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Scientists discover new, 3rd form of magnetism that may be the 'missing link' in the quest for superconductivity
Jan 31, 2025
Researchers have obtained the first conclusive evidence of an elusive third class of magnetism, called altermagnetism.
Their findings, published Dec. 11 in the journal Nature, could revolutionize the design of new high-speed magnetic memory devices and provide the missing puzzle piece in the development of better superconducting materials.
"We have previously had two well-established types of magnetism," study author Oliver Amin, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Nottingham in the U.K., told Live Science.
"Ferromagnetism, where the magnetic moments, which you can picture like small compass arrows on the atomic scale, all point in the same direction.
And antiferromagnetism, where the neighboring magnetic moments point in opposite directions — you can picture that more like a chessboard of alternating white and black tiles."
Electron spins within an electrical current must point in one of two directions and can align with or against these magnetic moments to store or carry information, forming the basis of magnetic memory devices.
Altermagnetic materials, first theorized in 2022, have a structure that sits somewhere in between. Each individual magnetic moment points in the opposite direction as its neighbor, as in an antiferromagnetic material.
But each unit is slightly twisted relative to this adjacent magnetic atom, resulting in some ferromagnetic-like properties.
Altermagnets, therefore, combine the best properties of both ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic materials.
"The benefit of ferromagnets is that we have an easy way of reading and writing memory using these up or down domains," study co-author Alfred Dal Din, a doctoral student also at the University of Nottingham, told Live Science.
"But because these materials have a net magnetism, that information is also easy to lose by wiping a magnet over it."
Conversely, antiferromagnetic materials are much more challenging to manipulate for information storage. Because they have a net zero magnetism, however, information in these materials is much more secure and faster to carry.
"Altermagnets have the speed and resilience of an antiferromagnet, but they also have this important property of ferromagnets called time reversal symmetry breaking," Dal Din said.
This mind-bending property looks at the symmetry of objects moving forward and backward in time. "For example, gas particles fly around, randomly colliding and filling up the space," Amin said. "If you rewind time, that behavior looks no different."”
This means the symmetry is conserved. However, because electrons possess both a quantum spin and a magnetic moment, reversing time — and, therefore, the direction of travel — flips the spin, meaning the symmetry is broken.
"If you look at those two electron systems — one where time is progressing normally and one where you're in rewind — they look different, so the symmetry is broken," Amin explained. "This allows certain electrical phenomena to exist."
The team — led by Peter Wadley, a professor of physics at the University of Nottingham — used a technique called photoemission electron microscopy to image the structure and magnetic properties of manganese telluride, a material formerly believed to be antiferromagnetic.
"Different aspects of the magnetism become illuminated depending on the polarization of the X-rays we choose," Amin said.
Circularly polarized light revealed the different magnetic domains created by the time reversal symmetry breaking, while horizontally or vertically polarized X-rays allowed the team to measure the direction of the magnetic moments throughout the material.
By combining the results of both experiments, the researchers created the first-ever map of the different magnetic domains and structures within an altermagnetic material.
With this proof of concept in place, the team fabricated a series of altermagnetic devices by manipulating the internal magnetic structures through a controlled thermal cycling technique.
"We were able to form these exotic vortex textures in both hexagonal and triangular devices," Amin said.
"These vortices are gaining more and more attention within spintronics as potential carriers of information, so this was a nice first example of how to create a practical device."
The study authors said the power to both image and control this new form of magnetism could revolutionize the design of next-generation memory devices, with increased operational speeds and enhanced resilience and ease of use.
"Altermagnetism will also help with the development of superconductivity," Dal Din said.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/tech/scientists-discover-new-3rd-form-of-magnetism-that-may-be-the-missing-link-in-the-quest-for-superconductivity
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08234-x
Police make 'significant' find after drone spotted 'something that was suspicious'
15:36, 1 FEB 2025
(Manchester) - A massive haul of cannabis worth thousands of pounds was seized in a police raid at a mill. Police chiefs said a 'well-planned set-up' was uncovered inside, with a total of 658 plants found in total.
