The UFO resembling a "white Tic Tac" spotted in 2004 by Former U.S. Navy pilot Cmdr. David Fravor while on duty at the USS Nimitz is back – but this time it's floating over England .
Pictures of the notorious UFO were snapped by Lucy Jane Castle, from Hinckley in south-west Leicestershire, who managed to grab a snap of the unexplained object and posted it on a UFO hunter's Facebook page, which was found by the Daily Star.
Have a look at the screenshots below. The tear-dropped shape is a dark blue and green colour, almost like a lake.
Twitter user CryptoTonight wrote: " undefinedundefined Looks like the skeleton of a plane and maybe some wreckage?"
Earlier this year, users were baffled by what appeared to be houses glowing with laser beams. It could be aliens? Or it could be a house party.. who knows.
Infamous 'Tic Tac' UFO seen by Navy pilot now spotted over England https://t.co/9f2M9PCDPc https://t.co/6g8rQNskSgnypost (from New York, NY)Sat Jun 19 20:20:23 +0000 2021
Unilever and PepsiCo have goals to design 100% of packaging to be reusable, recyclable, compostable, or biodegradable by 2025. Companies like Zume – formerly a robotics pizza company – are trying to make the compostable transition easier for brands, brokers and distributors by creating packaging out of agricultural waste and other materials local to the companies that need them.
Zume is one of a growing list of companies dedicated to compostable packaging. The sustainable packaging industry is a $274.2 billion per year business that is expected to grow to $413.8 billion by 2027, according to Grand View Research. The packaging industry as a whole is about $900 billion , so Zume and its competitors have their work cut out for them.
Last-mile, landscaping and leaping robots – TechCrunch
I spoke to Refraction AI co-founder/CTO Matthew Johnson-Roberson on the occasion of the Michigan startup's $4.2 million seed raise . This week we posted a Q&A where he answers a wider range of topics about the delivery robotics company, and this bit jumped out at me:
It still boggles my mind that nobody has tried to copy what we're doing. There were 10 or 12 sidewalk robot companies in early 2015, 2016 and 2017. Many of them, with a few exceptions, went out of business.
Bruisable artificial skin could help prosthetics, robots sense injuries -- ScienceDaily
When someone bumps their elbow against a wall, they not only feel pain but also might experience bruising. Robots and prosthetic limbs don't have these warning signs, which could lead to further injury. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have developed an artificial skin that senses force through ionic signals and also changes color from yellow to a bruise-like purple, providing a visual cue that damage has occurred.
The researchers made an ionic organohydrogel that contained a molecule, called spiropyran, that changes color from pale yellow to bluish-purple under mechanical stress. In testing, the gel showed changes in color and electrical conductivity when stretched or compressed, and the purple color remained for 2-5 hours before fading back to yellow. Then, the team taped the I-skin to different body parts of volunteers, such as the finger, hand and knee.
This direct-drive actuator combines high torque density, cleanliness, and reliability to improve performance and lower total cost of ownership, the company says.
"We are thrilled to launch this leading-edge actuation technology, making it available to manufacturers and system integrators globally," said Chris Di Lello, CEO of Genesis Robotics & Motion Technologies. "A simpler drivetrain empowers a better robot: faster to assemble and easier to maintain. This creates value for our customers and end users and represents a true breakthrough for the robotics and automation industries."
Delivery robots roll out in Austin's bike lanes - Cities Today - Connecting the world's
Start-up Refraction AI has launched a pilot programme with ten of its REV-1 delivery robots in Austin, Texas.
The service launched with Southside Flying Pizza for deliveries in the South Congress, Downtown and Travis Heights areas of the city, with scope to expand as more businesses come on board.
The three-wheeled electric devices, which travel up to 15 mph and are controlled remotely, will operate in bike lanes or the street where bike lanes aren't available. Assistants ride close by to ensure safety.
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Rising Incidence of Strokes and Spinal Cord Injuries Spurring the Growth of Rehabilitation Robots
Increasing demand for robotic exoskeletons as a rehabilitation tool bolstering the growth of the market
The global rehabilitation robots market is exhibiting a steady growth due to rising prevalence of stroke, traumatic brain injuries, dementia, and other age-related disabilities. As per a study by Fact.MR, the rehabilitation robots market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 22.1% during the forecasting period 2021-2031.
According to a study by National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in 2021, nearly 1.7 million incidences of traumatic brain injuries were recorded, with older adolescents aging 15 to 19 years and older adult age 65 years and older in the U.S.
