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There’s no denying that specialist mobile phone apps have become an increasingly popular tool on paranormal investigations, but most people bulk at the idea of using an app to track down or communicate with the dead. However, the creator of a new app what to change your mind and they might just succeed. Paranormal researchers are often skeptical of ghost hunting apps because they’re not convinced that a phone can detect ghosts. And of course,…
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Waterman showed his children the photo, whom he said immediately noticed the face, before sending it to Andrew Ayres, who has been in charge of Ghost Hunter Tours for two decades. “It’s a really good one, we get stuff like this all the time but that’s an exceptional one,” Ayres said. “It’s the afterwards that you get the evidence, those photographs are reviewed later. You’ve got the little boy on the Ouija board, communicating, and…
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Eagle-eyed conspiracy theorists claim that a nativity painting called ‘Madonna and Child with the Infant St John’ features ‘proof of aliens’. The painting, which is thought to date back to the 16th century, is said to depict the Nativity story, featuring baby Jesus, Saint John the Baptist and the Patron Saint of Florence. It can be found in the Hall of Hercules on the second floor of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy, and has also been variously attributed to Domenico…
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Throughout history the moon has held a special allure for humankind. Legends and myths have sprung up around it across the globe, from all corners of the earth and from all manner of farflung, disparate cultures. One aspect of the moon that has espacially enthralled us over the centuries is that of eclipses, and here is where things get fairly weird. Eclipses have been known throughout the ages for causing fear, mass panics, and even…
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Adaptive optics (AO) are required for giant telescopes on Earth’s surface. (For a brief intro on the topic, see our previous article.) Their enormous curved mirrors collect a great amount of light which is blurred by transit through the atmosphere. World-class 300″ to 400” telescopes such as Keck, Subaru, Gran Telescopio Canarias, the Very Large Telescope, and the upcoming Great Magellan Telescope all use AO. These systems analyze the telescope’s image in real-time and then…