The 8th Day of Christmas

The Christmas Tree Cluster

"This release features a composite image of a cluster of young stars looking decidedly like a cosmic Christmas tree! The cluster, known as NGC 2264, is in our Milky Way Galaxy, about 2,500 light-years from Earth. Some of the stars in the cluster are relatively small, and some are relatively large, ranging from one tenth to seven times the mass of our Sun."

The 12 Days of Christmas

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December, 2024 Link-dump:

Jacques Vallee on the last 50 years of UFO research: “We have not learned anything new about their identity

AI-generated UFO video shows how fast visual truth is slipping away

The “Whisperverse”: The future of mobile computing is an AI voice inside your head

Is AI Art Bad?

This artist is dominating AI-generated art. And he’s not happy about it.

Solar System Space Opera

Scientists Are Pretty Sure They Found a Portal to the Fifth Dimension

Searching for dark matter through the fifth dimension

Team presents first demonstration of quantum teleportation over busy internet cables

Annual UFO report finds 21 cases of more than 700 received need more analysis

Experts testify before lawmakers that the U.S. is running secret UAP programs

After decades of denial, the Pentagon finally admits it’s baffled by UFOs

Negative time, discovered for the first time in history: It goes from the future to the past

Happy New Year!