Ever since the first “whale fall” was discovered with a submersible in 1977, biologists have recognized that whale carcasses falling to the ocean floor can support a thriving biosphere at depths of more than 1,000 meters. Organisms feeding at these deep-sea “restaurants” include a myriad of microbes as well as crabs, octopuses, lobsters, sea cucumbers, hagfish, sleeper sharks, and even certain newly discovered species observed only at whale falls. Qihui Li and colleagues from the…
In a new study, an international team of astrophysicists has discovered several mysterious objects hiding in images from the James Webb Space Telescope: six potential galaxies that emerged so early in the universe’s history and are so massive they should not be possible under current cosmological theory, reports colorado.edu. Each of the candidate galaxies may have existed at the dawn of the universe roughly 500 to 700 million years after the Big Bang, or more…
An EM Pump, or Electromagnetic Pump, is a device which is sometimes used during ghost hunts. Its creators claims that it produces an electromagnetic field in the environment being investigated. The belief is that ghosts and other supernatural entities can feed on this energy allowing them to manifest or communicate. Like most ghost hunting gadgets, the makers of these devices don’t guarantee that they will increase paranormal activity, but say that if there is a…
Earlier this year, an American Airlines pilot encountered a UFO whilst flying from Cincinnati to Phoenix. This incident took place in the skies of Albuquerque which is known as something of a UFO hot spot. The audio was recorded as he gave feedback to Albuquerque air traffic control roughly halfway through the flight. Here, he said “We’ve just had something go right over the top of us. It’s a long, cylindrical object. It almost looks…
“Make Sunsets” sounds like a great name for a band or maybe an art studio. However, neither of those are the goal of a company called Make Sunsets. This tiny U.S. startup has been in the news recently for a multitude of reasons. For starters, it is one of a growing number of private companies releasing large balloons into the upper atmosphere – a practice that could get your balloon shot down in these tense…