Six vacuum-packed bags filled with cannabis were also recovered, with police saying the drugs were 'ready for distribution into communities'.
Officers in Radcliffe, Bury, swooped to execute a warrant at the mill on Milltown Street in Radcliffe at around 8am on Friday morning.
The raid came after police had previously chased a suspect over the land on an earlier occasion.
In a statement, GMP said: "Using the specialist drone unit for a wider view, it enabled them to spot something that was suspicious, which ultimately led to the significant find.
What was uncovered was precisely 658 plants and six vacuum packed bags ready for distribution into communities."
Police said they now want the mill closed.
Inspector Gareth Edwards said: "On this occasion the find boiled down to some luck, but working collaboratively with key resources we have at our disposal alongside the council and the fire service through joint agency work, we are looking to prevent further offences at the location.
"We are continuing to conduct enquiries to find those responsible with a view to closing the mill until it is deemed safe, as the wider impact this had on the environment in terms of waste is another serious concern.
“Our work to tackle drugs supply is continuing at pace and we only know too well the devastating consequences drugs has within communities of Bury and across Greater Manchester as well as further afield.
This was a well-planned setup with intelligence showcasing that drugs supply can lead to other serious criminal offences, including modern slavery.”
"Anyone with further information about this discovery can call 101 quoting incident 462 of 31/01/2025 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111."
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/massive-haul-of-cannabis-seized-30915232
Drone highlights Maui flooding after powerful storm rakes Hawaiian islands
February 1, 2025 10:23am EST
A powerful storm in Hawaii this week that left flights grounded, trees felled and vacation beach plans ruined also left a trail of flooding in its wake.
Drone video from the county of Maui released Friday shows some of the flooding aftermath on the south part of the island after as much as 6-10 inches of rain fell Thursday.
"South Kīhei Road’s history as a natural wetland once allowed it to receive rainwater and manage seasonal runoff from Haleakalā," the county of Maui said.
"Urban development, however, encroached into these wetlands, reducing the land’s natural flood control and making flooding experienced by development more common.
Despite these changes, the area retains its natural flood-prone state during heavy rains."
The island reported multiple water main breaks, affecting drinking supply in some neighborhoods.
All Maui County pools, sports playing fields, tennis and basketball courts and stadiums, including the Waiehu Golf Course, remain closed due to storm-related impacts, according to the Department of Parks and Recreation.
Aside from the heavy rains, powerful winds gusting over 60 mph in the lowlands left over 50,000 people without power and multiple trees down.
That included this unlucky driver in Honolulu who came to find a large tree had smashed into his rear windshield.
At least one rock slide was also reported on Maui, with a giant boulder blocking a travel lane of the Kahekili Highway.
Strong winds were seen partially blowing the shingles off a roof in Kaneohe, along the windward coast of Oahu.
Hawaii issued a ground stop for all interisland flights on Thursday for a few hours as the storms raged, with four flights being diverted to Lihue, according to the Hawaii Department of Transportation.
Boaters fared no better as the National Weather Service in Honolulu issued multiple marine warnings throughout the storm advising of strong winds, lightning and even potential waterspouts.
But even boats docked on shore were not immune from the storm impacts.
The U.S. Coast Guard reports a 65-foot commercial catamaran broke free of its mooring on the north side of Honolua Bay in Maui early Friday morning and smashed into rocks, running around.
Maui firefighters were able to help safely get four crewmembers on board to shore. Another 38-foot boat ran aground onto a sand bottom near Maui’s Kihei.
The winds were even higher – reaching well beyond hurricane force – along the mountain peaks. A communications tower atop the summit of Maui's Haleakala around 10,000 feet recorded a gust of 120 mph.
https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/drone-maui-flooding-hawaii-storm
Nato fighter jets scrambled as Putin unleashes huge missile and drone blitz on Ukraine – killing at least six people
Updated: 13:28, 1 Feb 2025
NATO fighter jets were scrambled as Vladimir Putin unleashed a huge missile and drone blitz on Ukraine.
