An anomaly is any occurrence or object that is strange, unusual, or unique. It can also mean a discrepancy or deviation from an established rule or trend.

Anomalistics is the study of scientific anomalies. In computer science, anomaly detection refers to the process of detecting anomalies from the relevant data.

In the following particular contexts, "anomaly" may refer to:

Astronomy

  • Eccentric anomaly, intermediate value used to compute the position of a celestial object as a function of time
  • Flyby anomaly, unexpected energy increase during Earth flybys of satellites
  • Mean anomaly, measure of time in the study of orbital dynamics
  • Pioneer anomaly, observed deviation of the trajectories of various unmanned spacecraft
  • South Atlantic Anomaly, region where Earth's inner van Allen radiation belt makes its closest approach to the planet's surface
  • True anomaly, angle between the direction of periapsis and the current position of an object on its orbit.

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Has anyone ever experienced something paranormal? Describe the event or experience.?
Q. Paranormal is an umbrella term used to describe a wide variety of purported anomalous phenomena. According to the Journal of Parapsychology (Parapsychology Association), the term paranormal describes "any phenomenon that in one or more respects exceeds the limits of what is deemed physically possible according to current scientific assumptions." The term is derived from the Latin use of the prefix "para", meaning "against, counter, outside or beyond the norm." Many see the term paranormal as synonymous with parapsychology, which deals with psychical phenomena like telepathy, ESP, and survival studies like ghosts. However, the paranormal also includes subjects considered to be outside of the scope of parapsychology, including UFOs,… [cont.]
Asked by elcycer - Fri Sep 1 00:30:40 2006 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I am a normal intelligent 58 year old man who has travelled a bit and have seen and experienced many amazing things. Only once in my life did I witness an event which to this day is unexplainable. In 1973, while fishing 25 miles off the florida coast with four of my friends, we all saw an event which both amazed and frightened us all, and these guys didn't scare easy. The sky was clear and cloudless and there was about a two foot chop all day. About three p.m. a bank of absolutely black clouds came from the ocean horizon, the entire ocean went flat as glass, and a small patch of thick fog appeared about 300 yards east of our boat. This all happened within one minute. The sky was black,but there appeared a very visible object inside the fog. [cont.]
Answered by Raptor - Fri Sep 1 01:34:07 2006

How does true septicism in science reclaim itself from the reductionist true believers?
Q. Incredible level of vitriol and ego inflation in the various organizations is appalling. How can we return to academic dialogue and an analytical rational mindedness when they have lowered the level of discourse to the epithets and snarling contempt inherent in the Skeptical Inquirer. We should be as skeptical of "So called proven theory as new and radical ones.Most theory fail at somepont when a better paradigm mathematically comes along. To accept the big bang unequivocally, with its 100 year old search for dark matter and more patch's than windows XP,and yet totally ignore the many proven instances of anomalous phenomena is not being skeptical.
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A. You forgot misanthrope.
Answered by l3utman - Thu Nov 15 09:27:35 2007

hey i had an exp wer i couldnt move my body but me eyes wer open i had never felt so scared in my life?
Q. i looked it up on the net & dis is wat it said 4. is it normal to sometimes feel paralyzed in your bed? This phenomenon, called "Sleep Paralysis" or an "Old Hag" experience, can be quite frightening. It usually occurs on the borderline between sleep and waking. Sufferers describe feeling totally mentally awake, yet feeling unable to move or call out, and often, feeling a heavy weight pressing down on their chests. Sometimes, these sensations are coupled with the vague perception of an "evil presence" in the room. Scientists theorize that such experiences are probably caused by the brain and body being slightly "out of sync" with regard to sleep/wake functions. Normally, during REM sleep, the body is paralyzed (which is a darn good thing,… [cont.]
Asked by lucy - Thu Feb 21 13:31:05 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. No it is not normal to feel paralyzed in your bed.That happened to my cousin when aliens impregnated her...
Answered by i love k - Thu Feb 21 13:49:07 2008

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