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The brother portraying Jesus is still there, as is his 'mother' and his 'brothers'. There are (were) 4 Jesus-es to portray different ages. But that is behind us now. One couple I know moved to Sydney for 7 years. I see him on the episodes now. So I have no doubt they wish to keep them there for the length of this project. (He is one of the 12.) And I can confirm all the 'same' main characters are still there in episode 10... And keeping the same looking characters draws us to them. I am connecting events and the various apostles personalities together with their actions with their words. I'm loving Peter more and more...

As you can imagine, it's a bit of both. The ones that stay throughout, would be the 12, (and ones like these) that often are named. From what I see, there are also 'groups' of characters that are 'regulars'. So if the disciples go to 'Cana", this group will have some familiar faces from the last visit to 'Cana'. And some new faces as well. We have some new ones from our congregation going up for the first time in the next few weeks. The 'audition' tapes were sent in some years ago. So it is a slowish process. And we are only half way through the 7 years. So there are no doubt many more that will be selected in the coming years.

Space Sparks Ep-23: Released 30 Jan. 1 min video for your enjoyment:

NASA's Hubble Captures Light Show Around Rapidly Dying Star Tuesday, 10 February 2026 10am EST Release ID: 2026-008 Interplay of shadow, light, and dust hints at processes shaping enigmatic nebula Stardust dances with starlight to create the spectacular Egg Nebula—and the Hubble Space Telescope has a front-row seat to the show. The remarkably symmetrical structure is created by a newly dying, Sun-like star casting off its outer layers of dust and gas. About 1,000 light-years away, the enigmatic Egg Nebula is the youngest and closest nebula of its type ever discovered. Twin beams of light illuminate polar lobes and nested arcs, hinting at gravitational interactions with one or more hidden companion stars shrouded by the thick dust. Only Hubble’s exquisitely sharp vision can reveal intricate details of the Egg Nebula’s structure and provide scientists with a rare, close-up opportunity to study a dying star. Article link: https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news-releases/2026/news-2026-008.html?utm_source=hubble&utm_campaign=inbox_astronomy&utm_id=2026-008 [ED: The 1min video Explores the History] Pic Description: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals the clearest view yet of the Egg Nebula. This structure of gas and dust was created by a dying, Sun-like star. These newest observations were taken with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3. NASA, ESA, Bruce Balick (UWashington) In 2003, Hubble's ACS (Advanced Camera for Surveys) yielded a new view of the Egg, showing the full extent of the ripples of dust around it. A further image from WFC3 (Wide Field Camera 3) in 2012 zoomed in on the central dust cloud and dramatic gas outflows. This new image combines the data used to create the 2012 image with additional observations from the same program to deliver the clearest look yet at this intricate cosmic egg. STScI-Egg-Neb.mp4

Webb's 255-hour-long observation reveals invisible dark matter in a map area containing nearly 800,000 galaxies By Chibuike Okpara, Published 02/01/2026 Using its Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope peered into a region for a total of about 255 hours. This exceptionally long observation allowed astronomers to trace dark matter by studying how its gravity distorts and influences the light from distant galaxies. As part of the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) project, Webb captured an area of the sky located in the constellation Sextans. The region measures 0.54 square degrees — that is, about two and a half times the size of a Full Moon. This expanse of sky shown in the image contains nearly 800,000 galaxies. The area is also overlaid with a map of dark matter... In this image, the dark matter is represented in blue. Brighter blue areas indicate a higher density of dark matter. While Hubble previously mapped the dark matter in this area of the sky in 2007, Webb’s map reveals new clumps of dark matter, as it contains about twice as many galaxies as Hubble’s map. Webb’s map also offers a higher resolution view. Article link: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Webb-s-255-hour-long-observation-reveals-invisible-dark-matter-in-a-map-area-containing-nearly-800-000-galaxies.1217296.0.html

Ep-4 [6min] released 27 Jan 2026: Does logic point to... God?!!! A short animated video inspired by the graphic novel The God Proofs: How Science Points to YOUR Creator by Doug Ell for young teens and above. For more information, check out https://thegodproofs.com/. =========================== Video link:

Webb pushes boundaries of observable Universe closer to Big Bang 28 Jan 28 2026 - NASA Webb Mission Team -Goddard Space Flight Center By now Webb has established that it will eventually surpass virtually every benchmark it sets in these early years, but the newly confirmed galaxy, MoM-z14, holds intriguing clues to the Universe’s historical timeline and just how different a place the early Universe was than astronomers expected. “With Webb, we are able to see farther than humans ever have before, and it looks nothing like what we predicted, which is both challenging and exciting,” said Rohan Naidu of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, lead author of a paper on galaxy MoM-z14 published in the Open Journal of Astrophysics... Intriguing features MoM-z14 is one of a growing group of surprisingly bright galaxies in the early Universe – 100 times more than theoretical studies predicted before the launch of Webb, according to the research team. “There is a growing chasm between theory and observation related to the early Universe, which presents compelling questions to be explored going forward,” said Jacob Shen, a postdoctoral researcher at MIT and a member of the research team... Article link: https://esawebb.org/news/weic2603/ Pic Description: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows galaxy MoM-z14 as it appeared in the distant past, only 280 million years after the universe began in the big bang. Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Rohan Naidu (MIT); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has topped itself once again, delivering on its promise to push the boundaries of the observable Universe closer to cosmic dawn with the confirmation of a bright galaxy that existed 280 million years after the Big Bang.