The savage barrage on Friday night killed six innocent Ukrainians after the bombs slammed into apartment buildings and neighbourhoods.
Russia launched 165 missiles and drones at Ukraine during air attacks on Saturday, the Ukrainian air force said.
Ukraine said it shot down 56 drones and redirected 61 Russian drones and redirected a "significant number" of missiles.
Putin used nuclear-capable bomber aircraft including Tu-95s and Tu-22s to unleash the Kh-22 missiles at Ukraine.
He also sent a wave of Iranian-supplied drones across the border as he tries to pummel the brave country into submission.
Nato scrambled its fighter jets in Poland in response to the scale of the attack near the alliance's eastern border.
It also prepared its anti-air defences in case missiles or drones passed into its airspace.
In Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv, a drone crashed in the Kholodnohirskyi residential district, killing one woman and leaving five injured, its mayor said.
In Poltava, an ordinary apartment block was hit ripping apart the entrance and killing three, including a child, and wounding ten.
Several top floors were smashed and thick columns of smoke rose into the sky.
Fires broke out amongst the rubble with firefighters and rescuers having to make their way through the dangerous area to find survivors.
The attack soon after Donald Trump announced in the Oval Office that his administration was actively talking to Moscow.
Head of Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, Andriy Yermak, slammed Russia for the attack.
He said: “Murderers who have absolutely no respect for any leader in the world, or any other nation.
“There's only fear, which does not allow them to do the same in Europe. For now."
He said: “We are having very serious discussions about that war, trying to get it ended."
Trump and Putin are likely to speak after the Republican pledged to end the war on "day one" during his campaign to return to the White House.
The Russian defence ministry said its overnight strikes had hit gas and energy infrastructure that supply Ukraine's "military-industrial complexes".
Putin, meanwhile, was seen presenting a bouquet of white roses to Russia’s leading churchman - Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill - on the 16th anniversary of this enthronement.
The fully-fledged Russian invasion of its neighbour enters its fourth year in February.
On Friday, The Sun revealed a hero who deserted the British Army to fight for Ukraine had died.
Former Royal Welsh Fusilier Alexander Garms-Rizzi, 23, acted as “bait” to draw fire away from three Ukrainian troops during a frontline battle.
Ukrainian air defence also repelled the attacks in Kyiv, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or casualties in the capital.
Putin's goons have also posted sickening videos of their murderous drone strikes on innocent Ukrainians online as warped war "trophies".
Horrifying clips of several bomb drops on civilian homes, buses, and cars have been posted on Telegram during Mad Vlad's terrorist invasion.
Videos, proudly uploaded by sick-minded Russian troops, show drone operators flying their weapons at a low height over the city.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/33135631/ukraine-russia-bombs-jets-nato/
Man agrees to plead guilty for flying drone that damaged firefighting aircraft in LA wildfire
Updated 5:28 PM PST, January 31, 2025
The pilot of a drone that crashed into a firefighting plane, leaving a gaping hole and grounding the aircraft during the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, has agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor count of unsafely operating a drone, federal authorities said Friday.
Peter Tripp Akemann faces up to one year in prison, and a judge will determine his sentence, acting U.S. attorney Joseph McNally said.
As part of the plea agreement, he will have to complete 150 hours of wildfire-related community service and pay $65,000 in restitution for the damage to the plane, McNally said.
Akemann appeared in court Friday and will remain out of jail under court supervision during his case. He has not yet entered his plea.
Authorities say Akemann launched the drone from the top of a parking structure in Santa Monica on Jan. 9 and flew it more than 1.5 miles toward the Palisades Fire before losing sight of it.
It then crashed with the Super Scooper that was carrying two firefighters. The planes can scoop 1,500 gallons (6,000 liters) of water in just seconds.
