Micah Hanks

13,000 Years Ago, a Catastrophic Flood Scoured Oregon’s Ancient Landscape—New Satellite Images Reveal the Lasting Impact

Micah Hanks·July 28, 2025

Evidence of an ancient catastrophic flood that occurred 13,000 years ago has been revealed in new images obtained by the Landsat 8 satellite.

Baltic Sea Turns an Eerie Green as Ancient Organisms Invade Its Waters, New Satellite Images Reveal

Micah Hanks·July 28, 2025

Brilliant swirls of green are adding color to the waters of the Baltic Sea, as its summer waters are being overrun with microorganisms.

Cosmic Radiation Gifted ‘The Fantastic Four’ With Superpowers—But What Would It Do to a Person in Real Life?

Micah Hanks·July 26, 2025

What would happen to someone in real life if they were exposed to the same cosmic forces that gifted The Fantastic Four with superpowers?

Aliens, or Something Else? Astronomers Thought Life Might Exist on This Exoplanet—New James Webb Telescope Data Says Otherwise

Micah Hanks·July 25, 2025

Claims that extraterrestrial life may exist on the exoplanet K2-18b face new challenges from James Webb Space Telescope data.

James Webb Space Telescope Sees ‘Zombie’ Black Holes Spring to Life, Feasting on Stars in Dramatic Tidal Disruption Events

Micah Hanks·July 25, 2025

Astronomers have made a series of first-of-their-kind observations that uncover the dusty remains of stars ripped apart by supermassive black holes.

Are the ‘Seeds of Life’ Assembled in Space? A Stunning Discovery Says It’s Possible

Micah Hanks·July 24, 2025

This week, astronomers using the ALMA telescope have made a landmark discovery in the search for the cosmic "seeds of life."

Stonehenge Mystery: Enigmatic ‘Newall Boulder’ Wasn’t Moved by Glaciers After All—Its True Origins Are Even More Striking

Micah Hanks·July 23, 2025

A discovery from England’s famous Stonehenge has now been traced to a surprising source, which upends past thinking on its origins.

Vera Rubin Observatory Unveils First High-Res Images of 3I/ATLAS—Captured Days Before Astronomers Knew It Existed

Micah Hanks·July 23, 2025

A mysterious new interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, was discovered in July. It turns out that wasn't the first time our telescopes spotted it.

In a Stunning First, Scientists Have Watched a Star Survive a Black Hole Encounter

Micah Hanks·July 21, 2025

For the first time, astronomers have confirmed a star’s survival following a tidal disruption event with a supermassive black hole.

Satellite Images Reveal Strange Circles, Smiley Faces, and Other Seasonal Curiosities on the Greenland Ice Sheet

Micah Hanks·July 20, 2025

With the arrival of summer, the Greenland Ice Sheet has adopted its ‘summer look,’ revealing a few odd shapes and other curiosities.

INVICTUS: ESA’s Bold Hypersonic Initiative Aims to Revolutionize High-Speed Flight with Next-Gen Propulsion Tech

Micah Hanks·July 20, 2025

The ESA's INVICTUS initiative has entered the race to develop potentially revolutionary reusable hypersonic flight technology.

Evolution Keeps Producing Anteaters, and New Research Finally Reveals the Strange Reason Why

Micah Hanks·July 19, 2025

New research has revealed the evolutionary reason anteaters have evolved at least a dozen times since the time of the dinosaurs.

Astronomers Spot Strange Activity Over Jupiter’s North Pole That Could Lead to a Paradigm Shift in Plasma Physics

Micah Hanks·July 18, 2025

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has detected an unusual new variety of plasma phenomenon occurring over Jupiter's north pole.

30,000-Acre ‘Gothic Fire’ Scorches Military Training Range Near Nevada’s Secretive Area 51

Micah Hanks·July 17, 2025

A massive wildfire raging near Area 51 continues to burn its way across the Nevada Test and Training Range, according to federal officials.

How Soon Will We See Nuclear Fusion? New Indicators Suggest It May Be Sooner Than We Think.

Micah Hanks·July 17, 2025

This week, momentum is building around nuclear fusion, as tech investment and breakthroughs suggest it may arrive sooner than many experts are anticipating.

A Lake Vanished Without a Trace in Remote Quebec—Can Satellite Data Solve the Mystery?

Micah Hanks·July 14, 2025

In early May 2025, an entire lake vanished without a trace in remote Quebec. Now satellite imagery may offer clues to what happened.

