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Another curious story - see https://phys.org/news/2024-12-uncovering-centaur-tracks-scientists-unique.html ... this one concerns Chiron, a centaur object that orbits between Jupiter and Neptune. They are called centaurs as

Robert sent in a number of links. For example,  https://www.livescience.com/space/nasa-solves-mystery-of-why-jupiters-io-is-so-volcanically-active ...  which immediately makes you wonder if the headline is too optimistic. According to new

Solar jets may hold the key for undertaking complete magnetic reversals is the headline at https://phys.org/news/2024-12-switchbacks-solar-jets-key-magnetic.html ... but for more information on the research go

At https://www.livescience.com/space/planets/did-venus-ever-have-oceans-to-support-life-or-was-it-born-hot ... scientists have recently poured cold water on the idea Venus may once have supported life. It is a virtual hell-scape - highly

At https://www.sciencealert.com/dark-comets-come-in-different-varieties-and-it-could-have-implications-for-life-on-earth .... once again, scientists think they understand things - until something comes along to make them look at it again. New and fascinating

Things are getting exciting out in space. More so as astronomers are being fed lots of new information as a result of ever better space

William sent in a link to https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/an-interstellar-visitor-helped-shape-the-orbits-of-the-planets/ar-AAIvFl6D .... a new theory on how the planets arranged themselves in the current configuration. See also https://phys.org/news/2024-12-interstellar-visitor-orbits-planets.html ...

John Phethean, an earth scientist and lecturer at the university of Derby, was invited to join a team of geologists investigating the Davis Strait -

This story is at https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/it-looks-like-smoke-mysterious-chimneys-spewing-shimmering-liquid-discovered-at-the-bottom-of-the-dead-sea ... there are towering salt chimneys formed by liquids spewing forth from the bottom of the dead sea - white

Robert also sent in a link but see first https://wired.com/story/the-secret-electrostatic-world-of-insects/ ... invisibly, to humans, insects and various other kinds of small creatures, even hummingbirds, use

Robert sent in a couple of links https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241126135634.htm ... and https://phys.org/news/2024-11-magnetically-driven-vortices-generating-earth.html ... spots have been noticed at both poles of Jupiter, appearing, and later, disappearing.

William sent in a link https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/universe-expanding-faster-than-physics-can-explain-webb-telescope-confirms-mysterious-growth-spurt/ar-AA1vxGtT ... the universe is expanding faster than mainstream physics allow. The James Webb Space Telsscope confirms the mysterious spurt

At https://dailysceptic.org/2024/11/05/science-shock-u-k-met-office-is-inventing-temperature-data-from-100-non-existent-stations/ ... and the same story can be seen at https://tallbloke.wordpress.com ... and https://wattsupwiththat.com ... among others, arousing  some excitement amongst Net Zero sceptics.

At https://sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-how-our-solar-system-could-capture-a-new-planet .... which uses the visit of Oumuamua to our solar system a few years ago to exploe how our solar system might not

At https://phys.org/news/2024-12-evidence-material-ceres-solar-rich.html ... this concerns material brought back to Earth from the asteroid Ceres, otherwise described as a small planet, during NASAs DAWN mission. Ceres

Sent in by William and somewhat thought provoking. What would a supervolcano do for the Net Zero agenda? At https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/scientists-warn-of-a-supervolcano-awakening-that-could-trigger-global-chaos/ar-AA1uEJ9o ... the Solfatara crater in

It seems there are problems with the much distributed image of a black hole event horizon. A ring of light that is said to surround

Neil Oliver, once a BBC regular and commentator on archaeology and history, and the author of several fascinating books on our past, has published a

William sent in the link and Robert was aware of the story as well. See for example https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/experts-stumble-on-sandstone-slabs-with-footprints-of-entire-280-million-year-old-ecosystem-that-predate-dinosaurs/ar-AA1uzyvN ... a discovery in the Italian Alps

At https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2024/11/18/scientists-havent-saved-the-ozone-layer-master-resource/ ... which is derived from another source. Back in 2015 scientists were predicting the ozone hole would have been reduced by at least