Great white shark Scratchy is first sighting of 2016 season
A male great white shark named Scratchy has been detected off of Cape Cod by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, and this week’s sighting marks the first confirmed one for this year’s great white shark season. Scratchy was originally tagged in August 2015, and his discovery earlier in the week off of Monomoy Island suggests that he has returned to the Cape Cod area for this year’s season. Prior to that, he was first identified in August 2014, and got his name because of the numerous seal sc..>> view originalThree International Space Station astronauts land in Kazakhstan
Member of the International Space Station (ISS) crew Britain's Tim Peake gestures shortly after landing near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Saturday, June 18, 2016. A three-person crew from the International Space Station has landed …more.>> view originalHold the phone – aliens might not call us back for 1500 years
So much for UFOs. Extraterrestrial life might be out there, according to scientists at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., but it is unlikely that our cosmic neighbors will get in touch for at least 1,500 years. We shouldn't be worrying about how long we wait, say the scientists behind a new paper, "A Probabilistic Analysis of the Fermi Paradox." Chances are that any "messages" the Earth has sent out into the universe in the form of TV or radio signals have likely only reached a tiny fraction o..>> view originalToo many couples do not understand marriage is for life, pope says
Because most people today do not understand that sacramental marriage really is a bond that binds them to each other for life, many marriages today can be considered invalid, Pope Francis said. Raising a point he has raised before, and one also raised by now-retired Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis insisted June 16 that the validity of a marriage implies that a couple understands that sacramental marriage is a bond that truly binds them to another for their entire lives. "We are living in a cult..>> view originalAstronauts Land Back On Earth After 186 Days In Space
The three astronauts who have been researching the effects space has on the human body aboard the International Space Station returned safely to earth early Saturday morning after 186 days in space. The three men, including Commander Tim Kopra of NASA, flight engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency, and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian space agency Roscomos, landed safely near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan at 5:15 a.m. EDT. The astronauts were part of Expedition 47, which was ..>> view originalOldest oxygen in the universe could solve mystery of star formation
Astronomers have discovered signs of oxygen in one of the universe's first galaxies, which was born shortly after the cosmic "Dark Ages" that existed before the universe had stars, a new study finds.The discovery — which centers on the truly ancient galaxy SXDF-NB1006-2, located about 13.1 billion light-years from Earth — could help solve the mystery of how much the first stars helped to clear the murky fog that once filled the universe, the researchers said.Previous research suggested that, af..>> view originalWatch Livestream Blue Origin Reusable Rocket Launch And Attempt To (Crash) Land On Sunday
Blue Origin will attempt to land a rocket for the fourth time. This time, the event will be broadcast to the public. ( Blue Origin ) Out of the blue, private spaceflight firm Blue Origin is just about to host its first ever live stream of one of its rocket launches. Don't miss today's live stream. The rocket launch was initially set to take place last Friday, but it was delayed to repair a faulty O-ring in the capsule's nitrogen pressurization system. Now the reusable New Shepar..>> view originalAntarctic CO2 levels highest in 4 million years: Is that a problem?
Antarctica recently witnessed an event that last took place four million years ago: Carbon dioxide levels broke through the barrier of 400 parts per million (ppm).In fact, the frozen continent is a laggard in this respect. The announcement Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) gave the date of this milestone as May 23. But the global annual mean concentration of carbon dioxide already surpassed 400 ppm last year, the first time that has happened in human histor..>> view original
Sunday, June 19, 2016
Great white shark Scratchy is first sighting of 2016 season and other top stories.
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