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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 20, 2019 11:43:51 GMT
Good morning lovely people,
Telegraph
posted on 19 September 2019
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 20, 2019 11:47:35 GMT
The Star Online
posted on 20 September 2019 Scores of UFO enthusiasts converge on rural Nevada for a pilgrimage of sorts to the US installation known as Area 51, long rumoured to house government secrets about alien life. They've come for two music festivals held around the area.
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 20, 2019 11:52:08 GMT
Published on Mar 1, 2015
University of Leicester Archaeologists open the mysterious lead coffin found buried just feet from the former grave of King Richard III. The coffin was discovered in in August 2013 – one year after the remains of the former King of England were unearthed.
Inside the lead coffin, archaeologists found the skeleton of an elderly woman, who academics believe could have been an early benefactor of the friary – as radiocarbon dating shows she might have been buried not long after the church was completed in 1250 (although analysis shows her death could have taken place as late as 1400).
The high status female was in one of 10 graves discovered in the grounds of the medieval complex, including that of Richard III, six of which were left undisturbed. Those that were examined were all found to have female remains.
This film was produced by External Relations, University of Leicester.
Filmed & Edited by Carl Vivian
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 20, 2019 12:55:44 GMT
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Area 51 Celebration, creator descend on downtown Las Vegas
By John Katsilometes Las Vegas Review-Journal September 19, 2019 - 9:20 pm
The ringleader himself seemed unaffected by the circus he had created. Matty Roberts was vaping and grinning and relishing this mash of a Super Bowl, Lollapalooza and a lunar landing Thursday night at Downtown Las Vegas Events Center.
“Ah, man, it’s absolutely surreal,” Roberts said about an hour before the Bud Light Area 51 Celebration in the core of downtown Las Vegas. “The moment they started throwing stuff on the screens, a smile just hit my face and all this energy came back.”
more after the jump:
www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/area-51-celebration-creator-descend-on-downtown-las-vegas-1852283/
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Post by swamprat on Sept 20, 2019 21:55:59 GMT
Watched Ad Astra this afternoon. Awesome! Make sure you go!
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 20, 2019 23:22:12 GMT
Watched Ad Astra this afternoon. Awesome! Make sure you go! Thanks Swamprat,
Will do.
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 20, 2019 23:23:58 GMT
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Post by gus on Sept 21, 2019 0:53:10 GMT
Area 51 protest......kinda
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 21, 2019 11:22:33 GMT
Good morning lovely searchers,
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Post by swamprat on Sept 21, 2019 18:22:10 GMT
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 22, 2019 11:29:42 GMT
Good morning lovely UFOCasebookers!
Phys.org
Could Venus have been habitable?
by The Europlanet Society
September 22, 2019
Venus may have been a temperate planet hosting liquid water for 2-3 billion years, until a dramatic transformation starting over 700 million years ago resurfaced around 80% of the planet. A study presented today at the EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019 by Michael Way of The Goddard Institute for Space Science gives a new view of Venus's climatic history and may have implications for the habitability of exoplanets in similar orbits.
Forty years ago, NASA's Pioneer Venus mission found tantalising hints that Earth's 'twisted sister' planet may once have had a shallow ocean's worth of water. To see if Venus might ever have had a stable climate capable of supporting liquid water, Dr. Way and his colleague, Anthony Del Genio, have created a series of five simulations assuming different levels of water coverage.
In all five scenarios, they found that Venus was able to maintain stable temperatures between a maximum of about 50 degrees Celsius and a minimum of about 20 degrees Celsius for around three billion years. A temperate climate might even have been maintained on Venus today had there not been a series of events that caused a release, or 'outgassing', of carbon dioxide stored in the rocks of the planet approximately 700-750 million years ago.
"Our hypothesis is that Venus may have had a stable climate for billions of years. It is possible that the near-global resurfacing event is responsible for its transformation from an Earth-like climate to the hellish hot-house we see today," said Way.
Three of the five scenarios studied by Way and Del Genio assumed the topography of Venus as we see it today and considered a deep ocean averaging 310 metres, a shallow layer of water averaging 10 metres and a small amount of water locked in the soil. For comparison, they also included a scenario with Earth's topography and a 310-metre ocean and, finally, a world completely covered by an ocean of 158 metres depth.
To simulate the environmental conditions at 4.2 billion years ago, 715 million years ago and today, the researchers adapted a 3-D general circulation model to account for the increase in solar radiation as our Sun has warmed up over its lifetime, as well as for changing atmospheric compositions.
Although many researchers believe that Venus is beyond the inner boundary of our Solar System's habitable zone and is too close to the Sun to support liquid water, the new study suggests that this might not be the case.
