In the News

Sent in by William. At https://phys.org/news/2018-07-rogue-star-makeup-solar.html ... did a rogue star change the makejup of our solar system? A team of researchers from the Max

Sent in by Jovan. At www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/60-second-astronomy-news-must-see... .... a full array of 64 radio dishes that make up MeerKAT radion telescope was inaugurated on July 13th

Interesting guide to astronomy (but nothing controversial) - go to https://hobbyhelp.com/astronomy/?msID=c9be530a-1526-41bf-ae76-30e9e108cc73

Interview with Michael Clarage at the Bath EU UK conference - go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=2472y3OC6aw&feture=youtu.be

At https://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2018/07/12/what-is-a-blazar/ ... a blazar is like staring down the barrel of a black hole, we re informed ....    .... this is a refeence

At https://phys.org/print451201630.html ... a fossilised snake embryo preserved in amber and dating back over a 100 million years ago - has been discovered. Itg seems

The Sun and lightning on Earth - sent in by William. How does the Sun's rotational cycle influence lightning activity on Earth? At https://phys.org/print451112646.html ...

We've all hear of the devastating Krakatau eruption back in the 19th century when a jet of ash, stones, and smoke shot 12 miles into

Apparently, an international team of scientists have worked out how much sea levels would rise if the Larson and George VI ice shelves in the

I think I've already posted this one but it has popped up again at http://spaceweather.com (July 20th 2018) ... did you know spiders can fly?

Apparently, 15 monumental temples and some 200 standing stones have been discovered as part of a geophysical survey around Gobekli Tepe. See www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/new-temples-stones-found-in-turkeys-gobeklitepe-... ... the

Sent in by William. Interesting take on Revelations, the last book of the Bible. Trumpet judgement 1 includes a meteor or bolide, no 2 refers

At https://phys.org/print450700415.html ... a team of scientists grew dinosaur era palnts in an atmosphere with high co2 levels which is thought to reproduced the atmospheric

These linsk came from Jovan. Many thanks. At www.astronomy.com/news/2018/07/icecube-blazar-neutrinos ... and concerns the discovery of a neutrino that is  project to have been emitted from

Sent in by Robert - a new volcano on Io (recorded by the Juno mission) - got to https://astronomynow.com/2018/07/14/a-new-volcano-on-io-juno-data-indica... ... Io is the most geologically

At https://phys.org/print450598731.html ... rice is grown in rice paddies - a wetland environment. Why? Plants do not like excessive waterlogging - and some plants actively

At https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2018/07/16/wind-energys-big-disposal-pro... ... wind energy's big disposal problem. Germany has 28,000 wind turbines but many are nearing the end of their lives. Within the next

At https://phys.org/print450944776.html ... Clovis First dominated archaeology for years - but now we have archaeologists exploring below Clovis layers (at Gault near Austin in Texas

At http://spaceweather.com ... (13th July 2018) a green flash on Mars as it is approaching the Earth on the nearest point of its orbit. Mars

At https://phys.org/print450766148.html ... evidence of two volcanoes in Japan connected through a common subterranean magma source. At https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/07/16/sound-waves-reveal-huge-cache-of-... ... sound waves appear to show the