Author: Daniel Tom

In a galaxy far, far away lies an exoplanet circling a binary system that contains a neutron star or black hole.   The Whirlpool Galaxy (left) in X-ray and optical light. On the right is an artist’s concept of the M51-ULS-1 system with the neutron star or black hole syphoning material from its companion star. The…

Never give up if you really think you’re right. That should be the motto of a dedicated American archaeology researcher who has claimed for years there are still undiscovered ancient pyramids hidden beneath the Egyptian sand. Wouldn’t it be great if we could unearth a new sphinx, more enormous pyramids, or other remarkable ancient structures…

Egypt has successfully recovered an ancient wooden coffin cover from a Houston museum in the US.   The coffin cover was smuggled from Egypt several years ago.   Egypt succeeded in recovering the coffin cover which was smuggled from Egypt several years ago. Image credit: Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Egypt’s Consul General in Houston…

Bell’s 360 Invictus advanced helicopter is nearing the finish line, as the aircraft is now 87 percent complete, the manufacturer confirmed during a March 7 press conference at HAI Heli-Expo 2022 in Dallas, Texas.   The latest update comes roughly one month after Bell shared that the new open tail rotor system had been attached…

A surprise contender for the UK’s New Medium Helicopter (NMH) requirement has broken cover, pitching pre-owned Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks that would be extensively upgraded at a new facility in the northeast of England.   Teesside airport-based AceHawk Aerospace argues that its ML-70 helicopter will offer the UK armed forces the capability of the Black…

The B-2 Spirit is a low-observable, strategic, long-range, heavy bomber capable of penetrating sophisticated and dense air-defense shields.   It is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000ft, with a range of more than 6,000nm unrefuelled and over 10,000nm with one refueling, giving it the ability to fly to any point in the world…

Space diamonds Scientists have found tiny diamonds in meteorites, or rocks from space, before. But now, Australian scientists said this week (September 12, 2022) they’ve confirmed the existence of a rare form of space diamond in four meteorites picked up in North Africa. These diamonds are lonsdaleite. Notably, the ones they found are thinner than…

The fact that the universe is not locally real is one of the more disquieting discoveries of the last half-century. “Real,” which indicates that objects have defined attributes independent of observation—for example, an apple can be red even when no one is looking; “local,” which means that objects can only be impacted by their surroundings,…

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that is slightly larger than Earth and orbits a red dwarf star 66.5 light-years away. It’s a good prospect, scientists think, to help cover our massive information vacuum regarding our Milky Way galaxy’s small, rocky planet population. Since the initial discovery of an exoplanet in 1992, our detection capabilities…

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that is slightly larger than Earth and orbits a red dwarf star 66.5 light-years away. It’s a good prospect, scientists think, to help cover our massive information vacuum regarding our Milky Way galaxy’s small, rocky planet population. Since the initial discovery of an exoplanet in 1992, our detection capabilities…