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Clearest picture of mars ever! Those canyons are the deepest and longest in our solar system. For comparison, the Grand Canyon is a mile deep, 18 miles across, and 277 miles long. The Valles Marineris is four miles deep, 120 miles across, and 2,500 miles long. If overlaid on the United States, it would stretch roughly from New York City to San Francisco. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ With the loudest bird "song" recorded (125 dB on average), the white bellbird sounds like an alien siren… Procnias albus, commonly known as white bellbird, might have the loudest bird call ever measured. Researchers recorded Type 1 mating songs at an average of 108.9 ± 2.3 dB with peaks at 116.7 ± 1.0 dB and Type 2 mating songs at an average of 116.6 ± 3.6 dB with peaks at 125.4 ± 1.7 dB. Here: https://strangesounds.substack.com/p/the-world-is-going-out-of-control Thank you, Manuel!

The Most Intriguing Signals SETI Ever Detected - The Other Wow Signals (13:45) Astrum 82,850 views Feb 23, 2023 1 Day ago! The most intriguing signals SETI ever detected - SHGb02+14a, BLC1 and fast radio bursts. Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 35% off your subscription by visiting https://ground.news/astrum

Hotel Holds Reasonable Breakfast Hours Of 4:57-5:03 A.M LIFE·Feb 24, 2023 · BabylonBee.com FORT WORTH, TX — A hotel located just outside the historic Fort Worth Stockyards is now serving breakfast during the reasonable times of 4:57 to 5:03, which hotel management advertises as "reasonable." The Rustic Inn, a staple of the Fort Worth area, offers a full continental breakfast, complete with a waffle machine your children can accidentally burn themselves on, included with the room's price. Guests are invited to serve themselves as well as order from the omelet bar, which opens later at 5:24 AM on Tuesdays and Saturdays during months that begin with "M." "A free breakfast is a great incentive for travelers," said hotel manager Billy Lupin. "And what better time to eat than the crack of dawn? It helps keep you regular." According to an unofficial hotel survey, a number of guests did indeed choose The Rustic Inn because of the free breakfast, but questioned the hotel's claims that the service window was "reasonable." "I was up late doing Texas things," lamented one guest from Wisconsin. "I don't want to wake up at 5 AM for breakfast. I'm on vacation!" "I fail to see the problem," Lupin argued. "I eat breakfast every day starting at 4:57 sharp because of my severe OCD." "If you take more than six minutes to eat your bacon will get cold!" At publishing time, The Rustic Inn has yet to serve a single guest breakfast. Here: https://babylonbee.com/news/hotel-holds-reasonable-breakfast-hours-of-457-503-am

Vegetables and Fruits Are Great, but Just Eating Them May NOT Help You Fight Cancer Flora Zhao Feb 16 2023 Modern nutritional science recognizes fruits and vegetables as healthy foods that can reduce the risk of cancer, and most people agree with the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” But can we fight cancer effectively by eating only fruits and vegetables? Is it healthy to eat only fruits and vegetables? Well, not necessarily. Fruits and Vegetables Can Fight Cancer, but There Is a Limit to Their Effectiveness Fruits and vegetables may reduce cancer risk because they are rich in fiber, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and phytochemicals that help boost the body’s ability to fight cancer in many ways. Conversely, low fruit and vegetable consumption is associated with an increased risk of death from cancer. A meta-analysis of 95 studies showed that adding 200 grams of vegetables and fruits to the diet was associated with a 10 percent reduction in all-cause mortality. A daily intake of 550 to 600 grams of fruits and vegetables combined, fruits, and vegetables, was associated with 14 percent, 8 percent, and 12 percent reductions in the relative risk of total cancer, respectively. It also reported that cruciferous and green-yellow vegetables were associated with a significant reduction in total cancer risk. However, the study also found that increasing intake beyond 550 to 600 grams of fruit and vegetables per day did not lead to further reductions in risk. Another meta-analysis showed a similar result: The protective associations for humans did not increase beyond 300 grams per day of fruit and vegetable intake.... More: https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/are-fruits-and-vegetables-really-the-best-way-to-fight-cancer_5051759.html PS. To be able to read The Epoch Times articles, deny scripts...

