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Interstellar Visitor

14 December 2024 > Astronomy, cosmology
William sent in a link to https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/an-interstellar-visitor-helped-shape-the-orbits-of-the-planets/ar-AAIvFl6D .... a new theory on how the planets arranged themselves in the current configuration. See also https://phys.org/news/2024-12-interstellar-visitor-orbits-planets.html ...
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Stretched Crust

14 December 2024 > Geology
John Phethean, an earth scientist and lecturer at the university of Derby, was invited to join a team of geologists investigating the Davis Strait -
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White Smokers on the bottom of the Dead Sea

11 December 2024 > Environmentalism, Geology
This story is at https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/it-looks-like-smoke-mysterious-chimneys-spewing-shimmering-liquid-discovered-at-the-bottom-of-the-dead-sea ... there are towering salt chimneys formed by liquids spewing forth from the bottom of the dead sea - white
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Electricity and Insects

11 December 2024 > Biology, Electromagnetism
Robert also sent in a link but see first https://wired.com/story/the-secret-electrostatic-world-of-insects/ ... invisibly, to humans, insects and various other kinds of small creatures, even hummingbirds, use
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Jupiter's Poles

11 December 2024 > Astronomy, Electromagnetism
Robert sent in a couple of links https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241126135634.htm ... and https://phys.org/news/2024-11-magnetically-driven-vortices-generating-earth.html ... spots have been noticed at both poles of Jupiter, appearing, and later, disappearing.
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Expansion of the Universe

11 December 2024 > Astronomy, cosmology
William sent in a link https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/universe-expanding-faster-than-physics-can-explain-webb-telescope-confirms-mysterious-growth-spurt/ar-AA1vxGtT ... the universe is expanding faster than mainstream physics allow. The James Webb Space Telsscope confirms the mysterious spurt
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Net Zero Bashing

6 December 2024 > Climate change, Environmentalism
At https://dailysceptic.org/2024/11/05/science-shock-u-k-met-office-is-inventing-temperature-data-from-100-non-existent-stations/ ... and the same story can be seen at https://tallbloke.wordpress.com ... and https://wattsupwiththat.com ... among others, arousing  some excitement amongst Net Zero sceptics.
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Capturing a Planet

6 December 2024 > Astronomy
At https://sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-how-our-solar-system-could-capture-a-new-planet .... which uses the visit of Oumuamua to our solar system a few years ago to exploe how our solar system might not
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Ceres space rock

6 December 2024 > Astronomy
At https://phys.org/news/2024-12-evidence-material-ceres-solar-rich.html ... this concerns material brought back to Earth from the asteroid Ceres, otherwise described as a small planet, during NASAs DAWN mission. Ceres
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Solfatara Crater

27 November 2024 >
Sent in by William and somewhat thought provoking. What would a supervolcano do for the Net Zero agenda? At https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/scientists-warn-of-a-supervolcano-awakening-that-could-trigger-global-chaos/ar-AA1uEJ9o ... the Solfatara crater in
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Black Hole Imaging

23 November 2024 > cosmology, Electric Universe, Electromagnetism, Physics
It seems there are problems with the much distributed image of a black hole event horizon. A ring of light that is said to surround
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A Ranting Look at Net Zero

23 November 2024 > Climate change
Neil Oliver, once a BBC regular and commentator on archaeology and history, and the author of several fascinating books on our past, has published a
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Raindrops Frozen in Time

23 November 2024 > Geology, Palaeontology
William sent in the link and Robert was aware of the story as well. See for example https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/experts-stumble-on-sandstone-slabs-with-footprints-of-entire-280-million-year-old-ecosystem-that-predate-dinosaurs/ar-AA1uzyvN ... a discovery in the Italian Alps
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Ozone Hole and Salt in the Mediterranean

22 November 2024 >
At https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2024/11/18/scientists-havent-saved-the-ozone-layer-master-resource/ ... which is derived from another source. Back in 2015 scientists were predicting the ozone hole would have been reduced by at least
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Big Australian Marsupials and Canadian Hazlenut exploitation.

22 November 2024 > Biology, Environmentalism, Evolution
At https://phys.org/news/2024-11-megafauna-mystery-australia-year-cold.html .... Australian megafauna were common in the Late Pleistocene period. They appear to have rapidly increased in size after 2.5 million years ago
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Plague, outback lakes, and hallucigens

22 November 2024 > Archaeology, Geology
At https://phys.org/news/2024-11-scotland-plague-reveals-humanity-black.html ... a University of Aberdeen study has been looking at the last outbreak of bubonic plague in Scotland, during the 1640s. It coincided
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KIing Arthur's Hall

16 November 2024 > Archaeology
At https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/medieval-king-arthur-site-is-4-000-years older-than-we-thought ...  medieval is used rather loosely as it is immediate post-Roman period where King Arthur is usually located. This is 4000 years
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Sophie Koudmani

16 November 2024 > Astronomy, cosmology, Physics
Staying within a space theme we have astrophysicist Sophie Koudmani taking a fress look at black holes - but not straying too far from consensus
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Capturing the Moon

16 November 2024 > Astronomy
Both Robert and Gary sent in separate links to this story - at https://www.earth.com/news/earth-may-have-captured-the-moon-from-space/ ... I may already have posted  this story but no harm
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God of Chaos

5 November 2024 > Archaeology, Astronomy
At https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/god-of-chaos-asteroid-may-be-transformed-by-tremors-and-landslides-during-2029-flyby-of-earth-study-finds ...  the asteroid Apophis flyby in 2029 might not be so tranquil as astronomers have been telling us. Its close passage to Earth
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