News and Opinion from the Bug!
I gotta big kick out this one.
Over at Live Science, Benjamin Radford writes in his article on product secret recipes that he had planned to reveal the secret formula for Coke Classic until he received a threatening email:
I had planned to reveal the whole Coke Classic formula, but as I prepared this column I got [...]
Manhattanhenge. It’s coming and it’s due to a solar alignment this weekend.
NASA/ESA reports hubble’s capture of a striking image from NGC 7049. The image resembles the crown of thorns placed atop Jesus’ head by Roman soldiers.
In a press release, NASA/ESA reports:
The NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured this image of NGC 7049, a mysterious looking galaxy on the border between spiral and elliptical galaxies. NGC 7049 [...]
Ian O’Neill at Universe Today believes North Korea’s launch of a Taepoding missile was a partial success.
O’Neill writes, “The Taepoding-2 rocket didn’t make it into space at all, and rather than orbiting the Earth, the communications satellite now rests at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. However, this is a worrying development, the missile had [...]
I was just thinking about that piece of Russian space junk that blazed a trail along the U.S. East Coast the other night. Is it possible to weaponize space junk?
Could large rocket parts also have a secondary purpose? Would it be possible to install a guidance system to maneuver the object to hit [...]
A Tunguska-sized asteroid passed within 72000 kilometers of Earth Monday.
New Scientist says that is less than 1/5 the moon’s distance from Earth!
The story reads like that baby just snuck up on us.
Two earthquakes have occurred under the Red Sea.
The two earthquake were about six hours apart and their epicenters were in close proximity to each other: [ Here ] and [ Here ]. The magnitude of each earthquake was 4.5 and 4.8 respectively.
The earthquakes occurred along a divergent plate boundary where the Arabian plate is [...]
Scientists say the recent earthquake swarm in Yellowstone National Park is “not normal.”
Many of these earthquakes are occurring under Yellowstone Lake. Saturday, 27 December, a 3.5 magnitude earthquake occurred under Yellowstone Lake. It’s hypocentral depth was set at 2.5 miles.
It’s interesting to note that Yellowstone National Park rests in the caldera of an [...]
Science@NASA has an article today about Venus, Jupiter, and the crescent moon converging.
Dr. Tony Phillips writes, “It begins tonight with a sunset stroll. At the end of the day, when the horizon is turning red and the zenith is cobalt-blue, step outside and look southwest. You’ll see Venus and Jupiter beaming side-by-side through the [...]
A massive bat die-off is underway in the United States.
Heidi Stevenson at Natural News says, “Though bats are a bit spooky looking, inviting thoughts of Dracula, the real horror story is that bats are becoming sick and perishing. A massive bat die-off is happening. Their extinction in the United States is threatening — and no [...]