The wind-driven blaze in the upscale Pacific Palisades began Jan. 7, destroying or damaging nearly 8,000 homes, businesses and other structures and killing at least 12 people.
Drone operations were prohibited in the area at the time due to the firefight. The conflagration was fueled by dry Santa Ana winds and has scorched at least 36 square miles (94 square kilometers) of land.
It was 98% contained as of Friday.
In a statement handed out to the media, defense attorney Glen Jonas said Akemann was “deeply sorry for the mistake he made” and “accepts responsibility for his grave error in judgment.”
Federal authorities emphasized Friday it was the responsibility of drone owners to know the rules, and there would be consequences for breaking them, especially as Los Angeles gears up to host several major events in coming years, including the World Cup, the Super Bowl and the Olympics.
“The FAA has very strict guidelines about registering drones and where drones can be flown.
The onus is on the pilot, if firefighters are putting out a fire with aircraft that should be a clue,” said Akil Davis, the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office.
The Super Scooper, which was owned by the government of Quebec, was grounded for several days. The pilot was able to land the aircraft despite a hole in the left wing caused by the collision with the drone.
Davis said there was no evidence Akemann intentionally caused the collision.
“Lack of common sense and ignorance of your duty as a drone pilot will not shield you from criminal charges,” he said.
The fire in the hilly Los Angeles neighborhood, home to Hollywood stars like Jamie Lee Curtis and Billy Crystal who lost houses in the fire, forced thousands of people from their homes, and knocked out power to tens of thousands.
Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the fire. Officials have placed the origin of blaze behind a home on Piedra Morada Drive, which sits above a densely wooded arroyo.
Another wind-whipped fire that started the same day in Altadena, a community about 35 miles (56 kilometers) east of Pacific Palisades, killed at least 17 people and destroyed or damaged more than 10,000 homes and other buildings.
The Santa Ana winds have turned seasonal wildfires into infernos that have leveled neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles, where there has been no significant rainfall in more than eight months.
Rodriguez reported from San Francisco. ___ This story has been updated to reflect that AP incorrectly reported that acting U.S. attorney Joseph McNally said Akemann will avoid prison time.
McNally said Akemann faces up to a year in prison and a federal judge will determine his sentence.
https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-los-angeles-guilty-drone-8406f5ed22b73bd597fc6978eba54dc9
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Drone attack in Ethiopia's Afar region kills more than eight; residents accuse Djiboutian gov't
February 1, 2025
More than eight people were killed, and several others injured in a drone attack on 30 January 2025 in Afar Regional State, near the Ethiopia-Djibouti border, according to sources who spoke with Addis Standard.
The attack occurred in Siyaru Kebele, Elidar district, close to the border area.
A resident, who requested anonymity, said the attack happened “multiple times during the night” and resulted in “the deaths of more than eight people.” However, the exact number of casualties remains unclear, the resident added.
Among the deceased were a pregnant woman and two brothers, while at least four others sustained serious injuries, with two currently receiving treatment at Dubti General Hospital, located in Dubti town, Afar region, the resident said.
A list of those killed, as provided by the resident, includes Mohammed Aydahis, Gama Ali Orbis, Kako Ali Orbis, Ali Mohammed Kako, and Aysha Baddul Ali. Injured individuals include Mayram Mohammed Abdella, Fatuma Ali Hammed, and Ali Mohammed Ali. However, the resident noted that a full list of casualties has not been confirmed.
The resident alleged that the attack was carried out by the Djiboutian government, stating that it was “the second time in two months” that drones had targeted the area.
He further claimed the attack was launched “under the pretext of attacking FRUD,” referring to the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD), an armed group opposed to the Djiboutian government.
Another source, who also spoke with Addis Standard, linked the attack to ongoing tensions involving FRUD.
The source said Djiboutian authorities “claim FRUD fighters are stationed in the border area” and alleged that the attack targeted the local population, either “under the pretext of attacking FRUD” or as part of an effort to “forcibly displace residents from the region.”
