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At http://spaceweather.com (August 4th, 2018) Comet PanSTARRS was supposed to become a naked eye object in August as it swooped past Mercury - but its

At https://phys.org/print452150037.html ... a carbon leak may have warmed the planet beginning in around 11,000 years ago, encouraging human civilisation to develop. The oceans are

At https://phys.org/print452330358.html ... mass burial sites in the Pacific, Mediterranean, and in Scotland were possibly related to catastrophic tsunami waves, according to research published in

Sent in by William - bizarre rogue planet discovered wandering in our galaxy - see https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/08/04/bizarre-rogue-planet-discovered-w... ... a rogue planet without a star roaming the

Like a runner bean left on the vine too long black holes are getting a bit stringy - go to https://phys.org/print451826969.html ... black holes are

At https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05760-3 ... (25th July 2018)an analysis of ancient coral from the Great Barrier Reef in Australia reveals that global sea levels 'fell rapidly' at

There is going to be a National Geographic documentary on Tall el-Hammam in October. One to look out for as astrophysicist Malcolm La Compte is

Much ado in the media - water on Mars. However, when you dig into the story the water is a mile deep and unavailable for

At https://phys.org/print451717673.html ... isotopic records obtained from caves show how rainfall distribution in Brazil was affected by the Little Ice Age (Geophysical Research Letters, July

This could be classified as geology but is really about climate - palaeoclimate. At https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/07/23/study-abrupt-shifts-occurred-in-t... ... in a similar vein to the previous post, this

At https://phys.org/print451549404.html ... the Holocene is a blink in the eye of geochronology but this has not stopped the grandees fo the International Union of

In the true spirit of relics it would seem the Turin Shroud is a fake - go to https://phys.org/print451631541.html ... which differs from the findings

At https://phys.org/print451651722.html ... the dust that coats much of Mars come from a single thousand kilometre long geological formation near the Martian equator - or

At https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/07/23/a-remarkable-essay-on-near-tabloi... ... refers to Judith Curry who has been doing some literature research for a new paper on climate science when she came across

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