The Trump administration has fired members of an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation. Members of the National Science Board received an email on Friday sent from the Presidential Personnel Office “on behalf of President Donald J. Trump” stating that their position was “terminated, effective immediately.” “I wasn’t entirely surprised, to be honest,”…
A new study suggests that a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto harbors a thin, delicate atmosphere that may have been created by volcanic eruptions or a comet strike. Just 300 miles or so across, this mini Pluto is thought to be the solar system’s smallest object yet with a clearly detected global atmosphere bound by…
The Pentagon has begun the long-anticipated release of government files related to what it calls “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena” — UFOs or any potential signs of alien life. On Friday, May 8, it started posting declassified documents, photos and videos that it said “have long fueled justified speculation,” after President Trump called for their release earlier this year….
The Pentagon released UFO documents on Friday, with President Trump telling the public to “have fun” deciding for itself what is going on. Carter Evans reports. Source link
Washington — The Pentagon on Friday began releasing more files related to UFOs and UAPs, following through on an order from President Trump to make public government documents about unexplained phenomena. The release, posted on a new Pentagon “UFO” website, includes 162 files from the FBI, Department of Defense, NASA and State Department. The documents…
Greater protections for endangered emperor penguins and how to manage growing tourism are topping the agenda at talks on Antarctica opening in Japan on Tuesday. Officials from the nearly 60 countries that are signatories to the Antarctic Treaty are meeting in Hiroshima for annual discussions on protecting and managing the fragile region. The continent and…
A NASA spacecraft headed toward the asteroid belt will fly past Mars on Friday, aiming to get a boost from the planet’s gravitational field and save some of the propellant it needs to complete the second half of a six-year voyage. The spacecraft, called Psyche after the rare asteroid it will explore, launched in October…
As the globe transitions into an El Niño climate pattern, temperatures in the waters in the Pacific Ocean are on the rise. It comes just as the Eastern Pacific hurricane season officially begins on Friday, May 15. Warm ocean waters are the essential fuel for tropical cyclone development, which makes this incoming El Niño phase…
Scientists have identified a massive new dinosaur from remains discovered in Thailand, with the creature estimated to have weighed as much as nine adult elephants. The long-necked herbivore stretched 88 feet and weighed about 27 tons, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. It probably roamed what is now Thailand between 100…
Scientists are warning that El Niño, a weather pattern forecast to emerge this summer, could bring frequent and widespread flooding even without the presence of storms. Conditions fueling the threat are twofold and have been brewing for years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency responsible for weather and climate monitoring. “It…
