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Reported by David Crookes
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There are many mysteries surrounding the nature of the universe. Why do pulsars pulse? What is dark matter? Is there life on Mars? But there are also some mind-bending teasers that have been created by humans which perplex even the greatest of minds. What, for instance, has the US military’s unmanned X-37B space plane been up to during its numerous orbits of Earth? And why have the missions - including the most recent one launched in May this year - been shrouded in secrecy?

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