One of the most fascinating conversations I’ve had about my book Extraterrestrial was with a group of high school kids. They were genuinely curious and did not carry the baggage of prejudice or self-importance. At the end of our chat, they brought up the most consequential question: “What are the primary goals of our civilization?”
I explained that the two biggest tasks on the agenda of the human species are extending the longevity of our civilization and exploring the universe.
Astronomer Kelsey Johnson Reflects on the Science Behind the Search for UFOs | UVA Today
"It was something not from the Earth," U.S. Navy Cmdr. David Fravor, commanding officer of a squadron of F/A-18 Hornet fighter planes, said in an interview with the Washington Post about the fast-moving, Tic Tac-shaped UFO he sighted during a 2004 training mission over the California coast. The object moved unlike any aircraft he was aware of and seemed to defy nearby radar operators' efforts to track it.
Fravor's account of the incident remained classified for 13 years until the Department of Defense announced the formation of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force in 2017 and charged it with the job of cataloging and analyzing sightings of strange aerial objects that could potentially represent a threat to U.S. national security.
J.J. Abrams is Making a Serious UFO Docuseries – The Hollywood Reporter
The Rise of Skywalker director is executive producing a four-part docuseries titled UFO for Showtime.
Abrams is teaming with directors Mark Monroe ( Icarus ) and Paul Crowder ( Riding Giants ), to explore the “unsettling theories of a subject that recently reached national headlines, and has historically been the focus of powerful politicians and CEOs, while average citizens pursuing the very same truth have been ridiculed and ostracized.”
Alien renaissance | The Monthly
Alien renaissance
A revived interest in alien visitation only underscores how little we know about the universe
This week, the Pentagon briefed the House Intelligence Committee on UFOs – or unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) in the newly revised jargon. An unclassified report will be made public soon, possibly next week, and it will crown a sort of renaissance of public interest in alien visitation.
This renaissance is attributable, in part, to preemptive leaks of the report, and an influential New York Times story , splashed on its front page in December 2017, about a "shadowy" military inquiry into what two of its navy pilots had described in 2004 as an inexplicable encounter with a physics-defying object. Footage was published on the Times ' site, and later broadcast on major networks.
Opinion: The UFO report won't change minds. But maybe it should | Columnists | tulsaworld.com
Let's start with some data. Pollsters tell us that one American in three believes that we've had extraterrestrial visitors. And — for once! — there's no partisan divide. According to Gallup, Democrats (32%) and Republicans (30%) are about equally likely to believe that at least some UFOs are alien spacecraft. Belief is somewhat higher among independents, at a robust 38%.
Which makes the controversy over unidentified flying objects a lot like everything else these days — and a good candidate to teach us a thing or two about the value of cognitive humility.
Mystery object blotted out a giant star for 200 days
Stars may twinkle, but they don't just vanish—so when a distant, giant star pulled a disappearing act for about 200 days, it took astronomers by surprise.
Now, roughly a decade later, astronomers have sifted through a variety of possible explanations—and they still have no idea what's responsible for blotting out nearly all of the star's light.
Described in a new study in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, some of the theories still on the table rely on as-yet unobserved phenomena, such as a dark disk of material orbiting a nearby black hole, or undiscovered, dust-enshrouded companion stars. But over 17 years of observations, the star has only gone dark once, in 2012, making it more difficult for teams to nail down a plausible culprit.
Opinion | Readers critique The Post: This photo really needed some extra context - The Washington
Every week, The Post runs a collection of letters of readers' grievances — pointing out grammatical mistakes, missing coverage and inconsistencies. These letters tell us what we did wrong and, occasionally, offer praise. Here, we present this week's Free for All letters.
Left unstated was that the conference was a forum for Holocaust denial that featured the likes of white supremacist David Duke and several convicted European Holocaust deniers. The two rabbis were members of the extreme anti-Israel fringe sect Neturei Karta and in no way are representative of Jewry, or even of ultra-Orthodox Jewry more specifically. The obliviousness of the cutline is beyond understanding.
Worldwide Space Rovers Industry to 2030 - Supportive Government Regulations Presents
Space rover is a special vehicle designed to traverse over irregular, mountainous topography of extraterrestrial bodies such as planets and asteroids. The design and operation of space rovers depends upon data acquired through satellites that orbit around a celestial body. Rovers are designed to endure extreme atmospheric conditions, are fitted with superior equipment and payload, and are meticulously programmed to operate in accordance with the surroundings.
Rise investments for space explorations across the globe are expected to provide lucrative opportunities for the space rovers market during the forecast period. However, high costs involved in the space exploration missions and high chances of failure of space exploration projects are anticipated to hamper growth of the market. Moreover, technological advancements in 3D printing technology are expected to offer lucrative opportunities for the market growth.
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