Scientists Link Cataclysmic Volcanic Eruptions to Mysterious Continent-Sized ‘BLOBS’ Deep Within the Earth

Micah Hanks·July 14, 2025

New research traces the origins of Earth’s most powerful volcanic eruptions to mysterious continent-sized structures deep within our planet.

“There is Something Very Different Going on Here”: Archaeologists Keep Finding Gigantic Shoes at This 2000-Year-Old Roman Site

Micah Hanks·July 13, 2025

Recent excavations at an ancient Roman site in England have unearthed gigantic shoes that may be among the largest ever found.

“What Else is Out There?” New Study Reveals Everything We Currently Know About Mysterious Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

Micah Hanks·July 11, 2025

New research has revealed everything astronomers currently know about the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.

An Unknown ‘Fifth Force’ May Explain a Baffling Physics Mystery—These Researchers Have a Bold New Plan to Uncover It

Micah Hanks·July 11, 2025

Physicists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have a novel plan to uncover an unknown fifth force of nature long theorized to exist.

“Save NASA”: Scientists Protest Deep Cuts to Agency’s Science Programs

Micah Hanks·July 10, 2025

In our analysis this week, we look at how NASA's proposed budget would slash the agency's science division by nearly 50%.

Scientists Map 37,000 Years of Human Infectious Disease in Landmark Effort to “Help Us Prepare For the Future”

Micah Hanks·July 9, 2025

New landmark research has successfully mapped 37,000 years of infectious disease across ancient human populations.

Forgotten for Nearly a Century, a ‘Lost’ Fusion Breakthrough Has Been Unearthed—and Physicists Just Recreated It

Micah Hanks·July 9, 2025

A forgotten fusion experiment from 1938 has been unearthed, revealing a lost discovery that seeded a key concept in modern nuclear physics.

Resurrecting the Moa: A New Deextinction Initiative Blends Māori Wisdom with Cutting-Edge Genomics to Revive a Lost Giant

Micah Hanks·July 8, 2025

A groundbreaking new collaboration is working to resurrect one of New Zealand’s most enigmatic lost species, the South Island Giant Moa.

Look: Stunning First Images from Vera C. Rubin Observatory Reveal the Cosmos Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen

Micah Hanks·July 8, 2025

The widely anticipated first images collected by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have been released, offering nothing short of an awe-inspiring view of the cosmos.

Did a Mystery Object Just Hit Saturn? Astronomers Investigating Strange Flash Issue Urgent Call for Images

Micah Hanks·July 8, 2025

Astronomers are calling for images of Saturn captured over the weekend that may help document a rare impact event with a mystery object.

Scientists Are Tracking an Undersea Phenomenon Off Japan’s Tsunami-Prone Coast Linked to “Silent” Earthquakes

Micah Hanks·July 7, 2025

In a scientific first, researchers have tracked the elusive motion of a rare variety of earthquake during a seismic event along a major fault zone on the ocean floor.

NASA Reveals New Images of Oddly Shaped Asteroid ‘Donaldjohanson’ Captured by Lucy Spacecraft

Micah Hanks·July 4, 2025

NASA has released new detailed images revealing a full-frame view of the peculiarly shaped asteroid Donaldjohanson.

NASA Confirms Arrival of New Interstellar Object in Our Solar System: Here’s What We Know

Micah Hanks·July 3, 2025

This week, a new object from interstellar space has entered our solar system, as recently confirmed by NASA.

James Webb Space Telescope Discovers Peculiar Cosmic ‘Jellyfish’ in Rare Galactic Observation

Micah Hanks·July 2, 2025

The most distant known example of what astronomers call a “jellyfish galaxy” has been spotted by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

Look: NASA Satellite Images Reveal Mysterious Blast Site of 1908 Tunguska Event that Scorched Remote Siberia

Micah Hanks·June 30, 2025

The mysterious blast site of the Tunguska Event of 1908 is revealed in satellite images obtained by NASA’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8.

James Webb Space Telescope Trains Its Sights on the ‘Bullet Cluster,’ Revealing a Stunning View of Galaxies in Collision

Micah Hanks·June 30, 2025

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured high-resolution images of the Bullet Cluster, revealing its complex dynamics.

A Mysterious Radio Signal from Space Was Traced to an Unexpected Source—and It’s Something Within Our Own Galaxy

Micah Hanks·June 27, 2025

An object astronomers initially thought to be a high-speed burst of radio waves from deep space last year has been revealed to be something else entirely.

