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Dragonfly is a dual-quadcopter lander that would take advantage of the environment on Titan to fly to multiple locations, some hundreds of miles apart, to sample materials and determine surface composition to investigate Titan's organic chemistry and habitability, monitor atmospheric and surface conditions, image landforms to investigate geological processes, and perform seismic studies. Credits: NASA

NASA Invests in Concepts for Missions to Titan And A Comet

December 21, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

NASA has selected two finalist concepts for a robotic mission planned to launch in the mid-2020s: a comet sample return mission and a drone-like rotorcraft that would explore potential landing sites on Saturn’s largest moon, […]

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Spruce Pine (NC) Alien Conference and Expo is June 14-15

June 2, 2019

The Spruce Pine Alien Conference and Expo will be held on Lower Street in downtown Spruce Pine, North Carolina (Mitchell County) on June 14-15, 2019. This is a free event open to everyone interested in […]

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The Strange-ness: California UFO Sightings

December 6, 2016

By Kay Whatley, Editor State of California residents reported dozens of UFO sightings in November. According to the MUFON reporting system, 43 sightings were reported since early November. This is about the same as the […]

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The Strange-ness: Tracking the Movement of Cyborg Cockroaches

February 27, 2017

By Edgar Lobaton and Matt Shipman, NCSU New research from North Carolina State University offers insights into how far and how fast cyborg cockroaches – or biobots – move when exploring new spaces. The work moves researchers closer […]