their way to acquiring the professional expertise of God. The missing component might be a particle collider that can create the necessary conditions for making a baby Universe. Are there any alien scientists in the Milky-Way with…

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Come, Holy Ghost: Prayer of the Day for Monday, January 20, 2025 #Pray

Come, Holy Ghost,
fill the hearts of Thy faithful
and kindle in them the fire of Thy love.

V. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created;
R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray.

O God, who didst teach the hearts of Thy faithful people
by sending them the light of Thy Holy Spirit,
grant us by the same Spirit
to have a right judgment in all things,
and evermore to rejoice in His holy comfort.
Through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

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The UFO Lie: Is a Government-Orchestrated Deception Looming? #Paranormal

Filmmaker Jeremy Corbell has issued a warning about an alleged government deception: a claim that an extraterrestrial craft is approaching Earth by 2027. Corbell, featured in UFO Revolution: S2E3, describes this as “the lie you are going to be told,” raising urgent questions about why such a narrative might be introduced. For decades, the U.S. government denied the existence of UFOs, only to acknowledge their reality in recent years. Corbell suggests this shift is deliberate, stating, “Sometimes, when you want somebody to know a truth, it’s so you can set them up to believe a lie.” He links the 2027…

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Do aliens exist? We studied what scientists really think #Paranormal

News stories about the likely existence of extraterrestrial life, and our chances of detecting it, tend to be positive. We are often told that we might discover it any time now. Finding life beyond Earth is “only a matter of time”, we were told in September 2023. “We are close” was a headline from September 2024. It’s easy to see why. Headlines such as “We’re probably not close” or “Nobody knows” aren’t very clickable. But what does the relevant community of experts actually think when considered as a whole? Are optimistic predictions common or rare? Is there even a consensus?…

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The Odds of Living in “Base Reality” Are Astronomically Low #Paranormal

Could reality as we know it be an elaborate illusion? This theory suggests our universe might not be the ultimate reality but a carefully constructed simulation. One of the most prominent advocates of this theory is a philosopher whose work has reshaped how we think about the nature of existence. He proposed that everything we perceive—the stars, the Earth, even our thoughts—could be part of an advanced simulation designed by an unknown entity or “Cosmic Host.” Despite the implications of this theory, he argues against attempting to break free from this so-called “Matrix,” suggesting that such efforts could lead to…

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Earth in Far-Ultraviolet

A color enhancement of a far-ultraviolet photo of Earth taken by astronaut John W. Young, commander, with the ultraviolet camera on April 21, 1972. The original black-and-white photo was printed on Agfacontour film three times, each exposure recording only one light level. The three light levels were then colored blue (dimmest), green (next brightest), and red (brightest).

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The Tension Between Anomalies in the Sky and National Security #Paranormal

The sky is our window to the Universe. Looking up allows us to get informed about our cosmic roots. A lot has happened over the past 13.8 billion years since the Big Bang. At the beginning, there was a nearly uniform soup of elementary particles. But it is sometimes the unimpressive kid in the back of the class that dominates the future. For the cosmos, this unimpressive ingredient was the slight density nonuniformities in the primordial soup. These ended up seeding the gravitational collapse of galaxies, inside of which gas fragmented into stars like the Sun with planets like the…

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It is a great testament to the strength of J.R.R. Tolkien’s artistry (and with a little help from Peter Jackson) that the collective works of The Lord of the Rings are something that many fans make a point of enjoying throughout their entire lives. Most watched the original movie trilogy or picked up one of the books when they were kids, and now they have a lifelong romance with Middle-earth that is only proven by the proliferation of memes that are inspired by it. With such rich source material, it is no wonder that a significant minority on the internet loves nothing more than creating this kind of entertainment. This is a type of art that stands the test of time, no matter how many dumb punchlines get made about it. If anything, they only add to its unimpeachable aura. Who knows, maybe even the memes will be passed down from generation to generation. 

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