Does Life Flash Before the Eyes Upon Dying? Study: Specific Patterns of Waves Recorded in a Dying Brain Emma Yu & Angela Bright Feb 7 2023 Death has always been a mystery to human beings. What can people see or feel when they are dying? Scientists who recorded the brain waves of a dying patient may have insights into the mystery. When using continuous electroencephalography (EEG) to record the brain waves of an 87-year-old epileptic man, an international team of scientists monitored his brain activity as he suffered a heart attack and died. The study was published in the February 2022 issue of Front Aging Neuroscience. Brain Waves Highly Active After Cardiac Arrest Dr. Ajmal Zemmar, a neurosurgeon at the University of Louisville who took part in the study, said specific patterns of brain waves appeared in the patient’s brain 30 seconds before and after his heart stopped beating. “Through generating oscillations involved in memory retrieval, the brain may be playing a last recall of important life events just before we die, similar to the ones reported in near-death experiences,” Zemmar told Frontiers. A 2013 study published in the National Academy of Sciences found that all nine mice in the experiment had highly active brain waves for 30 seconds after cardiac arrest. This is strikingly similar to what Zemmar’s team found in their patient near death. Near-Death Experiencers Look Back on Their Lives The phenomenon of “looking back on life” just before or while dying has happened to many near-death experiencers. Dannion Brinkley, author of Saved by the Light, wrote about his two near-death experiences. After its publication in 1994, the book was listed as a best-seller by The New York Times for five consecutive months. Brinkley recalled to readers his first near-death experience on Sept. 17, 1975. During a storm that hit Aiken, South Carolina, the 25-year-old Brinkley was at home, talking on the phone with a friend, when a bolt of lightning struck him through the telephone line, throwing him into the air. After experiencing immense heat and pain, Brinkley says he felt his soul leave his body and that he felt bathed in peace and tranquillity. He said he floated in the air watching his family and friends panic and give him first aid. He saw ambulances rush in and take his body to the hospital. Brinkley’s soul went through a tunnel into a place of light. EEG reveals different patterns of brain activity (brain activity/iStock) Brinkley then began to look back on the 25 years of his life, seeing even the tiniest details. He was surprised to find that he could relate to the feelings of other people affected by incidents he was involved in. Brinkley grew up unrestrained and was a bully who took pleasure in fighting and humiliating others. In reviewing his history, he felt firsthand the pain, fear, panic, and helplessness felt by his victims. In one such memory, Brinkley shot and killed a North Vietnamese officer during the Vietnam War. In his near-death experience, Brinkley felt the confusion that the officer felt when he was shot in the head, as well as the helplessness and sorrow that he could not see his family again. What’s more, he felt the pain the officer’s family felt for years after they learned of his death. When the flashback finished, he was overwhelmed with remorse and shame. After returning to the mortal world, Brinkley changed himself completely and did everything he could to help others.... More: https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/does-life-flash-before-the-eyes-upon-dying-study-specific-patterns-of-waves-recorded-in-a-dying-brain_5036086.html

Protection From New COVID-19 Vaccines Drops Sharply Within Months: CDC Zachary Stieber Feb 24 2023 The new COVID-19 vaccines provide a boost to protection against hospitalization but that shielding wanes within months, according to unpublished data presented on Feb. 24. A bivalent Pfizer or Moderna booster increased protection against hospitalization initially by 52 percent, but that protection dropped to 36 percent beyond 59 days, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers said. The researchers separately looked at the protection people who had received two or more monovalent doses, or doses of the original vaccines, and no bivalent booster. They found that people aged 18 to 64 had just 19 percent protection against COVID-19 associated hospitalization and those aged 65 and older had just 28 percent protection. That means the protection after two months was around 60 percent in total for the elderly and goes below 50 percent for all other adults. The data came from the CDC’s VISION network. Data from a different CDC-run network, called IVY, showed “minimal to no residual protection” against hospitalization from the original vaccine, Dr. Amadea Britton, a CDC official, said. Two or more monovalent doses provided just 17 percent protection, with uncertain confidence intervals. A bivalent vaccine on top of a monovalent primary series brought the protection to just 55 percent at seven or more days after the booster. Waning wasn’t measured in the IVY network. The bivalent vaccines were authorized and recommended in the fall of 2022 despite no clinical trial data being available. Clinical efficacy data remains unavailable at present. The COVID-19 vaccines are authorized in the United States to prevent COVID-19 disease but officials have increasingly described the goal of vaccination as preventing severe disease, because the vaccines have performed worse and worse against symptomatic infection as newer variants have emerged. The effectiveness against severe disease may be higher than against hospitalization, according to Britton. ... A bivalent booster worked much worse in adults, according to other unpublished data from the network presented for the first time during the meeting. A bivalent increased protection against symptomatic infection by just 38 percent in the elderly, with protection dropping to 21 percent by five months. In people aged 50 to 64, protection started at 46 percent and waned to 28 percent; among adults aged 18 to 49, protection started at 51 percent and waned to 41 percent.... More: https://www.theepochtimes.com/protection-from-new-covid-19-vaccines-drops-sharply-within-months-cdc_5080704.html

