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A blast from a white dwarf star caused it to shoot itself out of its orbit in a 'partial' supernova event. It is now travelling

   ... Image of Comet Neowise taken by Jeff Dai of Ankong in China. The comet is becoming dimmer as it travels away from the

The final one of four sent in by Gary, William and Robert - see for example www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8529237/ ... the claim is that new evidence has

At www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8527523/ ... earthquakes could be triggered by streams of postively charged ions ejected by solar flares on the  solar surface - according to a

At www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02136-4 ... a photograph of the sun, at the closest point ever ...  ... the image was taken by the Solar Orbiter Mission (ESA).

Gary, William and Robert have been sending in links, often to the same stories. The next four posts are links sent in by them. For

The Mezmaiskaya cave is important as far as Neanderthals are concerned, and their replacement by modern humans - see https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/five-new-ancient-genomes-tell-us... ... five new genomes tell

An archaeological mystery. Tumuli in the islands of New Caledonia - courtesy of the latest issue of Popular Archaeology - see https://popular-archaeology.com/article/the-mystery-of-the-tumuli/ ... We are

Over the past ten years a number of studies have detected what is thought to be an excess of gamma ray radiation at the centre

At https://phys.org/news/2020-07-lava-tubes-exploration-priority-worlds.html ... why lava tubes should be a priority when visiting other planets. When magma comes out of the innards of the earth it

Here we have a graphic illustration of how the BBC does climate science. We've endured their political shenanigans over Covid 19 and the pure theatre

Gary also sent in this link to https://aeon.com/essays/decoding-the-ancient-tale-of-mass-suicide-in-the... ... the Masada mystery. Decoding the tale of mass suicide as described by Josephus. Have archaeologists exploited

Gary sent in the link to https://phys.org/news/2020-07-electrical-tomato.html ... it seems the soil beneath our feet is alive with electrical signalling. These provide signals among plants,

Now for the big scruncher. A bit of old hat perhaps but it paints a catastrophic picture in the period when the Neanderthals disappeared. See

At https://anthropology.net/2020/07/08/polynesians-contacted-native-america... ... lots of speculation on the part of Polynesian contact with the Americas has been the norm for a number of years. It

At https://phys.org/news/2020-07-plate-tectonics-rewrites-history-earth.html ... plate tectonics research rewrites the history of earth's continents, we are told. Or is it a bit of jiggery pokery with the

Comet Neo wise is just some 5 km across. No wonder it is naked eye visible. It has also survived its journey around the Sun

Seems like mainstream might be waking up to electro-magnetism in space. Gary sent in a link to www.quantamagazine.org/the-hidden-magnetic-universe-begins-to-come-into-... ... which concerns magnetic fields in space.

Sent in by Gary - see www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8483763/ ... it seems the moon's crust is richer in metals than the crust of the earth. That is

A more interesting idea is at https://phys.org/news/2020-06-spacecraft-solar-patterns-expose-moon.html ... data from serveral NASA mission spacecraft show that wind created by high speed particles, the solar wind,