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This UFO expert is excited about the Pentagon’s new report — but don’t expect aliens

2020 will forever be the year of COVID-19, but it has a different meaning for UFO enthusiasts. This marked the time when the Pentagon’s covert UFO operation became an above board government program. And on Friday June 25, it will publish its first report covering 120 UFO sightings. Does this means aliens exist?Disappointingly, the Pentagonwill probably point to high-tech aircraftby Russia or China as an explanation.Still, it won’t completely rule out extraterrestrials....

This ultra-powerful space telescope will unveil the ‘Dark Ages’ of the universe

Some have called NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope the “telescope that ate astronomy.” It is themost powerful space telescopeever built and a complex piece of mechanical origami that has pushed the limits of human engineering. On Dec. 18, 2021, after years of delays and billions of dollars in cost overruns, the telescope isscheduled to launch into orbitand usher in the next era of astronomy. I’m anastronomerwith a specialty in observational cosmology – I’ve been studying distant galaxies for 30 years....

This ultra-rare quasar pair could help explain how galaxies evolve

Quasars are found throughout the Universe, but quasar pairs are rare. “We estimate that in the distant universe, for every 1,000 quasars, there is one double quasar. So finding these double quasars is like finding a needle in a haystack,” Dr. Yue Shen of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, explains. These newly-recognized pairs are the oldest of the 100 or so quasar pairs currently known to astronomers. The quasar pairs examined in this study are seen as they were the distant past, less than four billion years after the Big Bang....

This ultra-secure house promises to keep the zombies at bay.

Worried that, following the glut of zombie stories in cinema and literature in recent years, zombies may be coming to attack you and your home? By that logic, you’ll need to consider vampires too. In any case, apparently the literary trend has inspired some to prepare for such an event in the real world, and we’ve got pictures of the house that proves it. The Safe House, designed by KWK Promes, looks like a modern home with huge glass panes at first glance — decidely insecure....

This video might make you cry. Dog stays by his friend after tsunami in Japan.

This heartwarming video shows a shaking and muddy spaniel wanders amid the rubble trying to lead rescuers to his injured friend in the nightmarish landscape after the earthquake and tsunami wrecked Japan 6 days ago. To summarize the mens’ conversation: at first they thought the injured dog was dead but after realizing it was alive they immediately called a vet for assistance for both dogs. CNN is reporting that both dogs have received medical attention....