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Comets may hold the secret to the origin of life on Earth

We’ve studied life on Earth extensively, but we still have no idea where it came from. Some scientists think it may have spontaneously arisen on Earth by some unknown process. Others think the ingredients for life were delivered here by comets crashing into Earth in the early days of the solar system. The latter theory just got a huge boost.

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The Black Knight

The Black Knight is a mysterious artificial satellite that’s been orbiting our planet transmitting radio signals that we’ve been intercepting for quite some time now. Nikola Tesla was the first person to intercept these strange radio transmissions in 1899 while building a radio device in Colorado Springs. Since then, the radio signals from this object have been consistent.

In 1957 the Black Knight was seen “shadowing” the Sputnik 1 craft in orbit. At this time it was determined that the mysterious Black Knight was in polar orbit. Satellites in polar orbit are classified as observational satellites, they’re typically used for mapping and reconnaissance. Is it possible that this satellite is of extraterrestrial origin, and is sending radio signals back to its home with observations of our planet? It can’t be of human origin, humans didn’t have the capabilities of putting a satellite into polar orbit until 1960.

A Ham radio operator attempted to decode the radio transmissions in an attempt to understand its purpose. He interpreted the signals to be a star chart of the Epsilon Bootes star system. He continued to attempt to interpret it and concluded that the Black Knight originated from the Epsilon Bootes system 13,000 years ago. Does this prove that there is intelligent life in the Epsilon Bootes system? Have they been watching us for 13,000 years? Or was the radio signals misinterpreted or the meaning of them made up? The answer revolves around our planet, observing us from the stars.

THIS COMET IS DRUNK

Comet Lovejoy is the first comet we’ve found that disperses ethyl alcohol into space, as much as would be in 500 bottles of wine every second.

Resembling our Moon, and with a similar atmosphere, Mercury has enough activity in its interior to generate a small magnetic field. Join guides Denton Ebel and Carter Emmart for an up-close examination of our solar system’s smallest planet. 

This is what a comet looks like, up close and personal.

PHOTOS FROM AN ALIEN WORLD.

I am so excited I can’t even. Source: ESA’s Flickr feed.

Possible 360° camera drone by Samsung?

Blue Spot. West Coast New Zealand. 

don’t assume the gender of my HYDROGEN! ok

4 hour star trails timelapse at Point Reyes

SpaceX announced they are planning to send their Red Dragon capsule to Mars as soon as 2018

To send Red Dragon spacecraft to Mars, SpaceX is building a mega-rocket called Falcon Heavy. Based on the company’s successful Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy consists of three core rocket stages, each of which is equipped with landing legs for reusability. They would use the capsule’s thrusters to make a landing. 

This artist’s illustration shows how the capsule could enter Mars’ atmosphere. SpaceX has successfully returned their capsules to Earth during space station resupply missions for NASA.

The Dragon can carry seven astronauts to and from destinations like the International Space Station (not yet a manned mission to Mars I’d guess 😄). Here’s an illustration of the Dragon Version 1 (the new version has some differences), to get the idea:

credit: SpaceX, Karl Tate/Space.com