Wild Daffodils - Dymock Wood, Forest of Dean - by AndreA on Pinterest Spring is in the air! Sun is shining, spring-like temperatures (during the day)... so it feels good to finally go out in a shirt! (my wife didn't see me come out...) - in the forest full of yellow daffodils, everywhere! but I was a bit cold hmm, walking fast I finally found myself home... now I'm warming up with my PC... oh those youthful mistakes... drinking double ginger tea, with honey. I took 2 vitamin C and echinacea to please my wife... by AndreA on Pinterest

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Five reasons to replace sugar with honey Published February 18,2023 When it comes to sweeteners, sugar and honey are at the center of the debate. Honey is often hailed as a healthier alternative to sugar. This is true despite being a bit higher in calories because of its added nutritional value. There are several health benefits to replacing sugar with honey. But before listing them, remember that even if some associate it with the word "healthy," honey still needs to be consumed in moderation. HONEY HAS A LOWER GLYCAEMIC INDEX One of the advantages of substituting sugar with honey is that the latter has a lower glycaemic index. The glycaemic index measures how quickly blood sugar levels rise after eating a particular food. Foods with a high glycaemic index cause a quick spike in blood sugar, while those with a low glycaemic index have a more gradual effect. This is why honey is often thought of as a better choice for people with diabetes or other conditions requiring careful blood sugar regulation. HONEY IS A NATURAL ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIVIRAL AGENT Honey has long been used as a natural remedy for colds and other respiratory infections. This sweetener is a natural antibacterial and antiviral agent, making it an excellent choice for treating these health conditions. Honey can help to soothe a sore throat and calm coughs. It also boosts the immune system, allowing the body to fight infection. Also, honey is a natural expectorant, effectively clearing mucus from the respiratory tract. For best results, it is recommended to take one tablespoon of honey three times per day. You can add honey to tea or simply eat off spoon. HONEY CONTAINS ANTIOXIDANTS Here is another reason to replace sugar with honey: it has antioxidants that help protect cells from damage caused by harmful molecules called free radicals. Free radicals are believed to contribute to cancer and heart disease development. By eliminating free radicals, honey's antioxidants may help to reduce the risk of these diseases. Honey is also a good source of vitamins and minerals, making it a healthy addition to any diet. HONEY MAY HELP IMPROVE CHOLESTEROL LEVELS AND REDUCE THE RISK OF DIABETES Studies have shown that honey can help improve cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of developing diabetes. The antioxidants in honey also help to protect against heart disease and cancer. In addition, honey has antimicrobial properties that can help to boost the immune system. Given all of these health benefits, it is no surprise that honey is often called nature's miracle drug. So next time you are looking for a natural way to improve your health, try to replace sugar with honey. HONEY CAN IMPROVE DIGESTION The enzymes in honey can help break down food and make it easier for the body to digest. Additionally, honey is a good source of prebiotics, which are essential for gut health. Studies have shown that honey can help to improve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome and other digestive issues like diarrhoea. Furthermore, honey can help to promote the growth of good bacteria in the gut, which is vital for a healthy digestive system. Here: https://www.anews.com.tr/health/2023/02/18/five-reasons-to-replace-sugar-with-honey

45 billion years old meteorite falls in Italy The meteorite, which fell at 300 kilometers per hour on the balcony of a councilor's house, is one of three aerolites that hit Earth last week: on February 13 in France, on February 14 in Italy and on February 15 in Texas. Researchers from the Italian Institute of Astrophysics (Inas) have located new fragments of a meteorite that fell last week in the city of Matera, southern Italy, which would be 45 billion years old, as many as the solar system, according to the first results of the investigations. More: https://www.anews.com.tr/gallery/life/45-billion-years-old-meteorite-falls-in-italy/3

