There are still several fascinating mysteries of our universe unsolved by scientists even after decades and even centuries of research! Join Olivia Gordon for a new episode of SciShow and learn about these seven weird phenomena that remain a mystery!
SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org
———-
Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow
———-
Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Alex Schuerch, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters
———-
Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow
Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow
———-
Sources:
Ball Lightning
https://phys.org/news/2012-10-mystery-ball-lightning.html
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/periodically-i-hear-stori/
https://www.livescience.com/61946-ball-lightning-quantum-particle.html
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.048501
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/252000845_The_Riddle_of_Ball_Lightning_A_Review
https://books.google.com/books?id=TCTpu1UVFsYC&pg=PA633#v=onepage&q&f=false
Skyquakes
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141202-mystery-booms-whats-the-cause
http://www.seismosoc.org/Publications/SRL/SRL_82/srl_82-5_op/hill_op.html
http://www.wnpr.org/post/loud-booms-caused-microearthquakes-seismologist-says
Fast Radio Bursts
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/astronomers-trace-fast-radio-burst-to-a-surprising-source/
Star Jelly
https://biomeecology.com/nature/2018/02/what-is-star-jelly/
https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-enduring-myth-of-star-jelly-1693997962
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4299
https://www.nature.com/articles/083492a0
https://tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0015587X.1984.9716316
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-05239-7_5
Forest Rings
https://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/tech/science/forest-rings.html
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/10.1139/b01-022#.XBEZdnpKj9R
https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/starweb/geoscan/servlet.starweb?path=geoscan/fulle.web&search1=R=210206
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1758-2229.12678
https://www.northernontariobusiness.com/industry-news/green/searching-for-gas-in-the-swampy-far-north-364148
Hessdalen Lights
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Massimo_Teodorani/publication/228609015_A_long-term_scientific_survey_of_the_Hessdalen_phenomenon/links/55141e340cf283ee0834a6a5.pdf
https://www.nature.com/webcasts/event/optical-trapping-of-ion-coulomb-crystals/
https://io9.gizmodo.com/what-causes-the-hessdalen-lights-1653174566
Desert Varnish
http://minerals.gps.caltech.edu/FILES/VARNISH/Index.html
https://www.nps.gov/articles/desertvarnish.htm
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2006/07/solving-mystery-desert-varnish
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/apr/14/shadow-biosphere-alien-life-on-earth
Images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ball_lightning.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ball_lightning.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F-18_Hornet_performs_a_fly_by_on_the_USS_Dwight_D._Eisenhower.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:__.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gashydrat_im_Sediment.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tetrakaidecahedral_methane_clathrate1.png
https://www.videoblocks.com/video/slow-motion-time-lapse-of-clouds-rolling-in-the-sky-q9s8c4z
https://freesound.org/people/bajko/sounds/399656/
https://vimeo.com/146295242 – https://public.nrao.edu/media-use/
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13058
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11530
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20267
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Star_jelly_-_lindsey.jpg
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12602
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frog_in_frogspawn.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yellow_slime_mold.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goldgelber_Zitterling_-_Tremella_mesenterica_-_yellow_brain_-_Trmelle_msentrique_-_golden_jelly_fungus_-_01.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/adonofrio/6268871099 – www.biology101.org
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cyanobacteria_Nostoc_commune.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boreal_Forest_Ring.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk842pg0Pvs
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Desert_varnish.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valley_of_Fire_petroglyphs.jpg
Watch Now