Zume's pizza robots are now turning waste into compostable packaging https://t.co/aEBGWyNSIQCNBC (from Englewood Cliffs, NJ)Sat Jun 19 13:03:52 +0000 2021
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 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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Washington (CNN) Members of the House Intelligence Committee will receive a classified briefing on Wednesday morning on one of the most controversial topics circulating in Washington today: UFOs.
Texas A&M Expert: UFO Report Could Give Us Answers - Or Not - Texas A&M Today
Texas A&M University astronomer Nick Suntzeff has been involved with space research for 30 years and spent 20 years in Chile, where he helped co-discover dark matter. Below, he offers his thoughts about UFOs and whether or not we are alone in the universe.
I have no idea what the report will say, but I doubt they have any evidence where a UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, previously called a UFO) is clearly resolved. For starters, have you ever noticed that UAP images and videos are usually out of focus?
J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Explores UFO Mystery in New Showtime Docuseries - Variety
J.J. Abrams is ready to get to the bottom of unidentified flying objects, and Showtime is giving him the platform to do just that.
Mark Monroe (“Icarus”) and Paul Crowder (“Riding Giants”) will direct the series, which comes as new attention is placed on what the government knows about UFOs, and what it may or may not be telling us. The series comes in the wake of a 2017 New York Times article that revealed that the Pentagon had been secretly tracking UFOs for years.
Lawmakers react to classified UFO briefing | WAVY.com
MYSTERY WIRE — Several U.S. House lawmakers received the first known briefing on the upcoming UAP/UFO briefing due to Congress by June 25.
On Wednesday morning, officials from the United States Navy and the FBI gave a classified briefing for members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation (C3).
Here are five UFO or alien sightings reported in Ohio
From Roswell, New Mexico, to Circleville, Ohio, UFOs and aliens have been part of American myth and legend for some 75 years.
The U.S. government last year released three videos of UFO sightings by Navy pilots — one from 2004 and two from 2015. Later this month, a Pentagon task force is expected to deliver a report to Congress on what government officials now call "unexplained aerial phenomena."
Navy and FBI giving U.S. House committee classified UFO briefing today | 8News
MYSTERY WIRE – The United States Navy and the FBI are giving a classified briefing for members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation (C3) on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) ahead of the release of a report from the Director of National Intelligence regarding the collection, reporting, and investigation of UAPs, according to the office of the chairman of this subcommittee, Rep.
In a statement (below) from Rep. Carson’s office obtained by KTXL’s Barnett Parker, Carson said, “the briefing was a ‘significant and timely topic,’ as there has been increased focus on the security threats posed by unidentified aerial phenomena.”
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Tennessee congressman UFOs something's going on that we can't handle
MYSTERY WIRE — Another member of the United States Congress is talking openly about UFOs, and the expected upcoming UFO report from the office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Rep. Burchett answered a question about President Joe Biden’s meeting with Vladimir Putin and if UFOs would come up. Rep. Burchett also said there’s no way these objects are Russian technology, because if it was “they would own us right now.”
UFO report: Are we alone? | Science & Tech News | Sky News
On the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, we examine how sightings of unidentified flying objects went from conspiracy theory to US government inquiry - after officials told American media they can't confirm or rule out alien activity.
We hear from Sean Cahill, who was the Chief Master-at-Arms on the USS Princeton in 2004 during a UFO encounter, plus 'UFO researcher' Chris Jones and Scotland's Astronomer Royal Prof Catherine Heymans.
Disclosure on UFOs: Raelians hope for revealed data to be scrutinized with scientific rigor
"Whatever the conclusions of this report will be, we rejoice to the idea that 120 additional UFO sightings will be made available for the public, and for scientists and experts alike, to review—sightings that have been well documented by Army and Navy officers who are trained to recognize foreign technologies, but yet cannot arrive at a conclusion as to their terrestrial origins," said Brigitte Boisselier , PhD, spokesperson for the International Raelian Movement.
