Articles pertaining to the Taurid Complex: Title: Meteor observations in Japan: new implications for a Taurid meteoroid swarm Authors: ASHER, D. J.; IZUMI, K. Affiliation: AA(Communications Research Laboratory, 893-1, Hirai, Kashima-shi, Ibaraki-ken 314-0012, Japan), AB(Nippon Meteor Society, 812-8 Namiki-machi, Shibukawa-shi, Gunma-ken 377-0033, Japan) Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 297, Issue 1, pp. 23-27. (Journal…
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The Tusk recommends the blog Crater Hunter: A Catastrophe of Comets as another stop to study strange claims and the science that supports them. I think it is authored by Dennis Cox(?), but regardless, the author is clearly a brave and dedicated soul — and the writing ain’t half bad. The more I learn about…
Days since NASA’s David Morrison and his “colleagues who do dynamics” have failed to answer Bill Napier’s simple query: 13 or so…
[Whipple Obit] In an independent defense of David Morrison’s ham-handed screed in the (giggle) Skeptical Inquirer challenging the science of the YDB event, respected British astronomer Bill Napier invokes some greats of the past — in particular, Fred Whipple of Harvard, the grandfather of American comet science — in support of his central claim…
TEXT OF BILL NAPIER’S REPLY to the [Morrison paper in Skeptical Inquirer] forwarded by Leroy Ellenberger: “It is too late to add anything on Napier’s paper. My colleagues who do dynamics are unimpressed with this work, however, and they consider it to be almost as unreasonable as the original Firestone et al. impact hypothesis.”…
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: 4/6/2010 7:33:33 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time Subj: Re: No YDR? An Apology to Dave Morrison Dear David, Sorry to have used words that you find offensive and to which you object understandably. You have my sincere apology for having overstated things. My choice of words betrayed my own…
Unfortunately, the overcrowded session ran late, and there was no time for discussion or questions. Even when their conclusions were challenged, most of the scientists in the audience chose not to respond. The result was a lost opportunity for real debate. Perhaps not surprisingly, the AGU session received very little press attention. Indeed, following the AGU and GSA meetings, the YD impact hypothesis seems…
When I worked in politics, we won a primary — and knew we would beforehand — when the opponent became, as was noted in the newspaper, “Shrill and Hysterical.” To us, that meant we were doing something right because the opponent was losing her grip as the evidence of the pending loss mounted. We…
Bill Napier’s profound paper is big news everywhere but stateside. This continues a long tradition of intermittent and fickle coverage of the YDB science by the beleaguered U.S. Science press. A selection of articles: Massive comet shower may have caused cool-down era, Vancouver Sun Did comet smashup unleash Earth’s mini Ice Age? AFP – Paris…
http://news.discovery.com/earth/comet-that-killed-mammoths-could-strike-again.html…
Napier paper: Palaeolithic extinctions and the Taurid Complex When the story books are re-written, the increasing — but uncoordinated — coherence between the Brit Neo-Catastrophists and the American YDB team will make interesting study for students of science history. These two groups have no overlap but the facts are leading them to the…
See here: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/stats/wise/…
Copious ammonium may be evidence of a 50-billion-ton strike at the end of the ice age Signs of giant comet impacts found in cores, Science News, March 30, 2010 By Sid Perkins A new study cites spikes of ammonium in Greenland ice cores as evidence for a giant comet impact at the end of the…
NASA put out another one of those creepy home made news articles today regarding the WISE mission finding dark objects. This one is even more condescending than usual, with the inane lede, “Imagine you are a Brontosaurus….” Well, I am not a “Brontosaurus.” But I am keenly interested in what the hell WISE is finding…
Adrian Melott [See here for a news article from December previewing Melott’s March publication.] I’m still unpacking these two brand new papers from Adrian Melott and A.E. Carlson comparing the atmospheric signals of the Tunguska Event and the start of the Younger Dryas, but they appear relatively positive from standpoint of the YDB impact…
GIANT COMETS — MESSENGERS OF LIFE AND DEATH William P. Napier (Appeared in an anthology: “God, the universe and men – Why do we exist?” (ed. Wabbel, T.D.), Patmos, Dusseldorf, 2003 (original in German). A Neolithic comet Comets are jokers in the celestial pack. They irrupt, usually without forewarning, into the orderly progression of…
From E.P. Grondine on Meteorite List: Following a quote at https://cosmictusk.com from astronomer Bill Napier on the abilities of WISE to detect dead comet fragments, I wrote him asking him about it. As his reply also deals with some meteorites’ parent bodies (Tagish Lake being prominent) and the composition of comet cores, I think…
Richard Muller and a Serpent The Nemesis theory — that a dark, comet launching, orbital companion to our sun lurks between our star and others — seems to be gaining traction among those who matter. [Astropbiology Magazine Exclusive: Getting WISE about Nemesis] As the Cosmic Tusk has revealed in earlier posts, NASA appears to…
