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Metal detectorists came across a quantity of Roman coins in a field between Exeter and Newton Abbot in Devon and this led to an archaoelogical

At https://phys.org/print446798161.html ... modelling works well when applied to for example, geology (rates of erosion etc) but how reliable is it when applied to the

Spaceflight is difficult. Blasting heavy cargoes and spacecraft to respectable speeds over interplanetary distances requires so much propellant to sent rockets to far away places

Scientists have struggled with a lingering question in geology. Why do the structures and elevations of some mountains continue to evolve long after the tectonic

At the link here the standard model of particle physics is discussed in an easy to understand manner - go to https://theconversation.com/the-standard-model-of-particle-physics-the-a... ... which begins,

This is a cracker NASA images of massive flares unleashed by the Sun. There is currently a lack of sunspots but the Sun is highly

The geology of Ayers Rock is interesting - see for example www.ayersrockresort.com.au/uluru-and-kata-tjuta/ ... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru ... but to get some really good pictures by a

Ice penetrating radar data in central Antartica has revealed valleys and mountains near the South Pole - see https://phys.org/print446450328.html .... and it seems the mountains

At https://phys.org/print446447917.html ... first seismic evidence for mantle exhumation at an ultra lsow spreading centre. Note the words ultra slow - which means barely negligible

At http://spaceweather.com (clink link to 24th May 2018) we have a tale of two stratospheres. Lunar eclipses are brief but they allow scientists to see

Sent in by Robert - an article by Brian J Ford in the magazine Spaceflight from way back in the 1960s when it cost just

Valles Marineris on Mars (see image below sent in by Michael) is 2500 miles long yet it is claimed it was carved out by water

At https://phys.org/print446394010.html ... ancient rainfall records stretching back 550,000 years into the past show a monsoon pattern closely in step with the Ice Ages. The

At www.astronomy.com/2018/05/the-first-interstellar-immigrant#.WwkdtRo80vA.... ... (link provided by Jovan). In a study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Letter, astronomers announced the discovery

At http://spaceweather.com May 26th 2018 jeely fish sprites over Oklahoma ....    ... photographed by Paul Smith - sprites rising above thunder clouds over Oklahoma

According to Ariel David (at Haaretz, July 23rd 2017) the Philistines of the Bible may not have an origin in the Agean - and may

At www.scientificamerican.com/article/looking-for-planet-nine-astronomers-g... ... sent in by Jovan this is an update on the search for planet 9 and why a group of astronomers think there

Robert sent in this link ... which is actually a few years old. At http://brianjford.com/w-dino01.htm ... dinosaurs are usually thought to be great lumbering land

At https://phys.org/print445854431.html ... could recent supernova explosions be responsible for mass extinctions - or some mass extinction events to be more precise. The story is

At www.insidescience.org/news/what-can-death-neutrons-tell-us-about-dark-ma... ... physicists are currently speculating that decaying neutrons may be producing particles unknown to science - that make up the elusive dark matter.