I love a good mystery, and you probably do too. Check out these 13 THINGS SENT TO TRY US from Michael Brooks via New Scientist – it’s almost enough to make you think there is more to this Universe than scientists can understand:
1. Radiation left from the big bang is still glowing in the sky – in a
mysterious and controversial pattern.
mysterious and controversial pattern.
2. Something unseeable and far bigger than anything in the known universe is
hauling a group of galaxies towards it at inexplicable speed.
hauling a group of galaxies towards it at inexplicable speed.
3. Tens of millions of years ago, the average temperature at the poles was 15 or
20 °C. Now let’s talk about climate change!
20 °C. Now let’s talk about climate change!
4. Space probes using Earth’s gravity to get a slingshot speed boost are moving
faster than they should. Call in dark matter.
faster than they should. Call in dark matter.
5. The fusion of two distinct evolutionary lines is not supposed to work – but
the seas are teeming with chimeras that prove it can.
the seas are teeming with chimeras that prove it can.
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