Researchers discover hundreds of cosmic anomalies with help from AI 27 January 2026 — ESA/Hubble Science Release heic2603 A team of astronomers have used a new AI-assisted method to search for rare astronomical objects in the Hubble Legacy Archive. The team sifted through nearly 100 million image cutouts in just two and a half days, uncovering nearly 1400 anomalous objects, more than 800 of which had never been documented before. Article link: https://esahubble.org/news/heic2603/ Pic Description: This collection features six galaxies, showing a cross-section of the discoveries with some of the more striking examples: three lenses with arcs distorted by gravity, one galactic merger, one ring galaxy, and one galaxy — not alone in the results — which defied classification. To detect anomalous objects like these six, the researchers developed an AI tool capable of searching and recognising patterns in images, and trained it with examples of types of unusual objects that they wanted to find. They then used their algorithm to examine the entire set of data from Hubble’s archive in search of further anomalous objects, over the course of just a couple of days. The result was a ranking of which images contained objects most likely to be anomalous. After inspecting the results from their AI tool, the team confirmed almost 1400 anomalies, of which over 800 were previously unknown. With even larger datasets on the way from missions including ESA’s Euclid, the hope is that AI tools such as this one can help astronomers to make the absolute most of their observations. Video link [1min explan]: Video link [1:30 zoom in]:

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Another scorching day Downunder. As Australia is about the size of North America- there's no escaping the heat. No even if you fly as far as "NY to LA". It's all cooking! 🍳 AND, we still have bush fires from last week still burning. 🔥 https://www.9news.com.au/national/bushfires-p-more-than-1000-homes-evacuated-as-otways-fire-threatens-towns-as-far-as-lorne/9c1cf642-2ba3-49a5-ae0f-273b7487f5f9

It's HOT HOT HTO _ DownUnder today! https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/australia-day-forecasts-for-the-capital-cities/1891158

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NEW: Secrets of the Human Body, Episode 3 - How to Build a Baby From the website: "Consider whether the remarkable coherence of birth and human development is better explained by chance or by intention. In this episode of Secrets of the Human Body, join medical doctor Howard Glicksman and systems engineer Steve Laufmann as they investigate the intricate systems required to build a human baby. Human development requires extraordinary coordination, timing, and information from the very start. Cell differentiation and organ formation depend on plans and signals that are still poorly understood. The placenta and fetal circulatory system demonstrate precise, just-in-time biological engineering. Many foundational problems of life must be solved before evolutionary mechanisms can operate. A design-based framework offers an alternative way to interpret biological coherence and complexity. It’s an amazing story you won’t want to miss. Be sure to share it with your family and friends!" Find out more and get the companion book Your Amazing Body at https://secretsofthehumanbody.com/ Video [16:47] link:

Hubble uncovers the secret of stars that defy ageing 21 January 2026 Hubble uncovers the secret of stars that defy ageing. Some stars appear to defy time itself. Nestled within ancient star clusters, they shine bluer and brighter than their neighbours, looking far younger than their true age. Known as blue straggler stars, these stellar oddities have puzzled astronomers for more than 70 years. Now, new results using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope are finally revealing how these “forever young” stars come to be and why they thrive in quieter cosmic neighbourhoods. Full Article link: https://esahubble.org/images/heic2602a/ Pic Description: A side-by-side visual of two globular clusters: NGC 3201 (left) and Messier 70 (right). The star cluster on the right is visibly compact in shape, as the stars near the centre of the object appear very close together. Contrastingly, the star cluster on the left is less compact, as the stars are more spread apart from one another in the field. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

NASA Webb Finds Young Sun-Like Star Forging, Spewing Common Crystals 21 Jan 2026 11:00am Release ID: 2026-104 Summary Before-and-after snapshots show for the first time that crystalline silicates form in the scalding-hot inner portion of a disk around an actively forming star — and could end up in comets at the edge of its system. Previously incompatible facts: 1. Comets contain crystalline silicates. 2. Crystalline silicates require intense heat to form. 3. Comets spend most of their time in the outer reaches of our solar system, where it is incredibly cold. This leads to a logical question: Where did those crystals form? Full Article: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-finds-young-sun-like-star-forging-spewing-common-crystals/ Pic Description: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s 2024 NIRCam image shows protostar EC 53 circled. Researchers using new data from Webb’s MIRI proved that crystalline silicates form in the hottest part of the disk of gas and dust surrounding the star — and may be shot to the system’s edges. Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (NASA-JPL), Joel Green (STScI); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Illustration Description: The actively forming star is represented by the central yellow sphere. Stellar outbursts periodically heat the inner disk, forming a variety of crystalline silicates (represented by teal dots) where it’s hotter, closer to the protostar. Once forged, the crystalline silicates shoot up and out (following the teal arrows), launched by winds from the protostar’s disk. These silicates often end up at the edges of the system, where comets and other icy rocky bodies may eventually form. Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, Elizabeth Wheatley (STScI