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At https://www.sciencealert.com/3-years-after-jwsts-launch-heres-what-it-has-taught-us-about-the-universe .... 27th December 2024, 3 years after the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, we have a quick look at what has

The processes that bring gold up to the surface from deep in Earth's Mantle rely on the sulpher that bubbles beneath volcanoes. Hence, the fire

At https://phys.org/news/2024-12-ancient-genomes-word-indo-european.html ... a team of 91 researchers, mainly from the University of Copenhagen, has discovered an Indo European convergence between the eastern and the

At https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-is-watching-a-vast-growing-anomaly-in-earths-magnetic-field ... apparently, Earth's magnetic field has an anomaly. Something not yet understood. A large region of lower magnetic intensity exists in the skies

Sent in by William this is a testimony to how cleverly some peoples brains work - even a long ways a way from the fireworks.

At https:/www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24nzeqq112o ... some 200 dinosaur footprints made 166 million years ago, have been found criss crossing the limestone floor of a quarry in Oxfordshire.

At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241220133041.htm ... at a Neolithic site in Denmark, new research suggests grinding stones and grain were not, primarily, used to make bread, as one

Another cracker at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241218174832.htm ... The Deccan Traps in India are massive volcanic outpouring of magma. They have, in the past, been proposed as an

This is the headline at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241220133038.htm ... so it can't be pushing the universe apart. Whether that is lumpy or not. This is acording to

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.