While we like to look outwards to the skies for questions and answers here on Curious Universe, sometimes we take a look at the paranormal and freaky here on Earth. We also like to ask a lot of questions and think about things we're not normally introduced to.
There have been events and unexplained phenomena occuring for literally millions of years here on our little rocky planet. Today we'll look at some of the interesting and baffling mysteries that still daunt researchers and the curious today!
The first thing we look at is the somewhat unexplained presence of life! Where did it all come from? I mean we know at some point single celled organisms sprung up in the "primordial soup" that was the oceans, however are the necessary building blocks for life everywhere?
It's possible a comet or meteor from somewhere deep in space seeded the life on our planet, with the water and general warm temperatures of our planet reinvigorating them. Or maybe the building blocks were here all along, and all that needed to happen were geological occurences!
Another thing to contemplate is extinctions. While we know that some extinctions of entire species have occured due to astronomical events such as meteor impacts, we still don't understand the natural extinctions that have happened. Some may have been triggered by massive floods and volcanic activity, but what triggers those events? While I'm not one to subscribe to conspiracy theories, there have been numerous civilizations which disappear without a trace according to our timelines. Where could they have gone and what could have triggered their destruction?
Luckily we have some pretty smart guys working on things such as HAARP and geological archaeology, so we can better shed light on the monumental things that have happened in the past. We do know that for some reason there is a spike in the ionosphere just before an earthquake happens, and this could be directly relational to whats happening kilometers below our surface. Hopefully by studying all of the events that have resulted in mass extinction, we can better halt ours!
Last but certainly not least, the numerous out of place archaeological finds we've found over the years but have been unable to explain!
What do I mean by out of place archaeological finds? Things like metal tubes found in 200 million year old chalk, little metal balls of unknown origin found in 2.8 billion year old rock, and much much more. I've included a few pictures of such instruments if you feel like looking them up. But it's just to show you that there's a whole ton of things we don't know about, but are inherently curious about!
Things to look up:
-South African Metal Spheres
-Dropa Stones
-Ica Stones
-Piri Reis Map
-The Antikythera Computer/Device
-Oera Linda

