Shortly after 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, people around the Twin Cities metro reported seeing a “metallic” or “flaming ball” falling from the sky. Emergency dispatchers around the metro reported calls from around the metro of people seeing the object. Calls came in from Edina, Maple Grove, Inver Grove Heights and Brooklyn Park. picked by DrNothing 11 months ago

A new class of cosmic object has been found by a Dutch schoolteacher, through a project which allows the public to take part in astronomy research online. Hanny Van Arkel, 25, came across the strange gaseous blob while using the Galaxy Zoo website to help classify galaxies in telescope images. picked by AutumnLotus 1 week ago

A mysterious metallic object that crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home earlier this year was not a meteorite after all, but probably a piece of space junk, scientists said Friday. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

In this farming community where nightfall usually brings clear, starry skies, residents are abuzz over reported sightings of what many believe is a UFO. Several dozen people — including a pilot, county constable and business owners — insist they have seen a large silent object with bright lights flying low and fast. Some reported seeing fighter jets chasing it. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

This find further tests the boundary between high-mass gas planets, like Jupiter, and the smallest brown dwarfs. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

The Chilean navy and marine scientists say they may have found Latin America's first submarine, a steel tube topped by cannons, which sank off the coast of Chile 141 years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

On June 8th a Police helicopter crew observed an "unusual" aircraft in the skies near Cardiff that has yet to be accurately identified.

Authorities are at pains to stress the mundaneness of the event. picked by pocksucket 2 months ago

The mystery about the origin of a 16-inch, unidentified falling object that fell from the sky Monday and sliced “like butter” through the hood of a parked vehicle deepened Tuesday, after an official with the Federal Aviation Administration announced that whatever it is, it’s not a piece of aircraft. picked by DrNothing 10 months ago

Following on from the story of an unidentified object in the skies above Cardiff, some of you may be surprised to learn that the explanation is something of terrestrial origin picked by pocksucket 2 months ago

The unidentified falling object was first seen at about 8:40 p.m. by people on Normandy Beach in Ocean County, and was also spotted as far away as Fire Island and South Carolina, officials said. picked by DrNothing 12 months ago

The Moon's measured diameter is around 3,476 kilometers (2,160 miles). But apparent angular size, or the angle covered by an object, can also be important to Moon enthusiasts. Angular size depends on distance, the farther away an object is, the smaller an angle it covers. picked by cactushair 3 weeks ago

THE internet's latest heart-throb has waxy yellow skin scarred with blue-black veins and he smells like damp socks. He doesn't have a name, but almost 900,000 people have logged on to watch his daily life.
The object of cyber passion is not a soapie idol, pop singer or football star. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

It could be a glass building but it casts no shadow. Whatever it is, it is located between the Earth's surface and the satellite.

direct link to map picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

A collection of life's saddest objects, their stories, and our reasons for holding onto them. Pic shows what you're going to need if you read some of these (clothing and pets did me in). picked by hypnotode 1 year ago

This summer has seen an unusually high peak in the number of UFO sightings reported in the UK.

Of course just because the person doing the reporting can't identify what they've seen doesn't mean it's not, say, the moon. picked by pocksucket 1 month ago

The space shuttle Atlantis has its Wednesday landing delayed after an unidentified object is seen floating near the vehicle. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

In our days we need much more interactivity, navigation speed and allot of space in our pages from the internet. picked by Johnny21J 1 year ago

"No one had any idea what this thing was, but everyone in the car
was visibly freaked out by it." picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

See the title... picked by glik 1 year ago

This is where I go to spend my X-mas with my folks. I'll have to make a mental note that Santa hats may result in a bottle being thrown at my head! picked by coldbladed 8 months ago