NOT FUNNY... EU scientists say first Saharan dust of 2023 seen in Europe DPA WORLD Published February 21,2023 For the first time this year, a large amount of Sahara dust was detected over Europe, and the particles could reach Central and Eastern Europe as early as the next few days, the EU's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said on Tuesday. The impact of Saharan dust could affect human health and the energy sector, the statement added. Allergies, for example, could be exacerbated. The dust particles in the atmosphere could also affect the generation of solar energy. According to Copernicus forecasts, the dust is from North Africa and has already arrived at the Iberian Peninsula and will head toward France. "The typical impact is a red or orange sky, but there is also the potential of ground-level air quality impacts, especially in Portugal and Spain," said Copernicus lead scientist Mark Parrington. The atmospheric monitoring service is one of several components of the Copernicus programme. Among other things, it provides data on the atmosphere, oceans, land, climate change, security and energy obtained from satellite images. Here: https://www.anews.com.tr/world/2023/02/21/eu-scientists-say-first-saharan-dust-of-2023-seen-in-europe

CURIOUS ‘OBLONG’ OBJECT DETECTED ON RADAR WAS CLOSELY TRACKED BY NASA, OFFICIALS SAY MICAH HANKS· ·FEBRUARY 21, 2023 NASA officials say an unusually shaped oblong object was recently tracked by the space agency’s Deep Space Network as it made a close approach near Earth earlier this month. The Deep Space Network consists of a network of spacecraft communication facilities operated by the U.S. from various points around the globe. With locations in North America, Europe, and Australia, the Deep Space Network is able to conduct astronomy via radio and radar observations while contributing to several of NASA’s orbital missions. On February 3, the network detected an odd, roughly pill-shaped object with a length close to three times that of its width, approaching Earth at just under five times the distance between Earth and the Moon. The curiously shaped object was described as one of the “most elongated asteroids ever imaged by planetary radar,” according to a statement that appeared on the website of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Dubbed 2011 AG5, the object was deemed to be no risk to Earth, although JPL scientists reportedly “closely tracked the object” in an effort to learn as much as they could about its elongated shape, as well as its size, rotation, and other details. Although the near-Earth transit in February allowed JPL scientists an ideal opportunity to observe the object, it is among the many known space objects NASA has logged and continues to track, having been first discovered twelve years ago. “This close approach provided the first opportunity to take a detailed look at the asteroid since it was discovered in 2011,” read a JPL statement, which revealed the object to be roughly the same size and dimensions as the Empire State Building at approximately 1,600 feet long and 500 feet wide. Two of the 111.5-foot antennas that comprise the Beam Wave Guide Cluster at Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, located in the Mojave Desert in California near Barstow (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech). The object’s dimensions and other characteristics were determined with help from the powerful Goldstone Solar System Radar antenna dish, located at Barstow, California, which remains active 24 hours each day in their effort to collect data about asteroids and other objects, some of which are as distant as the edges of our Solar System. Goldstone’s antennas are also capable of performing a dual purpose as radio telescopes useful in the study of planets and other celestial objects that produce radio waves. Lance Benner, principal scientist at JPL and one of the scientists that led the observations of 2011 AG5, said in a statement that it is “one of the most elongated we’ve seen.” Past research has suggested that asteroids bearing an elongated shape may be younger, as it is believed that impacts that occur over lengthier periods of an asteroid’s lifespan may produce their more common spherical shapes. NASA says the observations of 2011 AG5 began as early as January 29 and lasted until February 4, 2023. During this period, JPL scientists managed to discern several additional details about the ovoid asteroid that included a broad concavity in one of the object’s hemispheres.... More: https://thedebrief.org/curious-oblong-object-detected-on-radar-was-closely-tracked-by-nasa-officials-say/