"Venus currently has almost twice the solar radiation that we have at Earth. However, in all the scenarios we have modelled, we have found that Venus could still support surface temperatures amenable for liquid water," said Way.
At 4.2 billion years ago, soon after its formation, Venus would have completed a period of rapid cooling and its atmosphere would have been dominated by carbon-dioxide. If the planet evolved in an Earth-like way over the next 3 billion years, the carbon dioxide would have been drawn down by silicate rocks and locked into the surface. By the second epoch modelled at 715 million years ago, the atmosphere would likely have been dominated by nitrogen with trace amounts of carbon dioxide and methane—similar to the Earth's today—and these conditions could have remained stable up until present times.
The cause of the outgassing that led to the dramatic transformation of Venus is a mystery, although probably linked to the planet's volcanic activity. One possibility is that large amounts of magma bubbled up, releasing carbon dioxide from molten rocks into the atmosphere. The magma solidified before reaching the surface and this created a barrier that meant that the gas could not be reabsorbed. The presence of large amounts of carbon dioxide triggered a runaway greenhouse effect, which has resulted in the scorching 462 degree average temperatures found on Venus today.
"Something happened on Venus where a huge amount of gas was released into the atmosphere and couldn't be re-absorbed by the rocks. On Earth we have some examples of large-scale outgassing, for instance the creation of the Siberian Traps 500 million years ago which is linked to a mass extinction, but nothing on this scale. It completely transformed Venus," said Way.
There are still two major unknowns that need to be addressed before the question of whether Venus might have been habitable can be fully answered. The first relates to how quickly Venus cooled initially and whether it was able to condense liquid water on its surface in the first place. The second unknown is whether the global resurfacing event was a single event or simply the latest in a series of events going back billions of years in Venus's history.
"We need more missions to study Venus and get a more detailed understanding of its history and evolution," said Way. "However, our models show that there is a real possibility that Venus could have been habitable and radically different from the Venus we see today. This opens up all kinds of implications for exoplanets found in what is called the 'Venus Zone', which may in fact host liquid water and temperate climates."
phys.org/news/2019-09-venus-habitable.html
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 22, 2019 11:34:16 GMT
Marc Gielissen
A compilation of UFO sightings in Denmark during 2019
posted on 21 September 2019
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Post by WingsofCrystal on Sept 22, 2019 11:46:21 GMT
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia aims for the moon in NASA deal for $12 billion space program
By David Crowe
September 22, 2019
Australian companies are being promised a $12 billion opportunity from an American plan to return astronauts to the moon within six years, under a new agreement between space agencies in both countries.
Australian astronaut Andy Thomas called the deal a “paradigm shift” for the country because it would lift science and technology after years of reliance on mining for economic growth.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the plan in Washington DC with $150 million in funds for the Australian Space Agency to develop technologies to be used in the US mission to land astronauts on the moon by 2024.
Dr Thomas, who was born in Adelaide and spent two decades at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on the space shuttle program and the International Space Station, said industry in Australia could be transformed by the agreement.
“It’s an investment for all Australians, but it’s long-term investment – it’s not going to pay a dividend in the next election cycle,” he said in Washington DC.
“The dividend is 10 years out.
“I think it’s not hyperbole to say it’s going to change the face of what Australia looks like 10 or 20 years from now, because it’s an investment in new technologies, new scientific enterprises.
“It’s building the base for a new economy in Australia. That’s the paradigm shift.”
Most of the $150 million is expected to be spent in Australia on science and technology for the NASA mission.
Mr Morrison visited NASA offices in the US capital to confirm the space agreement, which was reported by The Herald and The Age on Friday.
US President Donald Trump has ordered the creation of the lunar mission in a program called Artemis to reprise the Apollo landings of the 1960s, but this time putting the first woman on the surface of the moon.
NASA is expected to use the lunar program to as the base to send astronauts to Mars.
Mr Morrison said the government wanted to triple the size of the Australian space sector to $12 billion and create around 20,000 extra jobs by 2030.
Dr Thomas said the result would be more jobs in agencies and companies that support NASA under the new memorandum of understanding.
“They’ll be high-tech jobs, computer science, engineering, but also mid-level technical jobs for technicians and specialists,” he said.
“Ultimately, what it creates is a technically-literate culture in Australia – a culture that ascribes value to science and engineering.
“And that’s like a beacon of light that diffuses through the entire culture and raises everyone’s understanding of science and engineering, and that’s what makes it such an uplifting thing for Australian society.”
www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-aims-for-the-moon-in-nasa-deal-for-12-billion-space-program-20190922-p52tpy.html
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2019 16:27:07 GMT
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Post by moksha on Sept 22, 2019 17:30:18 GMT
Pulsate the thought converter
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