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Space 'Superbubbles' Could Spawn Energetic Cosmic Rays | Space Radiation & Cosmic Rays | Supernovas & Stellar Explosions | Space.com

Space 'Superbubbles' Could Spawn Energetic Cosmic Rays | Space Radiation & Cosmic Rays | Supernovas & Stellar Explosions | Space.com | Science News | Scoop.it
The origins of energetic cosmic rays have perplexed scientists for a century. The results of a new study suggests these electrically charged particles could come from hot gaseous "superbubbles" in space.
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More Mammoth (and Mysterious) Structures Found in China’s Desert

More Mammoth (and Mysterious) Structures Found in China’s Desert | Science News | Scoop.it
Updated 5:02 pm The internet lost its collective mind earlier this week, when a Reddit user stumbled across...
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The mystery of the magnetic cows : Nature News & Comment

The mystery of the magnetic cows : Nature News & Comment | Science News | Scoop.it

In 2008, the world’s media was captivated by a study apparently showing that cows like to align themselves with magnetic fields. But attempts to replicate this finding have left two groups of researchers at loggerheads, highlighting the problems faced by scientists working to replicate unusual findings based on new methods of data analysis.

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Grisly theory for Holy Land mystery

Grisly theory for Holy Land mystery | Science News | Scoop.it

Some scholars believe the structure of concentric stone circles known as Rujm al-Hiri was an astrological temple or observatory, others a burial complex. The new theory proposed by archaeologist Rami Arav of the University of Nebraska links the structure to an ancient method of disposing of the dead.

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Unknown Mystery Sources of Super-Energetic Forms of Light Baffle Astronomers

Unknown Mystery Sources of Super-Energetic Forms of Light Baffle Astronomers | Science News | Scoop.it
The Fermi Space Telescope has detected 1,873 gamma ray sources in space, and nearly 600 are complete mysteries. Researchers are speculating on the nature of the mystery sources, including the possibility that they are made of dark matter.
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Galactic Mystery: Ancient Objects Found in Early Universe

Galactic Mystery: Ancient Objects Found in Early Universe | Science News | Scoop.it
A surprisingly large collections of galaxies (red dots in center) stands out at a remarkably large distance in this composite image combining infrared and visible-light observations.
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Study of flower petals shows evolution at the cellular level

Study of flower petals shows evolution at the cellular level | Science News | Scoop.it

A new study of flower petals shows evolution in action, and contradicts more that 60 years of scientific thought.

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Mystery of the Lunar Ionosphere

Mystery of the Lunar Ionosphere | Science News | Scoop.it
How can a world without air have an ionosphere? Somehow the Moon has done it.
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Are There Mysterious Forces Lurking in Our Atoms and Galaxies? | Physics & Math | DISCOVER Magazine

Are There Mysterious Forces Lurking in Our Atoms and Galaxies? | Physics & Math | DISCOVER Magazine | Science News | Scoop.it
Physicists stalk a delicate “fifth force” of nature, hidden within the interstices of the other four. What they have not found is even more amazing. Visit Discover Magazine to read this article and other exclusive science and technology news stories.
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Strange hollows discovered on Mercury

Strange hollows discovered on Mercury | Science News | Scoop.it
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has discovered strange hollows on the surface of Mercury.
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New mystery on Mars' forgotten plains

New mystery on Mars' forgotten plains | Science News | Scoop.it
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the supposedly best understood and least interesting landscapes on Mars is hiding something that could rewrite the planet's history. Or not.
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Over 700 weird twisting passages discovered underground in Bavaria

Over 700 weird twisting passages discovered underground in Bavaria | Science News | Scoop.it
Churchyards and private farmlands throughout the German state of Bavaria are perforated from below by "more than 700 curious tunnel networks" whose "purpose remains a mystery." As Der Spiegel reports, "The tunnel entrances are sometimes located in...
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