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The 'heat-wave' has passed, but not without cost: One dead and 300 buildings destroyed in Australia bushfires - BBC News https://share.google/vIJPG23DI8unjuCbA

Watch a Supernova's Expansion Over 25 Years in Dramatic NASA Timelapse 09 January 2026 By Michelle Starr A new video provides a front-row seat to a cosmic drama that has been playing out for centuries. Kepler's supernova remnant is extremely exciting for astronomers – a rare example of a supernova for which we have a clear kick-off timeline, dating back more than 400 years. It's also just 20,000 light-years away; not super-close, but close enough that, with today's instruments, its changes can be tracked in exquisite detail. Read more: Watch a Supernova's Expansion Over 25 Years in Dramatic NASA Timelapse : ScienceAlert https://share.google/lQozKD6OeeOHmCekA Video link: Video link:

Yes. Sadly Australia sees bush fires too frequently. In 1983 I experienced what came to be called 'Ash Wednesday'. 2019 is known as 'Black Summer'. And 2009 (Black Saturday) was horrific as well. And when the country is big, and the population spread out wide, it is a recipe for disasters.

If only we could do an 'equalising'

Australia is officially the hottest place in the world - and it's about to get even HOTTER! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15437527/Australia-officially-hottest-place-world.html Meanwhile, the tip of Australia is bracing for a Cyclone (Hurricane). "Queensland is bracing for dangerous flash flooding and gale-force winds as a tropical low approaches the northeast coast, expected to reach Category 1 cyclone strength beore landfall on Saturday." (Tomorrow) ‘Prepare now’: Warning as cyclone likely https://share.google/eEv56WjUbIRUKSr6l https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/locals-prepare-for-the-worst-as-amid-chance-a-cyclone-could-develop-off-northeast-queensland-coast/news-story/b9aa7a96f86a7835e9623140502bd8ee

43C (109f) in Melbourne today, with one suburb reaching 45C (113). Power outages in the city (50,000 homes without power). Bush fires burning in the rural part of the state are unstoppable. 20 houses lost so far. Another scorcher tomorrow.

NEW VIDEO SERIES: All Life Runs Code. (Ep-1) All life runs code... but what does the code point to? 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/. ============================ As a special gift from the director of the CSC, Dr. Stephen Meyer, you can download his 32-page mini-book Scientific Evidence for a Creator for FREE: https://evolutionnews.org/_/sefac Are you interested in the origins of life and the universe? Get this free book and explore the debate between Darwinian evolution and intelligent design. If you're intrigued by the origins of life, this is a must-read. It might change the way you view our world. https://intelligentdesign.org/ News Release: https://scienceandculture.com/2026/01/hidden-or-revealed-two-new-guides-for-the-perplexed/ Video link [3:45min]:

First Sky Map from NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory By Monika Luabeya 06 Jan 2026 NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, as seen here in this image released on Dec. 18, 2025. This image features a selection of colors emitted primarily by stars (blue, green, and white), hot hydrogen gas (blue), and cosmic dust (red). While not visible to the human eye, these 102 infrared wavelengths of light are prevalent in the cosmos, and observing the entire sky this way enables scientists to answer big questions, including how a dramatic event that occurred in the first billionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the big bang influenced the 3D distribution of hundreds of millions of galaxies in our universe. In addition, scientists will use the data to study how galaxies have changed over the universe’s nearly 14-billion-year history and learn about the distribution of key ingredients for life in our own galaxy. Article link: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/first-sky-map-from-nasas-spherex-observatory/ Pic Description: NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, as seen here in this image released on Dec. 18, 2025. This image features a selection of colors emitted primarily by stars (blue, green, and white), hot hydrogen gas (blue), and cosmic dust (red). NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA Webb Finds Early-Universe Analog’s Unexpected Talent for Making Dust NASA Webb Mission Team Goddard Space Flight Center 06 Jan 2026 Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted two rare kinds of dust in the dwarf galaxy Sextans A, one of the most chemically primitive galaxies near the Milky Way. The finding of metallic iron dust and silicon carbide (SiC) produced by aging stars, along with tiny clumps of carbon-based molecules, shows that even when the universe had only a fraction of today’s heavy elements, stars and the interstellar medium could still forge solid dust grains. This research with Webb is reshaping ideas about how early galaxies evolved and developed the building blocks for planets, as NASA explores the secrets of the universe and our place in it. Article link: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-finds-early-universe-analogs-unexpected-talent-for-making-dust/ Pic Description: Images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope of the dwarf galaxy Sextans A reveal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), large carbon-based molecules that can be a signifier of star formation. The inset at the top right zooms in on those PAHs, which are represented in green. Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, Elizabeth Tarantino (STScI), Martha Boyer (STScI), Julia Roman-Duval (STScI); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

Scientists Identify ‘Astronomy’s Platypus’ with NASA’s Webb Telescope NASA Webb Mission Team Goddard - 06 Jan 06 2026 After combing through NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of astronomers at the University of Missouri says they have identified a sample of galaxies that have a previously unseen combination of features. Principal investigator Haojing Yan compares the discovery to an infamous oddball in another branch of science: biology’s taxonomy-defying platypus. “It seems that we’ve identified a population of galaxies that we can’t categorize, they are so odd. On the one hand they are extremely tiny and compact, like a point source, yet we do not see the characteristics of a quasar, an active supermassive black hole, which is what most distant point sources are,” said Yan. The research was presented in a press conference at the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Phoenix. Article link: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/scientists-identify-astronomys-platypus-with-nasas-webb-telescope/ Pic Description: Four of the nine galaxies in the newly identified “platypus” sample were discovered in NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey (CEERS). One key feature that makes them distinct is their point-like appearance. Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, Steve Finkelstein (UT Austin); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