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NASA studies a meteorite that fell in Texas and weighed four baby elephants By Mary February 22, 2023 A meteorite with the total weight of four baby elephants struck Earth near McAllen, Texas, USA and NASA is studying the fireball. The meteorite impact, reported by local network KDFW, occurred around 18:00 on Wednesday and some eyewitnesses observed a possible impact of the meteorite in the sky at that time. The National Weather Service later confirmed this, stating that a geostationary lightning mapper had seen a meteor flash half an hour earlier. The plot of the meteorite that fell in Texas. The Texas meteorite and its relationship to baby elephants At the time of the meteorite’s fall it was not clear what had caused the flash in the sky, especially since there were no thunderstorms in the area that could have produced it. Home security camera footage obtained by KDFW appeared to have captured an apparent sonic boom, the loud noise of which caused birds to flee, while many locals said they heard a possible earthquake. The meteorite traveled at about 27,000 kilometers per hour, according to NASA Meteor Watch, which posted information about the meteorite on Facebook. The angle and speed at which it entered the atmosphere and weather radar images helped the Aerospace Agency determine that the object was likely a meteorite. According to experts at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, the meteor in question had a diameter of just over 60 centimeters and weighed half a ton (about 454 kilograms). Hence the comparison with baby elephants weighing up to 113 kilos at birth according to Denver Zoo experts, The meteorite would have been the size of a Pembroke Welsh Corgi dog, but weighed nearly half a ton. This means that, despite having a diameter similar to the length of a Pembroke Welsh Corgi dog breed, it weighs almost half a ton. The meteor exploded in the Earth’s atmosphere about 34 kilometers above the ground and its fragments managed to land. Moreover, the meteorite impact had an energy equivalent to eight tons of TNT. However, it caused no fatalities or significant property damage.... - So cool! MORE: https://newsrebeat.com/world-news/146317.html

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Bing AI: Psychotherapist Claims There Is Some Strange Psychology Happening Behind Microsoft's Chatbot Margaret Davis Feb 22, 2023 04:55 AM EST While Microsoft's Bing AI continues to make headlines for its more strange outputs, like naming its enemies as Science Times previously reported, many are worried about whether the chatbot is okay. Since its debut last week, some internet users have jokingly dubbed Bing AI as "ChatBPD" in reference to the fact that it is powered by OpenAI's technology and to the psychological disorder Borderline Personality Disorder, which is characterized by problems controlling emotions. Bing AI Is Just a Mirror The advancing capabilities of artificial intelligence have some experts wonder if the world may one day experience the first example of AI singularity or when AI improves to the point where it becomes conscious. Martha Crawford, a New York-based psychologist and writer, analyzed conversations with the Bing AI and told Futurism that there is some peculiar psychology at work behind it. Crawford said that mostly what people do not like seeing is how paradoxical and messy and boundary-less and threatening and strange someone's methods of communication are. While some users can identify these systems as such, others struggle to negotiate the language intricacy of these human-made AI systems. These people see AI as a single entity and fail to recognize that they are effectively speaking to themselves when communicating to these systems, much like speaking to a mirror. It is important to remember that AI is only as good as the data it is trained on, such as data collected from the internet. As a result, AI's behavior frequently mirrors the weird and off-putting ways people communicate with one another. Crawford feels that it is reflected in many of the harsh answers the Bing AI has been throwing forth. Crawford's father-in-law is Saul Amarel, a Greek-born AI pioneer who laid the groundwork for these language models today. She said that this was a topic of dinner table disputes when Amarel was still living and that she would often argue with her father-in-law over why humans would want computers to mimic them when humans are already so messed up. She declined to diagnose Bing AI with any human mental illness due to the chatbot's lack of brain or mind. But Crawford thinks that, if the AI is trained on social media data, then it is likely that it is only mimicking outrageous stuff people do online.... More: https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/42525/20230222/bing-ai-psychotherapist-claims-strange-psychology-happening-behind-microsofts-chatbot.htm ScienceTimes.com Home page: https://www.sciencetimes.com/

Is Raining Fish Possible? Spangled Perch Are Falling From Sky in a Remote Area in Australia Caleb White Feb 22, 2023 08:01 AM EST In a remote town in Australia, it hasn't been raining cats and dogs but fish. Yes, fish have been falling down from the sky and they don't know why. Raining Fish in Australia In the town of Lajamanu, a small community in the arid Northern Territory, around 560 miles south of Darwin, a big storm was heading to the community. Lajamanu local and Central Desert councilor Andrew Johnson Japanangka told Australian ABC News that when it started raining, they noticed that fish were also falling down from the sky. According to Queensland Museum ichthyologist Jeff Johnson, the fish were spangled perch and they were about the size of a child's palm. They had fallen overnight and the people woke up the following day finding them scattered around the town. Many of them were still alive. Japanangka said some were found in a puddle of water. Some children also picked them up and kept them in a bottle or a jar. Spangled perch also known as spangled grunters are one of the most common species of freshwater fish in Australia. Most measure around 6 inches long but they can grow up to 10 inches. The experts cannot explain the phenomenon, but it wasn't reportedly the first time that it happened.... More: https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/42529/20230222/raining-fish-possible-spangled-perch-falling-sky-remote-area-australia.htm