The Djiboutian League for Human Rights (LDDH), a human rights organization operating in the country, stated that the attack was even deadlier, claiming “14 people died, including four women,” and that several others, including “women and children,” were injured.
The organization alleged that the drones “continued to bomb the nomads’ camps all night,” leading to further casualties.
In its statement on 31 January 2025, the organization condemned the attack as a “war crime that deliberately targets Afar civilians” and questioned foreign support for Djibouti’s military, asking, “Until when will Turkey and China equip the Djibouti regime that kills poor nomads with killer drones?”
Tensions between the Djiboutian government and FRUD have escalated in recent years, with the group accused of carrying out attacks against security forces.
In October 2022, Djibouti’s Ministry of Defense reported that seven soldiers were killed in an attack on the Tadjourah Regiment.
The ministry stated that FRUD fighters had “terrorized and looted people from remote areas” and vowed that “the pursuit is underway” to capture those responsible.
At the time, the Ethiopian government condemned the attack as “barbaric and cowardly” and expressed its “full readiness” to support Djibouti in addressing security threats.
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs later announced that it had “secured the release” of six Djiboutian soldiers held hostage by FRUD, stating that the handover was conducted in cooperation with the Afar regional government. AS
https://addisstandard.com/drone-attack-in-ethiopias-afar-region-kills-more-than-eight-residents-accuse-djiboutian-govt/
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Former Skydance Interactive President Pleads Guilty to Piloting Drone That Crashed Into Plane During Palisades Fire
January 31, 2025 2:34pm
Peter Akemann, the former president of Skydance Interactive, has pleaded guilty to flying the drone that collided with and subsequently grounded a Canadian Super Scooper firefighting plane as the Palisades Fire raged on Jan. 9.
Akemann, who worked with Skydance’s video game and virtual reality arm starting in 2016 and recently left his role, agreed to a guilty plea of one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft.
The charge, a misdemeanor, could result in a sentence of up to one year in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced Friday.
The Jan. 9 collision of a DJI Mini 3 Pro with a firefighting aircraft provided by the government of Quebec to help L.A. battle its destructive wildfires made national headlines.
The crash damaged a wing of the Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper, so called because it can fly low over water sources and ladle over 1,000 gallons of water to dump on a fire, and grounded the plane for days.
Per the plea agreement, Akemann launched the drone from the top floor of a parking garage near Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade on Jan. 9 in an attempt to survey the fire ravaging the Pacific Palisades.
But he lost track of the drone once he had flown it more than a mile and a half away from its starting point, after which it collided with the Canadian aircraft being manned by two crewmembers.
By this point, Federal Aviation Administration temporary flight restrictions barring drones from flying near the ongoing L.A.-area wildfires were already in effect. Akemann had already left his Skydance role at the time.
“This defendant recklessly flew an aircraft into airspace where first responders were risking their lives in an attempt to protect lives and property,” Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph T. McNally said in a statement on Friday.
“This damage caused to the Super Scooper is a stark reminder that flying drones during times of emergency poses an extreme threat to personnel trying to help people and compromises the overall ability of police and fire to conduct operations.
As this case demonstrates, we will track down drone operators who violate the law and interfere with the critical work of our first responders.”
Akemann’s defense attorneys, Glen T. Jonas and Vicki Podberesky, said he is “deeply sorry” for the incident in a statement.
“He accepts responsibility for his grave error in judgment, and is cooperating with the government in effort to make amends,” the statement reads.
“There are a number of mitigating factors that will come to light during the court proceedings including Mr. Akemann’s reliance on the DJI Drone’s geo fencing safeguard feature and the failure of that feature.”
The U.S. Attorney’s office notes that the damage to the aircraft’s wing cost the Quebec government and an aircraft repairs company at least $65,169.
As part of the plea agreement, Akemann agreed to cover those costs and complete 150 hours of community service to help Southern California wildfire relief efforts.