NASA’s Hubble Examines Cloud-9, First of New Type of Object NASA Hubble Mission Team Goddard Space Flight Center 05 Jan 2026 A team using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object — a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud considered a “relic” or remnant of early galaxy formation. Nicknamed “Cloud-9,” this is the first confirmed detection of such an object in the universe — a finding that furthers the understanding of galaxy formation, the early universe, and the nature of dark matter itself. “This is a tale of a failed galaxy,” said the program’s principal investigator, Alejandro Benitez-Llambay of the Milano-Bicocca University in Milan, Italy. “In science, we usually learn more from the failures than from the successes. In this case, seeing no stars is what proves the theory right. It tells us that we have found in the local universe a primordial building block of a galaxy that hasn't formed.” Read more: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-examines-cloud-9-first-of-new-type-of-object/ {Article includes 25 sec video - below} Pic Description: Magenta is radio data from the ground-based Very Large Array showing the presence of Cloud-9. The dashed circle marks the peak of radio emission, which is where researchers focused their search for stars. Hubble found no stars within Cloud-9. The few objects within its boundaries are background galaxies. Credits: NASA, ESA, VLA, Gagandeep Anand (STScI), Alejandro Benitez-Llambay (University of Milano-Bicocca); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) STScI-Cloud-09.mp4

NASA Hubble Helps Detect 'Wake' of Betelgeuse’s Elusive Companion Star January 05, 2026 4:15pm Release ID: 2026-002 Summary After nearly a decade of tracking the giant star’s hidden companion, scientists have confirmed its existence and the influence it exerts. Scientists have long puzzled over the mysterious red supergiant star Betelgeuse’s changes in brightness and surface features. The mystery intensified after the enormous star became unexpectedly faint in 2020. Now, using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes, astrophysicists have for the first time found firm evidence that a companion is disrupting the atmosphere of Betelgeuse. Like a boat moving through water, the companion star creates a ripple effect in Betelgeuse’s atmosphere. Astronomers now see direct signs of this wake, confirming that Betelgeuse really does have a hidden companion shaping its appearance and behavior. Article link: https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news-releases/2026/news-2026-002 PicDescription: Scientists used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to look for evidence of a wake being generated by a companion star orbiting the red supergiant Betelgeuse. They narrowed in on ultraviolet light emitted by ionized iron (Fe II, which is an iron atom that has lost one electron). Light from material moving toward us is shifted toward shorter wavelengths, or blueshifted. The team found a noticeable difference in blueshifted light, shown in the lefthand peak on the spectrum graph, when the companion star was at different points in its orbit. Specifically, they saw significantly more blueshifted light when the companion star is in front of Betelgeuse, versus when the companion is behind Betelgeuse. This demonstrates that the supergiant’s atmosphere moves outward and absorbs the wake after the companion goes by, as would be expected by a wake. In other words, when the companion is in front, there is no wake to absorb the iron emission, so astronomers detect a strong peak, but after the companion passes in front of Betelgeuse, the wake that follows it absorbs the light from iron emission, leading to a shorter peak.

My dad was on a group charter that flew over from Australia. 🛫 {He is standing on the boarding ramp.} Mum, me and my brother stayed home. 😢

I found a 'workaround'. If you are searching for a word or phrase you remember from the early NWT, switch your app to the 'reference' Bible. The search will then find it. TIP: Don't forget to switch back to the 'Study' Bible before the next meeting. Lol PS It works with all Bibles. Eg: I recently searched for 'unicorn' in the KJV 🦄 .

NASA's Hubble Reveals Largest Found Chaotic Birthplace of Planets 23 Dec 2025 9:00am Release ID: 2025-025 Summary Vast dust and gas disk offers insight into the birth of star systems. Nearly 300 years after Immanuel Kant proposed that our solar system’s family of planets condensed from a flattened disk of gas and dust, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope revealed that such planetary nurseries are common across our galaxy. Now, Hubble has identified the largest known protoplanetary disk—spanning an astonishing 400 billion miles, roughly 40 times the diameter of our solar system. This immense structure, located just 1,000 light-years from Earth, exhibits a surprisingly chaotic and turbulent environment for planet formation. Hubble’s high-resolution imagery shows wisps of material extending far above and below the disk. This discovery provides a unique opportunity to study the complex processes and conditions that govern the birth of planetary systems. Full Article: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-reveals-largest-found-chaotic-birthplace-of-planets/ Video link [1:48]: Pic Description: This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the largest planet-forming disk ever observed around a young star. It spans nearly 400 billion miles — 40 times the diameter of our solar system. Tilted nearly edge-on as seen from Earth, the dark, dusty disk resembles a hamburger. Hubble reveals it to be unusually chaotic, with bright wisps of material extending far above and below the disk—more than seen in any similar circumstellar disk. Cataloged as IRAS 23077+6707, the system is located approximately 1,000 light-years from Earth. The discovery marks a new milestone for Hubble and offers fresh insight into planet formation in extreme environments across