Cause of Recurring Booms Remains a Mystery
By Nathan Ellgren. Unexplained loud booms have been affecting residents around Grundy County [in Missouri] for weeks, and the cause has yet to be determined.
“It’s weird because it’s unlike most booming noises you hear,” said Glen Briggs, the emergency management director of Grundy County. “If you hear a car crash or something like that, you can pretty well tell which direction it came from. When I heard it, I couldn’t identity which direction it came from. It resembled thunder, but there were no thunderstorms in the area.”
Trenton residents began reporting their experiences of these booms after they heard it for the first time Feb. 14.
“I instantly made a post on our emergency management Facebook page and asked if anyone else heard it,” Briggs said. “We had close to 100 people comment saying they heard it. Several people said they felt it. They described a loud thud, rattling, some saw flashes of light and smoke.”
Trenton police arrived in a matter of minutes to the area where residents were affected, but didn’t find anything out of the ordinary. (Read more from “Cause of Recurring Booms Remains a Mystery” HERE)
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Strange Radio Bursts From Space Come in Clusters
By Marlowe Hood. Mysterious and powerful radio waves from deep space are coming in clusters, scientists revealed on Wednesday, having only discovered their existence a decade ago.
The repeated pulses emanate from well beyond the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy, according to a study published in the journal Nature.
It was previously thought that these so-called fast radio bursts (FRBs) — which can emit as much energy in a millisecond as the Sun emits in 10,000 years — were one-off phenomena.
Less than 20 have been detected since 2007, though more than 10,000 are suspected to occur every day.
Their origins remain unknown. Up to now, astronomers speculated that they were produced by cataclysmic events such as stars exploding into a supernovas, or neutron stars collapsing into black holes. (Read more from “Strange Radio Bursts From Space Come in Clusters” HERE)
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