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

What are some false positives for EVP?
Q. Alright, so EVP = ghosts, but not necessarily. I am a paranormal investigator and I am compiling a list of false positives and known, environmental phenomena. I do know some ways a non-anomalous phenomenon can appear anomalous when recorded, but I would like input from anyone even if it is stating the obvious. Thanks! My bad...other than actual noises that are occurring within the direct environment. Alright, if *any* anomaly identified as an EVP is a false anomaly, why is that exactly? I do not generally edit any of our audio. If on the off-chance I do, I keep it alongside the original. Basically it would become two or three files: two unedited files, one playing a few seconds before and after the "anomaly" and the other just the "anomal [cont.]
Asked by st1gma - Tue Oct 16 04:42:36 2007 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

A. People whispering, people talking in another room, traffic, coughing, wind, your hand rubbing the recorder, animals. Almost any sound recorded that was not noted during the recording can later on be mistaken for a voice
Answered by gsi_joe - Tue Oct 16 08:40:25 2007

Athiests, skeptics: If "god" "revealed" himself with "signs" and "miracles" would you then believe in him?
Q. I sure wouldn't, at least not until the phenomena had been properly examined and the claimant's abilities observed and tested, and then I would require MUCH more evidence that the claimant was indeed the deity of Hebrew mythology and not a different deity or even a regular person with anomalous qualities. Even then I wouldn't take it for granted that everything written about him was true, I would assume most if not all of the myth was false and merely loosely based on this being. So why doesn't god just go ahead and make with the miracles, then he might actually be able to start making a positive difference in the world. True skeptics STILL wouldn't believe so the only "people of faith" would be gullible people (you know, like the way… [cont.]
Asked by Sea Kittress 's - Wed May 26 13:09:53 2010 - - 16 Answers - 0 Comments

A. If fmko ever learned to use punctuation properly, I would take it as a sign of divine intervention...
Answered by The Reverend Soleil - Wed May 26 13:11:36 2010

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CleanTechnica ... may be reaching their target capacity and may be used to provoke droughts, erase crops, and induce various anomalous phenomena in certain countries. ...
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heat may become normal by 2070 UN experts ITAR-TASS Today, there is one dangerous hydro meteorological phenomenon a day in Russia, but in 15 years they may double, the United Nations Radio quoted Kokorin as ...
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