Noumenal News

ATTEMPTS to save mankind by smashing asteroids as they head
towards Earth may do more harm than good, scientists believe.
Rather than Hollywood’s preferred option, engineers are trying
to develop unmanned rockets that can land on space rocks and use
the asteroids’ own material to propel them into a safer orbit.
The plan will be detailed at a conference next […]

Jesus had a son named Judah and was buried alongside
Mary Magdalene, according to a new documentary by Hollywood film
director James Cameron.

The film examines a tomb found near Jerusalem in 1980 which producers say belonged to Jesus and his family.

Speaking in New York, the Oscar-winning Titanic director said statistical tests and DNA analysis backed this view.

But […]

We have an assortment of sky treasures to hunt this week and an extra-special tidbit this weekend.

Our first treat arrives Thursday night. An international space station
pass starts low in the north-northwest around 7:32 p.m. It will
continue […]

Six new bat species and 15 new bird species have been discovered in
the trial run of an ambitious plan to genetically “barcode” all life on
Earth.
All
the new species had previously been misclassified because they looked
and sounded the same as other species. Only when the animals’ DNA had
been screened did it become clear that they belonged to […]

WASHINGTON (Feb. 25) - Spindly orange sea stars, fan-finned ice fish
and herds of roving sea cucumbers are among the exotic creatures spied
off the Antarctic coast in an area formerly covered by ice, scientists
reported on Sunday.
This is the first time explorers have been able to catalog wildlife
where two mammoth ice shelves used to extend for some […]