Highly Intelligent and Possibly Invincible Super Pigs Are Invading America Tim Newcomb 2 days ago © Getty Images A special breed of highly intelligent super pigs from Canada have started to travel south into the northern United States. Here's what we know. A special breed of hybrid super pigs from Canada have started to travel south into the northern United States. The pigs pose a threat to native wildlife and may prove tough to eradicate. The spread of the pigs has only increased in recent years. A hybrid breed of super pigs—a mix of a domestic pig and a wild boar—is running wild in Canada. And now they have their sights set on the United States.... More: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/highly-intelligent-and-possibly-invincible-super-pigs-are-invading-america/ar-AA17LIYx

Study finds zero loss of Antarctica sea ice - but BBC spins as 'new record low' Chris Morrison Daily Sceptic Tue, 21 Feb 2023 01:00 UTC © unknown The catastrophisation of natural events and weather is relentless across the mainstream media as populations continue to be nudged towards an elitist command-and-control Net Zero future. The BBC recently copied a headline from the U.S.-based National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) claiming Antarctica sea ice had hit a "new record low". Inexplicably missing from the story was the later observation from the NSIDC that since accurate satellite records began in 1979, the trend in the minimum ice extent is "near zero". Any loss was said to be "not statistically significant". To be fair to the writer, BBC science correspondent Jonathan Amos, he did report later in the story that scientists consider the behaviour of Antarctica sea ice to be a "complicated phenomenon which cannot simply be ascribed to climate change". Of course, as regular Daily Sceptic readers are aware, the Antarctic is a difficult hunting ground for climate catastrophists since over the last seven decades there has been little or no warming over large areas of the continent... MORE: https://www.sott.net/article/477558-Study-finds-zero-loss-of-Antarctica-sea-ice-but-BBC-spins-as-new-record-low ...and in DailySceptic.org: https://dailysceptic.org/2023/02/21/study-finds-zero-loss-of-antarctica-sea-ice-but-bbc-spins-as-new-record-low/ DailySceptic.org Home page: https://dailysceptic.org/

Webb Spots Super Old, Massive Galaxies That Shouldn’t Exist By Keith Cowing Press Release University of Colorado at Boulder February 22, 2023 NASA In a new study, an international team of astrophysicists has discovered several mysterious objects hiding in images from the James Webb Space Telescope: six potential galaxies that emerged so early in the universe’s history and are so massive they should not be possible under current cosmological theory. Each of the candidate galaxies may have existed at the dawn of the universe roughly 500 to 700 million years after the Big Bang, or more than 13 billion years ago. They’re also gigantic, containing almost as many stars as the modern-day Milky Way Galaxy. “It’s bananas,” said Erica Nelson, co-author of the new research and assistant professor of astrophysics at the University of Colorado Boulder. “You just don’t expect the early universe to be able to organize itself that quickly. These galaxies should not have had time to form.” Nelson and her colleagues, including first author Ivo Labbé of the Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, published their results Feb. 22 in the journal Nature. The latest finds aren’t the earliest galaxies observed by James Webb, which launched in December 2021 and is the most powerful telescope ever sent into space. Last year, another team of scientists spotted four galaxies that likely coalesced from gas around 350 million years after the Big Bang. Those objects, however, were downright shrimpy compared to the new galaxies, containing many times less mass from stars. The researchers still need more data to confirm that these galaxies are as big as they look, and date as far back in time. Their preliminary observations, however, offer a tantalizing taste of how James Webb could rewrite astronomy textbooks. “Another possibility is that these things are a different kind of weird object, such as faint quasars, which would be just as interesting,” Nelson said. Fuzzy dots There’s a lot of excitement going around: Last year, Nelson and her colleagues, who hail from the United States, Australia, Denmark and Spain, formed an ad hoc team to investigate the data James Webb was sending back to Earth. Their recent findings stem from the telescope’s Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey. These images look deep into a patch of sky close to the Big Dipper—a relatively boring, at least at first glance, region of space that the Hubble Space Telescope first observed in the 1990s. Nelson was peering at a postage stamp-sized section of one image when she spotted something strange: a few “fuzzy dots” of light that looked way too bright to be real. “They were so red and so bright,” Nelson said. “We weren’t expecting to see them.” She explained that in astronomy, red light usually equals old light. The universe, Nelson said, has been expanding since the dawn of time. As it expands, galaxies and other celestial objects move farther apart, and the light they emit stretches out—think of it like the cosmic equivalent of saltwater taffy. The more the light stretches, the redder it looks to human instruments. (Light from objects coming closer to Earth, in contrast, looks bluer). The team ran calculations and discovered that their old galaxies were also huge, harboring tens to hundreds of billions of sun-sized stars worth of mass, on par with the Milky Way. These primordial galaxies, however, probably didn’t have much in common with our own. “The Milky Way forms about one to two new star every year,” Nelson said. “Some of these galaxies would have to be forming hundreds of new stars a year for the entire history of the universe.” Nelson and her colleagues want to use James Webb to collect a lot more information about these mysterious objects, but they’ve seen enough already to pique their curiosity. For a start, calculations suggest there shouldn’t have been enough normal matter—the kind that makes up planets and human bodies—at that time to form so many stars so quickly. “If even one of these galaxies is real, it will push against the limits of our understanding of cosmology,” Nelson said. Seeing back in time For Nelson, the new findings are a culmination of a journey that began when she was in elementary school. When she was 10, she wrote a report about Hubble, a telescope that launched in 1990 and is still active today. Nelson was hooked... More: https://spaceref.com/science-and-exploration/webb-spots-super-old-massive-galaxies-that-shouldnt-exist/

