On Monday, while being interviewed on "The Late Late Show With James Corden," former President Barack Obama was asked about the existence of UFOs . It seems Obama had been wondering the same, telling Corden he actually investigated whether anyone in his new government was secretly studying alien craft when he first became president. The answer, he said, was no.
The question was lighthearted, and Obama chuckled as he recalled his own hunt for clandestine UFO hideaways.
Caltech's 84th Annual Seminar Day Looks into the Body and out to the Stars |
"As the miasma of the coronavirus pandemic lifts, we need to save our connections and to celebrate our accomplishments," Caltech president Thomas F. Rosenbaum said. "Today, Seminar Day, is such an opportunity. Thank you for being part of this effort." Rosenbaum and Los Angeles Times columnist Patt Morrison hosted the event, introducing the four presentations.
The first talk, "The Supermassive Black Hole Story," featured Andrea Ghez (MS '89, PhD '92), the Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine Professor of Astrophysics at UCLA. Ghez was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2020 for pioneering research that helped reveal a supermassive black hole lurking at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. In her Seminar Day talk, she explained the work that led up to that finding and how it impacted the field of astrophysics.
Study Plucks Rare Quasicrystal From Wreckage of First Atomic Bomb Test | Smart News |
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The atomic age dawned at 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945, when the United States detonated a device nicknamed “Gadget” in the New Mexico desert, triggering Earth’s first ever atomic blast.
The plutonium-powered test explosion, codenamed “Trinity,” unleashed 18.6 kilotons of power , producing temperatures hotter than the surface of the sun. The bomb vaporized the 100-foot tower it had been hoisted into for the test, and liquified the asphalt and sand below. The amalgam of melted sand, asphalt and other debris including copper and iron cooled into a glass-like material dubbed trinitite after the name of the test.
Rare 4000-year-old comets can cause meteor showers on Earth, triangulation critical: Report -
Comets, the frozen leftovers from the formation of the Solar System, are one of the biggest attractions for stargazers and astronomers across the world. A new study reveals that scientists can detect meteor showers from the debris in the path of comets that pass close to Earth's orbit.
The meteor shower survey published in the journal Icarus states that these meteor showers are detected only if the comet's orbit has an orbital period of fewer than 4000 years. Long-period comet meteor showers are significantly dispersed in solar longitude and speed.
L.A. Musician Captures Martian Sound - WOUB Public Media
Humans have marveled at the heavens for pretty much as long as we have been recording our thoughts. While we have managed to capture dazzling images of our home galaxy (and beyond), one might be surprised to learn that we know far less about what that ever-intriguing vastness sounds like.
On Thursday, February 18, 2021, NASA's Perseverance Rover landed on the rocky red Martian crust – and, for the first time ever, captured a snippet of accompanying Martian sound. The audio is brief, but enlightening: capturing the oddly familiar sound of wind gusting some 33.9 million miles away from Earth. Although the microphone did not record the sound of the rover's landing, the ambient sound it did capture is still a landmark achievement.
Born This Way's Fashion and Message Remain Powerful a Decade Later | Vogue
There's no denying Lady Gaga' s impact on music. A decade ago, the star cemented her status as one of the most influential artists around with the release of her second studio album, Born This Way. Led by an anthemic title track that focused on self-acceptance and unity, the album introduced another side of Gaga to the public. Though she'd always celebrated the diversity of her audience and peppered her lyrics with messages of hope, those issues moved to the forefront in Born This Way .
Coldplay at a mini Glastonbury, Erica Cody and David Baddiel: This week's unmissable online events
Extraterrestrial: A Black Irish Celebration of Identity
Thursday, May 20th, 8pm, free, youtube.com
The National Concert Hall and District magazine cohost this celebration of black Irish artists making waves in Irish culture, which aims to showcase the huge diversity at play and challenge outdated notions of what it means to be Irish.
Four new films to stream this week
Entertaining romp concerning a group of crazy guys and gals attempting to rob a Vegas casino during zombie infestation. The actors work hard at making us care about characters whose dialogue plays as if composed from a William S Burroughs cut-up of action movie cliches. They are assisted by an endlessly inventive special-effects sequences that never gouge an eyeball when an entire head can be crushed into porridge.
MY NEW YORK YEAR ★★☆☆☆
Directed by Philippe Falardeau . Starring Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver , Douglas Booth, Seána Kerslake , Brían F O'Byrne, Colm Feore , Théodore Pellerin. Video on demand, 101 min
#IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit gives little girls something to shoot for
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Happening on Twitter
The Pentagon has confirmed these images of UFOs are part of ongoing investigations https://t.co/Km6B6MU5IH https://t.co/vZYEnTAEfV CNN Sun May 23 04:31:04 +0000 2021
The Pentagon has confirmed these images of UFOs are part of ongoing investigations https://t.co/zMYYvVZzkA https://t.co/NKRe45ojcT cnni (from Everywhere) Sun May 23 04:31:04 +0000 2021
If I were the Pentagon and I designed some pretty advanced top secret drones, I'd probably want the media to write… https://t.co/NVZeNA8DPJ eugenegu (from eugene@coolquit.com) Sat May 22 15:26:01 +0000 2021
The Pentagon just updated its line on AATIP, trying to resolve the debate on whether or not it was a UFO program. I… https://t.co/HBHwBgBG9K nickpopemod (from Tucson, AZ) Sat May 22 17:06:59 +0000 2021
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