© NOAA Ocean Exploration, Seascape AlaskaScientists came across the golden orb while exploring the seafloor of the Gulf of Alaska with a remotely operated vehicle on August 30.
"While we were able to collect the 'golden orb' and bring it onto the ship, we still are not able to identify it beyond the fact that it is biological in origin," Sam Candio, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ocean Exploration expedition coordinator said in a statement.
"While somewhat humbling to be stumped by this finding, it serves as a reminder of how little we know about our own planet and how much is left to learn and appreciate about our ocean."
© NOAA Ocean Exploration, Seascape AlaskaThe gold-colored object was brought to the surface after being spotted during an expedition in the Gulf of Alaska.
The team is now trying to work out if the orb is associated with a known species, a new species or represents a previously unknown stage of life. "We likely won't learn more until we are able to get it into a laboratory setting where we can continue to pull from the collective expertise of the scientific community with more sophisticated tools than we are able to maintain on the ship," Candio said.
The NOAA Seascape Alaska expedition that found the orb is a mission to learn more about the relatively unknown deepwater off the shores of Alaska. The team plans to map the region and learn more about the creatures — known and unknown — that inhabit these waters.
"New species have the potential to reveal new sources for medical therapies and vaccines, food, energy, and other societal benefits and knowledge," Candio said. "Collectively, the data and information gathered during this expedition will help us close gaps in our understanding of this part of the planet, so we can better manage and protect it."
Hannah Osborne is the planet Earth and animals editor at Live Science. Prior to Live Science, she worked for several years at Newsweek as the science editor. Before this she was science editor at International Business Times U.K. Hannah holds a master's in journalism from Goldsmith's, University of London.
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Stupid no shit!
LG as I woke up n realized it was a dream I wondered outloud RC how do I share with our Bros?? (I opened my phone and tripped right into this short n clean thread) 🙌
There is no doubt - beyond question - that our consciousness, or soul, is immortal. After crossing over, we can imagine ourselves as we would wish - most souls choose to be around 25-30 years old. There is no pain and no hunger - we can conjure up delicious meals, and we can choose to live in a palace or a tree house, whichever takes our fancy at the time. So your dream may not have been just a dream, but a visit with him in which he was being playful. Eventually the play becomes boring, and we ask to return, and are given options of different lives to choose from. We usually choose a life in which we will learn something, or be of service, or experience a new challenge which we need to meet and overcome. At every step, there are guardian angels watching over us and trying to guide us to make the right decisions, but ultimately, we have free will to make whatever decision we choose, right or wrong. When that life is over, there is no punishment, no judgment, just total unconditional love and a question: What did you learn? Sometimes we have failed to learn, and we are given the opportunity to return and encounter the same challenge again. All of it is love- we are sparks of the Source Creator which is taking joy in experiencing all the possibilities of human consciousness. There is no such thing as sin, only bad choices which we can return and remedy in the next life. A mother never punishes her child for trying to walk, falling, and skinning his knee. If she did, he would never learn to walk and then to run and then to win an Olympic medal. She only encourages him, with love, to try again. Be well and enjoy this human life - it is a treasure beyond price.
It was a visit I wrote that. I feel the subtle shift in energetics even in dreamtime and with RC it is always a visit that he also wants shared with his family here, he knows I will find the right spot to share n especially not shy away from doing so, although I always do oddly hesitate at first.
He always knew how open I am to connection so I am an easy organic portal for his love to remain 🏄♂️ onboard.
Just 👌 ❣️
I do speak to him outloud in daytime too lollll not always sweet😡
This is our RC thread as we found out. His obit link is in there as well, in several spots.
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In a previous article, I wrote about some alarming statistics showing increases in cardiovascular events among athletes, including heart attacks, strokes, and sudden deaths in 2021. The likely...Is the 'Golden Orb' a magical distraction? Is it real? Who knows, but my cynical self tells me, beware of the analysis of men wearing white coats, that tell me to 'believe the science'
looks like some blob of man material moulded onto a possible dead rock formation of what is left after a coral reef has been destroyed.
Oh fuck off!
Surprised they didn't get in Klimate Change too.