At https://phys.org/news/2020-08-robotic-telescope-closest-asteroid-earth.html ... on August 16th a robotic survey camera at Palomar Observatory near San Diego spotted an asteroid, or lump of rock, that had passed earth at only 1830 miles distance. This is above the surface. It is said to be the closest known asteroid fly by in recent years, although the story appears to give another example of an even closer pass by. It was small - just 20 feet across. If it had entered the atmosphere it would probably have burnt up, it is thought.

Sent in by William. At www.yahoo.com/news/pothole-space-evolving-dent-earths-141150074.html ... there is an evolving dent in earth's magnetic field over South America and the South Atlantic. NASA is said to be worried as it  presents problems for satellites. The South Atlantic Anomaly is a weak spot in the earth's magnetic field, it is thought. It seems to be growing. Splitting into two lobes ...

At https://phys.org/news/2020-08-dinosaurs-unique-bone-key-weight.html ... weighing upt to 8000lb the Hadrosaur, or duck billed dinosaurs, were among the largest dinosaurs to roam the earth. How did theri skeletons support  and allow these plant eating animals with long necks to walk and feed, or just hold up the immense weight of their bodies. In velikovskian circles the argument has always been that gravity must have been different back in the dinosaur era.

At https://phys.org/news/2020-08-ancient-giants-small-oddbal-australia.html ... Little and Large were a UK comedy duo. Very often corny, but amusing as far as family audiences are concerned. In this link we have a story from The Conversation about big beasts and smaller animals. The idea that every creature in the Late Pleistocene was bigger than modern examples is a popular perception. In reality a lot of small animals co-existed with the big ones. The same might be said of the dinosaurs. They weren't all lumbering great beasts. Some of them were quit diminutive.