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One hard to make up your mind about. Well, that depends of course. A faraway galaxy, we are told, is noted for its absence of

At https://phys.org/news/2020-11-comet-ld2-atlas-transitioning.html ... this is more on the idea of comets transitioning from Centaurs beyond Jupiter and moving through a gateway to become one of

At https://sciencex.com/news/2020-11-ancient-earth-thick-toxic-atmosphere.html ... and see also https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd1387 ... Venus has a thick toxic atmosphere is the premise with which it begins. Now, it seems, early

Rober sent in the two links www.space.com/steve-picket-fence-streaks-mystery ... and https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020AV000183 .. and comments, nobody knows what actually causes STEVE but they all do not think

At https://phys.org/news/2020-11-asteroid-vt4-skimmed-earth.html ... the impact audit system in Hawaii spotted a close pass by of an asteroid on the 14th November [2020]. It was just

At https://phys.org/news/2020-11-apophis-asteroid-earth-thought.html ... David Tholen, an astronomer at the University of Hawaii, has been having another look at the asteroid Apophis, and at the path

Of interest to catastrophists one might assume. Ancient dust on the sea floor. However, once again the focus is on climate. rather than meteors or

Another day. Another comet. At https://spaceweather.com ... 11th and 12th November 2020 ... an image of the Orion Nebula with Comet Atlas in the foreground.

William sent in a Yahoo link to this story but you can see it at www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8937305/ ... which comes with images. A previously unknown burial

Gary and William have been sending in links over the last few weeks that I've been unable to post, for a variety of reasons. We

Two posts sent in by Gary - at www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8821137/ ... the remains of a 1200 year old Norse place of worship dedicated to gods such

Sea levels were 32m higher than today 13,800 years ago - in southern Greenland (https://notrickszone.com/2020/10/08/scientists-assert-relative-sea-level... ) ... an embarrassment of water. Sea levels rose at

At https://electroverse.net/auroras-without-a-solar-storm-sign-o-the-times/ ... Electroverse is a sort of alarmist blog preaching global cooling is on the way. Nevertheless, it picked up this story with an

Sent in by Kevin. See https://phys.org/news/2020-10-anglo-saxon-warlord-detectorists-redraw-po... ... see also www.bbc.co.uk/news/ ... archaeologists have uncovered a warrior burial in Berkshire, southern England, on a hilltop site

At https://universetoday.com/148097/a-rogue-earth-mass-planet-has-been-disc... ... a rogue earth mass planet has been discovered freely floating in the Milky Way, without a star in attendance. Big news. The

At https://phys.org.news/2020-10-years-sea-level-alor-island.html ... a cave on Alor Island in Indonesia, located between Flores and Timor, has been intermittently occupied over 40,000 years. Sea levels in

The monsters are prehistoric  flying reptiles. The claim they had feathers is refuted in a new study - see https://phys.org/news/2020-09-naked-prehistoric-monsters-evidence-reptil... ... on the basis they

At https://phys.org/news/2020-09-alignment-plane-solar.html ... a study of the motions of comets has led to the idea the solar system has a second alignment plane. At https://phys.org/news/2020-09-video-meteoroid-earth-atmosphere.html

At www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8786351/ ... which begins, snow melt caused by global warming .... reveals mummified penguins and hundreds of bones hidden for 5000 years - under

Oulton, near Lowestoft, famous for Oulton Broad, a large lake formed by peat extraction, now sports an important Anglo Saxon cemetery with 200 graves. It