Akemann, a graduate of the University of California San Diego who holds a Ph.D. from the University of California Berkeley, co-founded the video game developer Treyarch (which worked on Spider-Man and Call of Duty 2: Big Red One, among other titles) and The Workshop Entertainment (behind Sorcery and Borderlands 2: Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage).
He joined Skydance in 2016 after the entertainment company acquired The Workshop and launched an interactive division that has since produced titles like Skydance’s Behemoth and The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/local-news/ex-skydance-exec-piloted-drone-crashed-plane-palisades-fire-1236123911/
https://www.mobygames.com/person/10172/peter-t-akemann/
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Norwegian diplomats 'in epicentre' of Putin missile strike on Odesa heritage site
Saturday 01 February 2025 17:00 GMT
Norwegian diplomats caught up 'in the epicentre of the strike' on historic hotel, says Zelensky
At least seven people have been injured after Russia launched a missile attack on the historic centre of Ukraine’s Black Sea port city Odesa, seriously damaging the Unesco World Heritage Site.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Norwegian diplomats had been among those "who were in the epicentre of the strike" and that the attack underscored the need to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences.
Vladimir Putin's forces had aimed the attack "directly on the city, on ordinary civilian buildings”, he said.
Meanwhile, US president Donald Trump said that his administration was in a “very serious” discussion with Russia about the Ukraine war and suggested he and Mr Putin could take “significant” action towards ending it soon.
"We will be speaking, and I think will perhaps do something that'll be significant,” he said. However, when asked if he spoke directly with his Russian counterpart, Mr Trump said: "I don't want to say that."
Earlier, Ukraine’s military said it had destroyed a Russian command post in the border region of Kursk.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-live-putin-missile-attack-north-korean-troops-b2690292.html
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/46401
Border Patrol: Cartels OK Drone Bombs on Agents
Friday, 31 January 2025 12:24 PM EST
Violence is growing along the Rio Grande Valley, where Mexican drug cartels are threatening to use drones to drop bombs on U.S. Border Patrol agents, according to a U.S. Border Patrol memo obtained by Newsmax.
"This is a major increase in threat to the United States, and it's specifically in the southern region where we've been talking about recently, where we've had a lot of gun battles between the U.S. Border Patrol and with Cartel del Noreste near Fronton, Texas," Newsmax's Jaeson Jones reported.
The memo from the Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley Sector, dated Thursday, urges personnel to take all precautions and states that the cartels have "authorized" the use of "weaponized drones (explosives) being used against the Border Patrol and U.S. law enforcement officers."
The memo comes as the U.S. State Department issued a level four warning for all government personnel and U.S. citizens to not travel to the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, which is separated from Texas by the Rio Grande, Jones noted.
The travel warning was listed on the website for the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Mexico on Monday, the day the gunfire was reported in Fronton. It lists only Tamaulipas with a Do Not Travel To" distinction.
The order states that Tamaulipas issued a warning that people must avoid moving or touching IEDs, which have been found along roads in the areas of Reynosa, Rio Bravo, Valle Hermoso, and San Fernando.
"As a precaution, U.S. government employees have been ordered to avoid all travel in and around Reynosa and Rio Bravo outside of daylight hours and to avoid dirt roads throughout Tamaulipas," the warning states.
"Here's what's happening," Jones said. "Cartel del Golfo and Cartel del Noreste, two of the major factions down there that have been fighting for a very long period of time have been setting up improvised explosive devices in the ground on these little back roads where most of these cartel operations happen, where they battle one another."
The cartels usually use Tovex, a readily available mining explosive, for its IEDs, said Jones.
"They've been using this kind of explosive going back to 2010," he added. "The reason is because you can get it all over. They use it to make roads. They use it to [for] mining."
Jones referred to the situation as involving "major changes," and said that President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to designate the Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations "couldn't have come at a better time."
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/border-patrol-drones-cartels/2025/01/31/id/1197321/
https://mx.usembassy.gov/security-alert-level-4-do-not-travel-due-to-crime-and-kidnapping/
Huge 'alien' discovered in Antarctica with social media sent into frenzy with 'face' seen as 'evidence'
12:09 ET, FEB 1 2025
An internet detective has shared images of what appears to be a massive alien face emerging from the snow at the South Pole.
