For teenagers over the last several generations of life, prank phone calls have been a rite of passage. Think about it: You’re 14, you’re bored, and you’re home alone—or maybe with some friends. What’s there to do but call a few folks, drop a funny message on their answering machine, and/or play a harmless little […] The post 10 Surprising Facts About the History of Prank Phone Calls appeared first on Listverse.

Two pilots flying near Dallas-Fort Worth Airport recently reported mysterious lights behaving strangely in the sky, reports coasttocoastam.com. The incident, captured in an air traffic control conversation, occurred last Saturday as their flights approached the airport. The exchange began when one pilot asked the controller if any military operations were happening nearby. The controller responded, “It is cold. I’m curious, why do you ask?” The pilot explained, “It’s gonna sound a little weird,” and described seeing “two lights… jogging back and forth” above their aircraft. A second pilot joined the conversation, sharing that they had also been watching the lights for “about an hour or two” in the northwest sky. Surprisingly, the pilot revealed they had seen the same lights the previous week, noting, “They split positions… It’s the first time I’ve seen them change relative position.” When asked for more details, the second pilot estimated the lights were “about 100 miles out in space.” The first pilot added that the lights “get super bright and then go completely dim.” The conversation ended without a clear explanation, but the mystery deepened when the first pilot contacted an aviation YouTube channel. In their message, they reiterated the unusual behavior of the lights, dismissing the possibility of satellites. The pilot concluded, “It was super odd because they were high and fast and kept with us for a long time.” The post Pilots Report and Film Mysterious Lights Over Dallas appeared first on Anomalien.com.

For over a decade, astronomers have suspected the existence of Planet X, a massive object lurking in the outer Solar System. A new Princeton University study strengthens this idea, offering compelling evidence based on the orbits of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), also called Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs). “An asymmetry in the orbits of these distant objects would be a reason to think a planet is potentially there,” says Amir Siraj, lead author of the study accepted by The Astrophysical Journal. Previous studies focused on the most distant KBOs, assuming closer ones were too affected by Neptune’s gravity to show Planet X’s influence. However, Siraj’s team modeled orbits of KBOs that remain stable over billions of years. Expanding the dataset from 11 to 51 KBOs allowed a stronger statistical analysis, revealing only a one-in-a-thousand chance their alignment is random. “That’s not necessarily a home run,” he says, “but it’s definitely suggestive of a planet being there”. The team also ran 300 simulations to refine Planet X’s potential properties. They estimate it’s about 4.4 times Earth’s mass, possibly a super-Earth or mini-Neptune, with an elliptical orbit closer to the Solar System than previously thought. This creates a “treasure-hunt map” for astronomers. Still, its dimness and vast orbital path make pinpointing it challenging. Mike Brown, a Caltech planetary astronomer and long-time Planet X advocate, welcomes the findings. He believes the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, set to become fully operational within a year, will be crucial. Its massive camera will scan the entire visible sky every few days, tracking anything that moves. “I am pretty confident that within the first 18 months, we will have either found [it], or will have made the evidence so irrefutable that no other possibilities exist,” Brown says. The post New Evidence Strengthens Case for Hidden Planet X in Solar System appeared first on Anomalien.com.

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“Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” – Joshua 1:9 (KJV) The post The Editors’ Quote of the Day:  appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.