U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Long Range Radar Achieves Milestone in Live ICBM Tracking Test

Micah Hanks·June 26, 2025

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Long Range Discrimination Radar aims to serve as the backbone of the current Golden Dome initiative for protecting America.

James Webb Space Telescope Captures First Direct Image of Mysterious Alien Exoplanet Lurking in Dusty Debris Disk

Micah Hanks·June 25, 2025

In a groundbreaking first, the James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct image of a distant exoplanet unrecognized from past astronomical surveys.

Tensions Escalate as Israel Strikes Iran; U.S. and Europe Seek to Contain Conflict

Micah Hanks·June 19, 2025

Israel and Iran enter their second week of hostilities as world leaders push for de-escalation, and the U.S. weighs its next moves.

Scientists Are Tracking Mysterious ‘Transient Luminous Events’ from Space Using This Innovative Tech

Micah Hanks·June 18, 2025

Scientists are using instruments on the International Space Station to shed light on the mysterious appearances of transient luminous events.

Engineering Artificial Eclipses, the ESA’s Proba-3 Mission Catches First High-Res Images of the Sun’s Mysterious Corona

Micah Hanks·June 17, 2025

The first images from the ESA's Proba-3 mission have captured the Sun's mysterious corona by creating artificial eclipses in space.

James Webb Space Telescope Has Spotted Something “Abnormal, Chaotic, and Strange” 60 Light-Years from Earth

Micah Hanks·June 15, 2025

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has spotted an “abnormal, chaotic, and strange" planetary system 60 light-years from Earth.

U.S. Army Secretary Refers to Astronaut “On the Moon Who’s a Soldier,” Igniting Secret Space Program Conspiracies

Micah Hanks·June 13, 2025

An odd statement by U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll this week ignited speculations about secretive U.S. military operations on the Moon.

Scientists Tracking Elusive Plasma ‘Blobs’ and ‘Voids’ Unravel a Longstanding Fusion Energy Mystery

Micah Hanks·June 13, 2025

New research involving plasma blobs and voids within tokamaks could soon solve a longstanding mystery in nuclear fusion research.

“We Are Past the Event Horizon”: Controversial AI Visionary Says the Singularity is Here, and It’s Not What We Expected

Micah Hanks·June 12, 2025

AI may have crossed a technological threshold popularly known as “Singularity,” according to one expert who says we have surpassed the point where machines exceed human capabilities.

Eyes in the Sky, Boots on the Ground: Surveillance and Military Force Meet U.S. Immigration Protests

Micah Hanks·June 12, 2025

This week, tensions continue to rise in American cities like Los Angeles following the deployment of National Guard troops in response to U.S. immigration protests.

SETI Researchers Report Potential Discovery of ‘Communication’ by Non-Human Intelligence in Earth’s Oceans

Micah Hanks·June 9, 2025

For the first time, scientists have documented a unique behavior in the animal kingdom that provides new insights into non-human intelligence and potential clues in the search for intelligent life from other worlds.

Tech Firm Palantir’s Government Work on Data Collection Sparks New Privacy Fears

Micah Hanks·June 5, 2025

Tech industry experts are sounding alarms about efforts to compile data on American citizens, as tech company Palantir’s involvement in government work expands.

7,000 Years Ago, a 1,200-Ton Boulder Was Dropped on a Pacific Island—Now Scientists Know How It Got There

Micah Hanks·June 4, 2025

Researchers have discovered a massive 1,200-ton out-of-place boulder that mysteriously made its way onto the island of Tonga long ago.

“It Seems Like Science Fiction”: Researchers Unleash Breakthrough Tracking Technology Using Environmental DNA

Micah Hanks·June 3, 2025

Scientists have revealed a novel means of tracking everything from wildlife to the presence of illicit substances using DNA that is readily detectable in the environment.

Hypersonic Flight and AI Dogfights: U.S. Defense Startups Set to Redefine Air Power

Micah Hanks·May 29, 2025

This week, new developments in autonomous and high-speed aviation are signaling a dramatic shift in the future of military airpower.

Scientists Have Made a Dark Discovery About Earth’s Oceans—Experts Call It a “Genuine Cause for Concern”

Micah Hanks·May 27, 2025

Scientists say Earth’s oceans are slowly getting darker, according to new findings that reveal a concerning trend affecting our planet.

James Webb Space Telescope Time Travels to Spot an Ancient “Mega-Monster,” Revealing a Cosmic Oddity

Micah Hanks·May 27, 2025

Stunning new deep-field imagery captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals one of the universe's most distant galaxies.