.@marcorubio has been urging the federal government to take UFO's seriously for years. "People can speculate about… https://t.co/S1noPCRPOdSamanthaJoRoth (from Washington, DC / Florida )Fri Jun 18 00:38:50 +0000 2021
Instead, Elizondo says it is a credible line of government inquiry that these UFOs are "extraterrestrial, extra-dim… https://t.co/aeL0xLxFEdTomRtweets (from Washington, DC)Tue Jun 15 12:05:00 +0000 2021
How is it June 16th & we still don't have the UFO report from the government? https://t.co/KcZ1ICUJgFKEEMSTAR (from Buffalo, NY)Wed Jun 16 05:29:33 +0000 2021
Alien hunters believe they have found a giant UFO "parked in a crater" on Ceres. The dwarf planet, which has a diameter of 590 miles (950km), is the largest object in the asteroid belt - a ring of space rocks situated between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Despite the hazardous location, conspiracy theorists believe they have spotted evidence of aliens setting up base in a crater.
Mr Waring said that once the masses find out about the UFO, the likes of Elon Musk and his SpaceX will be heading straight there.
There is a new space race developing, with higher stakes and more ambitious goals than just going back to Earth orbit or the Moon. The U.S. has developed a sizable technological lead in rockets and satellite technology, which has in turn grown our national and global space ambitions.
Nuclear fission and fusion power will be essential to accomplishing these and other ambitions. These technologies can deliver the performance—including immense power levels, longevity and reliability—required to take large people and cargo astronomically long distances, and support the power requirements for long-term colonies far removed from the safety net of Earth.
NASA inches closer to printing artificial organs in space | MIT Technology Review
In America, at least 17 people a day die waiting for an organ transplant. But instead of waiting for a donor to die, what if we could someday grow our own organs?
Last week, six years after NASA announced its Vascular Tissue Challenge, a competition designed to accelerate research that could someday lead to artificial organs, the agency named two winning teams. The challenge required teams to create thick, vascularized human organ tissue that could survive for 30 days.
China's space station core module receives first group of residents - Global Times
Global Times reporter tracking China's space programs and cutting-edge science and technology projects.
Three Shenzhou-12 astronauts, Tang Hongbo, Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming (from left) salute after entering the Tianhe core module on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua
The Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft and the Tianhe core module complete the rapid autonomous rendezvous and docking. Photo: Xinhua
The crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert, June 17, 2021. (Xinhua/Ju Zhenhua)
Who bought space travel with Jeff Bezos for $ 28 million?
The company Blue Origin , with American origin, auctioned a seat of four aboard the new suborbital rocket New Shepard . This bid closed last Saturday with a final price of $ 28 million, which will be donated to the Club for the Future foundation as they seek to inspire young scientists to continue their studies and dedicate themselves to space.
Apparently, the bidder still had to pay 6% more for a commission, this is not yet identified by name or appearance. But, according to a video the company posted on its website, it will be released in the next two weeks. He competed against nearly 7,600 people from 159 countries for more than a month.
Orbital Assembly's Quest to Build Hotels in Space - dot.LA
Orbital is working on autonomous robots that can build luxury hotels in space and could eventually create a floating interstellar cruise ship.
Orbital Assembly CEO Rhonda Stevenson said that while the idea might seem far-fetched, proving that the technology works on the ground is the first step to convincing people to use it in outer space.
Already, the space tourism industry is taking off. SpaceX recently announced it'd sell four tickets to launch private citizens into space as early as 2021 -- and Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos said he'd fly into orbit himself as soon as this July .
Jefferson research looks to outer space to learn about human health on Earth
Next year, Dicker and fellow researchers at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University will launch three studies of how space travel affects aspects of the human body — immunity, microbes in urine, and stress — as part of the first private mission to the International Space Station. Researchers believe that the unique environment in space can also shed light on human health on Earth.
"I never thought I'd ever do a project in space," said Paul H. Chung, assistant professor of urology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College, who is involved in one of the space studies. "Most people don't even know the logistics of how someone would do a project in space."
This is Nicolas Ghesquière's second resort collection for Louis Vuitton without a destination show. A year ago in the early months of the pandemic he staged a studio shoot, but this time around he filmed a short movie at Axe Majeur, a sculpture park outside of Paris conceived by the late Israeli environmental artist Dani Karavan that rivals previous LV show locales in scale and grandeur, if not in distance from the house's headquarters.
In fact, Ghesquière said the prospect of public space travel inspired the collection's anachronistic prints, which set an escalator, a basketball court, and a roadside motel, among other things, amidst alien landscapes. There were also parachute pleats on minidresses, pants with the padded quilting of spacesuits, and nods to the iconic vinyl of André Courrèges, the French designer whose streamlined Space Age creations of the 1960s still read as futuristic (and au courant) half a century later.
