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Below you will continuously find updated news of the AAS RA: News reports about scientific and research discoveries, activities or publications by AAS RA members, meetings, chats, research and discussion tendencies, background information etc. More Information about these topics and the Ancient Astronaut Theory can be found in the pages of Legendary Times, the AAS RA's official Journal. Click here to find out more.
| 9/5/2010 |
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Mother of all humans lived 200,000 years ago
The most robust statistical examination to date of our species' genetic links to "mitochondrial Eve" -- the maternal ancestor of all living humans -- confirms that she lived about 200,000 years ago. ...
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Link: Mother of all humans lived 200,000 years ago
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| 9/4/2010 |
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Important also for exobiology research: Newly Discovered Chlorophyll Catches Infrared Light
A new kind of chlorophyll that catches sunlight from just beyond the red end of the visible light spectrum has been discovered.
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Link: Newly Discovered Chlorophyll Catches Infrared Light
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| 9/3/2010 |
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Iron age megalithic structures found in India
Archaeologist D. Dayalanat announced recently the discovery of more than 500 megalithic structures at Sengalur village in Tamil Nadu, India. Believed to be dating back to about 500-300 BCE, Iron Age South Indian megalithic burial sites have been found during excavations carried out in an area of about 25 hectares.
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Link: Iron age megalithic structures found in India
Link: India's Stone Age Megaliths Still a Mystery
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| 9/2/2010 |
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Next giant leaps for NASA tech
Rocket refueling stations and new kinds of engines for deep-space travel are high up on NASA's wish list for new technologies. So is a heavy-lift launch vehicle, which happens on Congress' wish list as well. But exactly what kind of next-generation rocket will NASA get?
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| 9/1/2010 |
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Dark-matter search plunges physicists to new depths
Dark matter accounts for nearly 90 percent of all matter in the universe. Although invisible to telescopes, scientists can observe the gravitational influence that dark matter exerts over galaxies.
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