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Flickers and Flares
1 March 2025 > Astronomy, Electric Universe, ElectromagnetismAt https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250218113650.htm ... the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy flickers and flares - constantly bubbling with light. This discovery

Helium Gas
27 February 2025 > Astronomy, Biology, chemistry, PhysicsRobert sent in two link. At https://phys.org/news/2025-02-discovery-huge-amounts-helium-earth.html .... but see also the arXiv server at https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2405.11810 ... where researchers from Japan and Taiwan have discovered

Susan Hossenfelder
23 February 2025 > Inside scienceRobert sent in a link to two different videos. I have no view on the content although it is probably true to say that science,

Profile of a natural disaster in ancient sanskrit literature
23 February 2025 > Ancient history, CatastrophismThis was written by RNIyengar a professor of civil engineering in Bangalore. It seems to describe not just an additional Sun that was visible coming

Florida Fossil Bed
19 February 2025 > Catastrophism, Evolution, Geology, PalaeontologyAt https://phys.org/news/2025-02-underwater-fossil-bed-collectors-rare.html ... hundreds of mammal fossils have been recovered from the Steinhatches River in Florida, dating back to around half a million years ago.

Water produced by Chicxulub
8 February 2025 > Astronomy, Catastrophism, Geology, Plate TectonicsI have wondered how the Chicxulub asteroid impact could have generated a large tidal wave that swept up through the central parts of North America

Big Solar Flares
8 February 2025 > Astronomy, chemistry, Electromagnetism, GeologyNCGT Journal of March 2014 - see www.ncgtjournal.com ... had a research paper by Robert Johnson, SIS member and author ... 'massive solar eruptions and

Opaque Skies
8 February 2025 > Catastrophism, Climate change, Geology, VolcanismUp to the eruption of Mount St Helens the major effect of volcanic blow outs on the transparency of the atmosphere was down to dust

Canyons on the Moon
5 February 2025 >William sent in the link https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/35-000-mph-speeding-rocks-ripped-2-2-mile-deep-canyons-on-moon-in-10-minutes/ar-AA1yrGM0 ... but see also https://phys.org/news/2025-02-ancient-asteroid-grand-canyons-moon.html ... an asteroid slammed into the Moon, long long ago, and carved out two

Fishy Sediments
1 February 2025 > Biology, chemistry, GeologyAt http://physorg.com/news/2011-03-mystery-ocean-sediment.html ... I haven't seen much on further research on this but it is worth airing again the original missive. Research by an international

Space Weather
1 February 2025 > Astronomy, dendrochronology, PhysicsTwo posts at https://spaceweather.com ... are interesting. On January 28th we have the Sun near spotless but on the 30th a hole in the Sun's

The Space Tesla
31 January 2025 > Astronomy, CatastrophismWilliam sent in a link to a post at MSN. I've found the same story at https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/city-killer-asteroid-has-a-1-in-83-chance-of-smashing-into-earth-in-2032-nasa-says ... the asteroid, 2024YR4, was detected by NASAs

Wildfires and Abrupt Climate Change
25 January 2025 > Catastrophism, Climate change, Dating, GeologyAn interesting article at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250102162311.htm .. a new study investigating ancient methane trapped in Antarctic ice cores suggests global increases in wildfire activity coincide with

Oxygen on the Sea Bed
25 January 2025 >At https://www.edition.cnn.com/2025/01/17/science/dark-oxygen-research/index.html ... or https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01480-8 ... metallic rocks on the ocean bed are apparently producing oxygen. Where no sunlight can penetrate. Early research showed that

Sun Stone Enigma
24 January 2025 > Archaeology, AstronomyAt https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250116134101.htm ... we are told that around 2900BC, Neolithic people in Denmark 'sacrificed' hundeds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs. Archaeologists now

Zanclean Mega Flood
23 January 2025 > Catastrophism, GeologyA new study provides strong evidence that the refilling of the Mediterranean Sea involved a collossal megaflood. It brought an end to the period known

Understanding Fast Radio Bursts
23 January 2025 > Astronomy, cosmologyAt https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250121162048.htm ... 'astronomers thought they understood fast radio bursts. A recent one calls that into question.' This is the headline, or title, at the

Ice Age Land Forms
22 January 2025 > Archaeology, Catastrophism, GeologyThis one is grounded in the earth - or below the waves of the North Sea. At https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/giant-ice-age-landforms-discovered-deep-beneath-north-sea-revealed-in-amazing-detail ... it seems the ocean bottom imaging

Interstellar Visitor and Problems in the Mantle
22 January 2025 >William also sent in the link https://msn.com/en-us/news/technology/researchers-discover-piece-of-an-ancient-planet-buried-deep-within-the-earth/ar-AA1xArkK ... this press release seems to be doing the round of media sources at the moment without being

There is a Cosmic Crisis
22 January 2025 > Astronomy, cosmologyThe headline at the link - the universe is expanding faster than physics can explain. The cosmic crisis continues. This was sent in by William.