In response to a series of anomalous encounters involving carrier strike groups and secure facilities, the Unites States Navy is drafting guidelines that will enable its personnel to report encounters with unidentified flying objects, in a move intended to create a formalized process that will collect, analyze, and ultimately destigmatize,read more
On the evening of April 15, 2019, a fire broke out in the attic of Notre-Dame de Paris, destroying two-thirds of the 850-year-old cathedral’s roof and the spire that towered above the central nave and altar. This catastrophe is a significant blow to the heart of the culture, history, andread more
The sordid tale of the first three months of 2019 is one of record temperatures, both high and low, record snowfall and rainfall, and the resulting multi-billion-dollar disasters caused by the violent inland storms and massive flooding that followed in their wake. January temperatures in the U.S. northwest started outread more
An international team of astronomers have released the first direct image of a black hole, a long-distance snapshot of high-energy particles as they irreversibly plummet toward the black hole’s event horizon, the point where nothing—not even light—can escape. “We have taken the first picture of a black hole,” announces Eventread more