In the News

At https://phys.org/news/2026-06-baby-fossils-reveal-link-human.html ... a study of the remains of infants that lived between 50,000 and 75,000 years ago, such as their ancient baby teeth and

Not just mites but mites walking in a line - see https://phys.org/news/2026-06-ancient-amber-fossil-captures-mites.html ... mites have a behavioural characteristic that has been captured in amber from

Speaking of the Devil, black holes popped up again shortly after I put up the previous post. See https://phys.org/news/2026-06-powerful-ufo-blasting-distant-black.html ... a powerful UFO spotted blasting

At https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/06/17/rethinking-the-black-hole-singularity/ ... there doesn't appear to be many, if any, astrophysicists amongst the commenters but this is to me a bit of a coincidence.

William sent in a link to a video - see https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/a-137-000-mph-intruder-entered-the-solar-system-at-the-wrong-angle/vi-AA24y7DT ... one to chew on. A 137,000 mph intruder entered the solar system at

William sent in a link https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mystery-deepens-over-king-tutankhamun-s-alien-gass-after-stunning-discovery/ar-AA24YYAI ... pieces of yellow glass in gold jewellery inside the tomb of Tutankhamun are known to come from the

At https://phys.org/news/2026-06-human-evolution-messy-gradual-abrupt.html ... is quite a good summary of an article published in Quaternary Science Reviews which can be viewed or downloaded - see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109981

At  https://phys.org/news/2026-06-violating-3rd-law-black-hole.html ... Black Holes, regions in space  where gravity is so strong that nothing escapes, has been a popular topic for years. Black holes,

At https://spaceweather.com ... June 5th 2026 ... we learn that Comet 22OP/McNaught has just exploded in brightness. An increase of one thousand fold by June

William sent in another MSN video link - twenty one ancient craters found near the equator. Then scientists said the Earth may have had a

Iron Age ritual activity has been discovered  at the Bruchhauser Steine, a prominent rock formation in the hilly Sauerland region of western Germany. It is

At https://phys.org/news/2026-06-giant-fan-east-antarctica.html ... which is derived from a press release, or abstract of the article in the journal Nature Geoscience but see the full article

The Altar Stone at Stonehenge is a 6 ton sandstone lump of rock that is now thought to have originated in NE Scotland. That is

Around 350,000 years ago, during a cool climatic period in the region, a huge eruption occurred on what is now the north island of New

At https://spaceweather.com ... June 1st 2026 ... and the story continues at https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/06/nasa-confirms-75000-mph-meteor-boston/ .... a  meteor exploded over eastern North America, with possibly as much

At https://phys.org/news/2026-06-years-el-mirn-cave-uncover.html  ... archaeologists have been sifting through thick sediment in El Miron cave over the last 30 years. It is in Cantabria, in Spain.

At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/05/neolithic-advanced-dolomite-plaster-builders-jerusalem/  ...... plaster can be made from heating up limestone, or a more resilient plaster can be made using dolomite, a distinct form of

At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/05/alaska-teeth-fossils-reveal-new-mammal/   ... fossilised teeth discovered in Alaska's far north have revealed a mammal species that lived during the Cretaceous period. More evidence that early

At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/05/a-42000-year-old-asteroid-crater-in-south-korea-created-a-hidden-lake-where-ancient-life-may-have-later-emerged/ .... this one caught my eye because of the date assigned to the Hapcheon Impact Crater in South Korea - 42,000 years BP.

At https://sciencex.com/news/2026-05-mars-interstellar-visitor-astronomers-thought.html ...  a Chinese spacecraft orbiting Mars captured images of comet 31/ATLAS. The interloper showed up unusual chemistry. The comet had a much higher