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In recent years, we’ve become accustomed to commercial space companies taking over jobs that NASA or the European Space Agency used to do. Now comes another exciting milestone: a privately funded mission that aims to find extraterrestrial life in our own Solar System. The project, headed by MIT scientists and engineers from Rocket Lab, is called Venus Life Finder, and initial funding for the concept study was provided by Breakthrough Initiatives. The project is divided…
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Going to Mars is a dangerous and exciting adventure. Astronaut training takes years, and a flight to the Red Planet can take more than seven months. The exploration of Mars requires high qualifications, willpower, endurance and a willingness to take risks. According to the study, the optimal candidate for a flight to Mars is a woman. Back in the 1950s, NASA put forward the Lovelace Woman in Space program, which justified the choice of women…
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I recently reshared an article I wrote a little while ago called Why we like to be scared. It talked about how our bodies and brains react to fear and that it turns out deep down we actually like it. We like the feelings of unease, surprise and even fear. It made me think about my own early paranormal experiences. What makes an experience so memorable is how it makes people feel. It is this…
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A teenage boy was left so creeped out after finding a “ghost girl ” photobombing him in a snap that he had to spend the night in his mum’s room. Mum Ayesha Wilson-Bent recalled the moment when Gabriel Ashmore, 14, sent her 12-year-old brother a picture of him beaming from inside a tower of tyres. As Kristian Ashmore scrolled through the pictures, he noticed something out of the ordinary in one of the snaps. He spotted what he thought was…
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Subscribe to get Spooky Isles’ free newsletter in your inbox every Friday! Reading Time: 5 minutes Warren Coates, the founder of Northern Ireland Paranormal Research Association, talks to JOHN AMBROSE MARTIN about his many spooky adventures… Warren Coates, the founder of Northern Ireland Paranormal Research Association JOHN AMBROSE MARTIN: I remember when we first met, it was Halloween 2018. I attended a NIPRA public paranormal event at the beautiful Firmount House. This is the night…