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Tutankhamun's Yellow Glass Pendant

24 November 2023 Archaeology, Catastrophism, Geology
Gary sent in the link https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-yellow-glass-in-african-desert-traced-back-to-extraterrestrial-impact ... meteor impacts are becoming as common as kippers on a breakfast plate. In the desert zone that straddles
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Heart of the Milky Way

24 November 2023 Astronomy, cosmology
At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231121175511.htm ... the James Webb Space Telescope is at it again - after peering at the heart of the Milky Way. Nothing to do
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Ozone Hole

24 November 2023 Electromagnetism, Environmentalism
At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231121175239.htm ... University of Otago - research published in Nature Communications at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42637-0 ... we are told that over the last 4 year period
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Cosmic Vine

22 November 2023 Astronomy
Using red shift to date a chain of 20 galaxies resulted in an early universe timing - between 11 and 12 billion years ago. Red
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Shadow Comet

20 November 2023 Astronomy, Climate change, Electromagnetism
At https://spaceweather.com ... archive November 19th, 2023. A big new sun spot group is emerging on the rotating face of the Sun. It is crackling
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Weird Geology of Mercury

19 November 2023 Astronomy, Electromagnetism, Geology
Gary sent in the link to https://phys.org/news/2023-11-unveiling-mercury-geological-mysteries-salt.html ... It was the salt that captured his attention. Glaciers of salt. How did it get there. This
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Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients

19 November 2023 Astronomy, cosmology
At https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03569-3 ... we have the headline, 'mysterious tasmanian devil space explosion' - baffles astronomers. The menagerie link is later expanded to 'the Cow' and
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Volcanic Megabeds

18 November 2023 Catastrophism, Dating, Geology
This is a cracker as they say. At https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/supervolcano-megabeds-discovered-at-bottom-of-sea-point-to-catastrophic-events-in-europe-every-10000-to-15000-years ... notice the word 'catastrophes' in the headline - in fact, it is the crunch line.
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Einstein Must be Wrong

18 November 2023 cosmology, Physics
In one of those astounding moments of hubris we have at https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/einstein-must-be-wrong-how-general-relativity-fails-to-explain-the-universe ... that might lead readers to think Einstein could well be wrong on
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Norway Tomb

18 November 2023
Another lost megalithic tomb unearthed. This time in western Norway. See https://www.archaeology.org/11903-231117-norway-neolithic-burial ... a stone lined tomb was discovered in Norway during construction work. It
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Neolithic Engineering

17 November 2023 Archaeology
The ruins of a 5000 years old tomb have been unearthed in Orkney  - see https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/21/a-neolithic-feat-of-engineering-orkney-dig-reveals-ruins-of-huge-tombs ... In fact, all the archaeological action appears to
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Sun Spot Aurora

17 November 2023 Astronomy, Environmentalism
This is an interesting one. At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231113192112.htm ... in a study published in Nature Astronomy scientists have outlined their discovery of an aurora like display
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Iceland Volcano

16 November 2023 Electromagnetism, Geology
At https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/times-finally-up-impending-iceland-eruption-is-part-of-centuries-long-volcanic-pulse ... which is basically saying they don't know why voilcanoes erupt when they do. What on earth could they be ignoring? The immanent
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Chicxulub and Gas on Mars

16 November 2023 Astronomy, Catastrophism
Robert sent in 3  links. At https://phys.org/news/2023-11-visible-range-martian-night.html ... we learn that night time glow was discovered by 'The Trace Gas Orbiter' satellite of the ESA.
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Bright Nights

16 November 2023 Astronomy, Environmentalism
At https://spaceweather.com ... archive, November 14th 2023. What are bright lights? A phenomenon that has not been seen for some time may have made a
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Comet 12P outburst, 4th time

16 November 2023 Astronomy, Electric Universe
At https://spaceweather.com ... archive, Novermber 16th 2023. Like other sources we are told its down to a cryovolcano - or ice volcano. It abruptly brightened,
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Neanderthal Portrait

14 November 2023 Anthropology, Archaeology, Genetics
Neanderthals as you have never seen them before. As handsome as the everyday bloke you might come across in your travels in a big city.
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Trilobite Graveyard

14 November 2023 Biology, Catastrophism, Geology
At https://www.sci.news/paleontology/bohemoliches-incola-diet-12313.html ... we have fossilised specimens of trilobites, dating from the Ordovician, containing the contents of its guts. Stomach I assume. This was sent
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Mars Surpise

14 November 2023 Astronomy
At https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03271-4 ... we are told Mars has a surprise layer of molten rock in its interior. This conclusion came about after a meteor struck
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Rocks from Space

14 November 2023 Astronomy, Catastrophism
William sent in the link https://finance.yahoo.com/news/martian-rocks-keep-hitting-earth-160200735.html  ....Martian rocks, meteorites, have been flying through space and bombarding earth for thousands of years, we are told. They
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