Copernicus Sentinel-2 Helps Explorers Unearth Rare 7.6 kg Meteorite In Antarctica By Keith Cowing Press Release February 21, 2023 7.6 kg meteorite – as discovered A Belgium-led science team based in Antarctica used Copernicus Sentinel-2 data to plan an expedition that recovered one of the biggest meteorites ever found in Earth’s southernmost continent. The space rock – which was one of a haul of five meteorites collected – is now undergoing analysis at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences after being transported to Europe. Every Austral summer, research groups travel to the Belgian Princess Elisabeth Antarctica (PEA) station – located in the Sør Rondane mountains in the east of the continent – to take advantage of its unique environment and facilities for a range of activities, including meteorite hunting. This year science and exploration projects are receiving a boost from ESA through a new Copernicus Sentinel-2 campaign, in which acquisitions over the base have been temporarily increased to provide improved coverage of the largely uncharted region. This image, captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2 on 27 December 2022, shows the blue icefields in which the 7.6kg meteorite was found. The image is a 5×5 km subset. Antarctica is one of the best places in the world to search for space rocks. The continent’s dry environment limits the degree of weathering meteorites... More: https://spaceref.com/earth/copernicus-sentinel-2-helps-explorers-unearth-rare-7-6-kg-meteorite-in-antarctica/ SpaceRef.com HOME page: https://spaceref.com/

Meteorite crater discovered in French winery Picture credit: Frank Brenker,... Date: February 22, 2023 Source: Goethe University Frankfurt Summary: Countless meteorites have struck Earth in the past and shaped the history of our planet. It is assumed, for example, that meteorites brought with them a large part of its water. The extinction of the dinosaurs might also have been triggered by the impact of a very large meteorite. It turns out that the marketing 'gag' of the 'Domaine du Météore' winery is acutally a real impact crater. Meteorite craters which are still visible today are rare because most traces of the celestial bodies have long since disappeared again. FULL STORY With the aim of creating an appealing brand, the name of the 'Domaine du Météore' winery near the town of Béziers in Southern France points to a local peculiarity: one of its vineyards lies in a round, 200-metre-wide depression that resembles an impact crater. By means of rock and soil analyses, scientists led by cosmochemist Professor Frank Brenker from Goethe University Frankfurt have now established that the crater was indeed once formed by the impact of an iron-nickel meteorite. In doing so, they have disproved a scientific opinion almost 60 years old, because of which the crater was never examined more closely from a geological perspective.... More: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230222115945.htm and here too: https://phys.org/news/2023-02-meteorite-crater-french-winery.html

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