In the News

In the Bucks Free Press of January 14th 2022, and the Bucks Herald [see for example www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/national/19843461.rare-roman-wooden-figure... ] we learn that a remarkably well preserved

Gary sent in the link to www.dailymail.co.uk/scienctech/article-10403571/ ... the moon.s crust may have formed from a slushy magma ocean that froze over hundreds of millions

Some interesting stories this past week. At https://phys.org/news/2022-01-light-year-wide-earth-source-nearby.html ... which is indeed, a startling discovery. A 1000 light year wide void around the earth is

Gary also sent in the link www.science.org/content/article/greeks-really-do-have-near-mythical-orig... ...  the Mycenaeans were real people that imposed themselves on the LB world. They are tangled up in

The link was sent in by Gary ... www.space.com/diamond-rain-atmosphere-uranus-neptune ... the two big outer planets, described here as ice planets as it is thought they

William sent in the link to www.yahoo.com/news/treasure-trove-2-000-fossils-190000947.html ...  paleontologists have unearthed around 2000 fossils in SER Australia - insects, fish, spiders, and plants [leaves and

At https://phys.org/news/2022-01-asteroids-earth-threats.html ... some asteroids, or comets, are in the vicinity of the earth in 2022 - which is the theme of this piece. Not

At https://spaceweather.com 11th January 2022 .. in an update on solar cycle 25 they say it is shaping up to be stronger than anticipated. The

Gary sent in the link to https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00368504211064272 ... 'Premature Rejection in Science: the case for the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis' by James Lawrence Powell. The

At https://phys.org/news/2022-01-coherent-interstellar-magnetic-field.html ... magnetic fields are the secret ingredients of the interstellar medium. They are involved in the process of making stars. An international team

At www.academia.edu/35582047/Did_Aboriginal_Australia_record-a_simultaneous... ... by Fuller and Hamacher in the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage  20{3] pages 349-359 [2017]. Australian researchers have recently homed in

Gary sent in another link to an article on the Kythera mechanism. An interesting read. Go to www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-ancient-greek-astronomical-calcula... ... but see earlier post on the

At https://phys.org/news/2022-01-liquid-metal-insight-mechanism-sun-corona.... ... the phenomenon of corona heating remains one of the mysteries of solar physics, it is said. Why is the pot warmer than

William sent in the link to www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/01/03/meteor-explodes-pittsburgh... ... a loud bang shook homes in Pittsburgh over the New Year. The National Weather Service noticed a

Another one from Robert - see https://phys.org/news/2021-12-juno-spacecraft-jupiter-moon.html ... the Juno spacecraft hears Jupiter's moon Ganymede. Remarkable comparisons are made between phenomena on earth and jupiter,

Comet Leonard will round the Sun on January 3rd [next week]. It is already proving to be an interesting passage through the solar system -

Sent in  by gary - which continues the theme of dinosaurs ... www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10332483/ ... a Chinese fossil of a dinosaur egg - and inside, a

Robert sent in some interesting links, such as https://phys.org/news/2021-12-millipedes-big-cars-roamed-northern.html ... millipedes as big as cars roamed northern England. The link has an image which shows

At https://phys.org/news/2021-12-image-hubble-views-galaxy-explosive.html ... the Hubble space telescope, had a side view of NGC3568, a spiral galaxy. It recorded what is attributed by NASA and ESA

It's Christmas and Jesus themed stories usually accrue at this time of year. Very often involving the identification of the star that guided the 3