The Antarctic alien was discovered by a social media user who stumbled upon the image while browsing satellite pictures of the area on Google Earth. There was previously suggestions of a '12 meter wide' UFO in Antarctica.
The picture was shared on Reddit in the r/strangeearth community last Thursday, sparking a lively discussion among members.
The image seems to depict an extraterrestrial face with one half-closed eye, a nose, and a mouth clearly visible in an area where a world-famous flat-leather previously explored.
The face was found in the south-east region of the continent, a barren area known as Oates Land, named after British explorer Lawrence Oates who tragically died during the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition in 1912.
The user posted the spooky image, captioning it: "Possible Face in Antarctica."
They also provided the coordinates 72°00'36.0"S 168°34'40.0"E. Social media users were quick to compare the image to the famous "Face of Mars", a similar looking image captured of the Martian surface by the Viking 1 orbiter in 1976.
This image also seems to show a face and commenters speculated if the two could be related, reports the Mirror.
"I'd be more impressed if it and the face on mars ever lined up so they looked at each other," one user commented.
However, others were much more sceptical.
"This is peak pareidolia and happenstances. I don't understand why this whole post is a thing at all," said one.
Pareidolia is a common psychological phenomenon where people see faces in random objects such as clouds or rock formations.
The image had previously been shared in 2019, causing commenters then to claim that it could be evidence of a civilisation living under the ice at the South Pole. Antarctica has long been a centre for alien conspiracies.
In 2016 speculation ran wild online after satellite images of what appeared to be "pyramids" built on the white continent were circulated.
Most striking in particular was a black, snow-smeared tooth whose keen edges, slanted triangular faces, and sharp summit point bore a striking similarity to Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza - only instead of sand, the "structure" was surrounded by snow.
This massive object was a roughly 2-square-kilometer, 4,150-foot peak in that southern, lower section of the Ellsworth Mountains.
But geologists confirmed they were just regular mountain peaks that had been formed and shaped by glaciers and other natural processes.
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/antarctic-alien-ufo-extratterestrial-34596930
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“I have no idea what that means,” NJ Sen. Andy Kim on Trump White House drone statement
Jan 29, 2025
Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) — Homeland Security Committee
Ask a Pol asks:
Curious your thoughts on what the White House is saying about the drones over New Jersey?
Key Kim:
“I’ve been meaning to reach on out to FAA, you know, like, what ‘research’ are they talking about? Like, cause they said, like, ‘it was approved by FAA for research and other things,’” Sen. Andy Kim exclusively tells Ask a Pol.
What the huh?
“Like, it made it sound like there was, like, some research project that they're — like, as far as I know, none of that exists,” Kim says.
Caught our ear:
“I have no idea what that means,” Andy Kim tells us.
ICYMI — Was (then-)Intel Chair Warner lied to last month?*
https://www.askapoluaps.com/p/i-have-no-idea-what-that-means-nj-9c0
Sen. Kaine: Trump’s answer on NJ UAPs "definitely not the case" for Langley incursions
Jan 31, 2025
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) — Armed Services & Foreign Relations Committees
I’m curious what you think about the Trump White House claim this week, basically, absolving the FAA, saying they know ‘everything’ flying over New Jersey — incidents that freaked residents, first responders, local officials, members of Congress and the armed services, like the Coast Guard, out — in recent months?
Key Kaine:
“I don’t know about Jersey, that’s definitely not the case with respect to the Virginia situation at Langley,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) exclusively tells Ask a Pol.
“Neither the FAA nor the military has given us a sufficient answer. And I don't think they have an answer that they're not giving us, I just don't think they have one.”
Caught our ear:
“The Jersey one, I’m not so sure about,” Kaine tells us.
https://www.askapoluaps.com/p/langley-uap-investigation-continues