FUNDAY

5/8

ASTRONOMY

AG Carinae about to go supernova?
https://www.sott.net/article/452271-AG-Carinae-about-to-go-supernova
(No, it's not. See http://qdl.scs-inc.us/?top=16754/)

'Oddball supernova' appears strangely cool before exploding, 'stretches what's considered physically possible'
https://www.sott.net/article/452444-Oddball-supernova-appears-strangely-cool-before-exploding-stretches-whats-considered-physically-possible
(Again, see http://qdl.scs-inc.us/?top=16754/)

Astronomers are watching a gas giant grow
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-astronomers-gas-giant-front-eyes.html

Hubble views a dazzling cosmic necklace
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-image-hubble-views-dazzling-cosmic.html

AT 2018 cow, newly discovered class of cosmic explosions, has an extremely patchy environment
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-patchy-environment-rare-cosmic-explosion.html

Study investigates chemical properties of globular cluster NGC 1261
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-chemical-properties-globular-cluster-ngc.html

New look at a bright stellar nursery
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-bright-stellar-nursery.html

Astronomers discover a new extragalactic circular radio source
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-astronomers-extragalactic-circular-radio-source.html

Planet formation may start earlier than previously thought
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-planet-formation-earlier-previously-thought.html
(See also http://qdl.scs-inc.us/?top=6199/)

Star formation is triggered by cloud-cloud collisions, study finds
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-star-formation-triggered-cloud-cloud-collisions.html
(See also http://qdl.scs-inc.us/?top=12692 and http://qdl.scs-inc.us/?top=15482/)

A barred galaxy's massive molecular inflow
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-barred-galaxy-massive-molecular-inflow.html

New Comet C/2021 E3 (ZTF)
https://www.sott.net/article/452380-New-Comet-C-2021-E3-ZTF

How Long is a Day on Venus? We Finally Know the Exact Answer
https://www.sott.net/article/452459-How-Long-is-a-Day-on-Venus-We-Finally-Know-the-Exact-Answer

How salty is Enceladus' ocean under the ice?
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-salty-enceladus-ocean-ice.html

Researchers create new lunar map to help guide future exploration missions
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-lunar-future-exploration-missions.html

Parker discovers natural radio emission in Venus' atmosphere
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-parker-natural-radio-emission-venus.html

Physicists describe new type of aurora
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-physicists-aurora.html


EARTH SCIENCE

Lightning and subvisible discharges produce molecules that clean the atmosphere
https://www.sott.net/article/452255-Lightning-and-subvisible-discharges-produce-molecules-that-clean-the-atmosphere

Vital soil organisms harmed by pesticides
https://www.sott.net/article/452363-Vital-soil-organisms-harmed-by-pesticides-study

Some viruses have a completely different genome to the rest of life on Earth
https://www.sott.net/article/452408-Some-viruses-have-a-completely-different-genome-to-the-rest-of-life-on-Earth

Candles turned to stone
https://creation.com/candles-turned-to-stone

Terrible lizards trapped by terrible Flood
https://creation.com/terrible-lizards-trapped-by-terrible-flood

Post-Flood boundary
https://creation.com/disagreements-on-the-post-flood-boundary

PBS NOVA on the Younger Dryas Impact
https://cosmictusk.com/pbs-nova-younger-dryas/

Mississippi Petrified Wood, Glaciation or Flood?
https://www.sis-group.org.uk/news/piece-petrified-wood-big-implications.htm

Venus Ionospheric Radio Waves; Earth Lightning Cleans Atmosphere
https://www.sis-group.org.uk/news/parker-and-venus.htm

Discarded ostrich shells provide timeline for our early African ancestors
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/uoc--dos042921.php

These mysterious stone structures in Saudi Arabia are older than the pyramids
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/mysterious-stone-structures-saudi-arabia-are-older-pyramids-rcna805

First-known pregnant mummy discovered
https://www.livescience.com/pregnant-egyptian-mummy-warsaw.html

Archaeologists uncover oldest human burial in Africa
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/05/archaeologists-uncover-oldest-human-burial-in-africa

Early humans used fire to permanently change the landscape tens of thousands of years ago in Stone Age Africa [thousands, not tens of thousands]
https://theconversation.com/early-humans-used-fire-to-permanently-change-the-landscape-tens-of-thousands-of-years-ago-in-stone-age-africa-158574

Fossil 'balls' are 1 billion [no, just thousands of] years old and could be Earth's oldest known multicellular life
https://www.livescience.com/billion-year-old-fossil-animal-evolution.html

The Younger Dryas Impact and the Global Flood | Ancient Architects
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xkTPm6g2Kzs&t=184s

Randall Carlson & UX dive into the Carolina Bays, history of cosmic impacts and how cataclysms are remembered through art, myths, and religions
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ptdpKuEgmbw

Evidence Of Ancient Cataclysms At Megalithic Sites Around The World
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bmkg5Fxq1D8