Hadron Collider

Scientists claim the giant atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is being jinxed from the future to save the world.

In a bizarre sci-fi theory, Danish physicist Dr Holger Bech Nielsen and Dr Masao Ninomiya from Japan claim nature is trying to prevent the LHC from finding the elusive Higgs boson. Called the “God particle,” the theoretical boson could explain the origins of mass in the universe — if physicists can find the darn thing.
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UFOs over Washington, D.C., 1952(ufocasebook)

For many years “UFology” – or the study of the UFO phenomenon has generally been dismissed by the scientific community.  Many scientists continue to debunk the reality of UFO’s even in light of the fact that a recent national survey indicated that nearly 70 percent of the American public believes that UFO’s are real, and that they most likely are guided by intelligent beings from other worlds or dimensions.  There is ample evidence from credible witnesses including: former NASA astronauts and Russian cosmonauts, ex-military, and law enforcement officers.  So, what will it take to convince mainstream science to seriously consider the possible existence of UFO’s?  Patricia B. Corbett, in her article “UFOs-A Challenge to Mainstream Science”, suggests that it is essential to prevent this important phenomenon to serious scientists it a context with which they can identify, namely the discipline of science as it is practiced today.  Second, it is equally important to show that the tools of science can be used to investigate the UFO phenomenon, and to reach valid conclusions.

Read complete article here. {via The Examiner}

Butterfly emerges from stellar demise in Planetary Nebula NGC 6302. (Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team)

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is back in business, ready to uncover new worlds, peer ever deeper into space, and even map the invisible backbone of the universe.

The first snapshots from the refurbished Hubble showcase the 19-year-old telescope’s new vision. Topping the list of exciting new views are colorful multi-wavelength pictures of far- flung galaxies, a densely packed star cluster, an eerie “pillar of creation,” and a “butterfly” nebula.
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A clip from a BBC documentary explaining Hawking radiation around black holes. {source: stevebd1}

Milky Way Galaxy. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

(PhysOrg.com) — 95%. That is the percentage of the known Universe that is missing. As in it is not there. Or at least if it is there, we can’t see it. We call this unseen stuff “dark matter”. That has been well known for sometime. What is trickier in answering is why? Why is it that 95% of the universe is made up of this so-named “dark matter?” An even trickier question is where? As in where is this dark matter? It is those two questions that have plagued physicists for decades. Dark matter, by its own definition cannot be seen, hence its name. So how do we “see” it, how do we know “where” to look?
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Embedded in darkness (economist)

MOST of reality appears to be missing. Physicists reckon that the missing matter must be there, but that it is dark. Finding the stuff is damned tricky because dark matter, by definition, cannot be seen. So some of those physicists have been busy trying to devise ways of glimpsing it indirectly—and two groups of them now think their methods are ready to test.
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A still of the original video feed from Apollo 11. (NASA)

A carefully worded media advisory note issued Monday promised that “greatly improved video imagery from the July 1969 live broadcast of the Apollo 11 moonwalk” would be made public Thursday.

Rumors have been flying around the Internet for weeks that NASA, after years of searching, had discovered the original recordings of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s lunar excursion — which the space agency once feared had been accidentally destroyed.

Read complete article here. {via Fox News}

Laboratory scientist Dean Radin describes an experiment testing the relationship between mind and matter. In this experiment, random number generators are used to test whether collective human attention corresponds to a change in the physical environment. {source: globaloneness}

lunar surface

Moon to Google. Standby for liftoff of Google Earth3D moon mapping. Well, maybe.

The gang at Google is preparing to embark on some new type of mission, and speculation is running rampant that it’s going to be a groundbreaking three-dimensional moon-mapping utility. The G-team is keeping quiet for now, but it’s not hard to track the signals and see why the moon’s on everyone’s mind.

Read complete article here. {via PC World}

Scientists discuss what sort of life could be found in the eleventh dimension. With talk of world of lightning bolts, electricity, unstable atoms and more, this video from BBC show ‘Parallel Universe’ is full of mind-bending theories to set your imagination racing. {source: BBC Worldwide}