NASA chief calls for 'rigorous' space rules before commercial flights take off | Fox
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson tells FOX Business exclusively that the organization is working on setting regulations for commercial space travel. Hillary Vaughn with more.
NASA and the FAA are bracing for commercial space travel and reportedly in talks to create private-sector regulations.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told FOX Business exclusively that the organizations are working on rules "in order to achieve safety" when sending non-astronauts into space.
Space tourism sounds fun. But it could be terrible for the planet.
Space travel has environmental costs. For research, it might be worth it. To send Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and other wealthy tourists into orbit? That's debatable.
Companies including SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, and Space Adventures want to make space tourism more common. And people are interested.
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa spent an undisclosed sum of money to SpaceX in 2018 for a private trip around the moon and back. The trip is penciled in for 2023, although the Starship rocket still needs to prove it can reliably take off and land without exploding .
Get 'Down to Earth' with former NASA astronaut Terry Virts in new podcast | Space
Former NASA astronaut Colonel Terry Virts' has launched an entertaining new podcast that promotes discussions about issues that matter here on Earth.
" Down to Earth with Terry Virts " covers a range of topics including science, politics, film, sport, and of course space, with a variety of fascinating guests.
Related: Retired NASA astronaut Terry Virts, aviators set world circumnavigation speed record to honor Apollo 11
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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter is the first spacecraft to successfully achieve controlled flight on another planet. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
Ingenuity, NASA's pint-sized Mars helicopter, has kicked up some surprising science on its flights over the red planet. When whizzing through the Martian air, its blades sometimes stir up a dust cloud that envelops and travels along with the tiny chopper.
In several videos of Ingenuity's flights, planetary scientists have seen dust whirling beneath the helicopter's rotors — even when Ingenuity is flying as high as 5 metres above the Martian surface. That suggests that dust can get lifted and transported in the thin Martian air more easily than researchers had suspected.
China wants to build a sustainable human presence on Mars. Here's how. | Space
China is looking at the ways of getting astronauts to Mars and back safely and potentially establishing a long-term presence on the Red Planet.
That's according to a senior Chinese space industry official speaking Wednesday (June 16) at the Global Space Exploration (GLEX) conference taking place in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Wang Xiaojing, president of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), told the conference audience via a previously recorded speech that China is researching the best options for sustainable human missions to Mars.
Rocket Lab wins contract to design twin Mars spacecraft for NASA | Space
ESCAPADE , short for "Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers," would use two Mars-orbiting spacecraft to study how the planet's atmosphere is stripped away by the solar wind, the stream of charged particles flowing from the sun.
Rocket Lab will design the ESCAPADE duo using its Photon spacecraft bus, company representatives announced today (June 15).
"This is a hugely promising mission that will deliver big science in a small package," Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck said in a statement .
Why is everyone so obsessed with going to Mars? Here are some other worlds ripe for exploration
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Last month, China successfully landed and deployed the Zhurong rover on Mars, becoming the second country ever to set wheels on the surface of the red planet.
Video Features SBU Professors Discussing the Exploration of Mars | | SBU News
“Mars has always held out something special in the public imagination,” McLennan says. “People are looking for something that’s really exciting, and something that’s positive and something that shows we can still do things that are really important.”
“Being a part of a team that’s landing something on Mars, that feeling never gets old,” Hurowitz says. “I highly recommend it if you can be a part of a team like that.”
Sending an airship to Mars: Is it possible? And why even consider it? - CGTN
When in April 2021 NASA's rover Perseverance dropped on the surface of Mars a tiny but mighty helicopter the size of a tissue box, the vehicle, called Ingenuity, made history as the first aircraft to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet.
But as interest for the Red Planet only grows with time and exploration efforts continue, scientists are wondering – after rovers, landers and helicopters, could humans send an airship to Mars?
The short answer is yes – technically, we could physically transport a deflated airship of a reasonable size on a spacecraft from Earth to Mars. But under what conditions this could then explore the planet, fully accessorized with cameras, radars and possibly a mini rover too, is still the subject of research and studies.
NASA's InSight Mars lander solar panels cleared of some dust - SpaceFlight Insider
NASA’s InSight Mars lander trickled sand into the wind in order to clean off a bit of dust from its solar panels in order to boost its power. Credit: NASA
NASA's InSight Mars lander recently received a much-needed dust cleaning, which resulted in a boost in power production.
InSight has called the Martian surface home for almost three years, having landed in November 2018. The mission was originally planned to last only two years.
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