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 the sky. They cross the celestial sphere in…
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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 meteorite list
participants should find it of interest, and here…
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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 be in an exceptionally enlightened mood since the the WISE…
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Here is a good looking television show I missed the first time around. I watched several substantial clips on the the webpage and it appears well done (if a tad bit overwrought like most science TV).
I have long cheered the work of Ted Bryant, Dallas Abbott, Slava Gusiakov, Marie-Agnes Courty, Dee Berger, Bruce Masse and the rest. As many readers will know, their efforts dovetail neatly with…
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From Man and Impacts in the Americas by E.P. Grondine. See here for Ed’s Dead Car Special!
SOME OF FIRST PEOPLES’ ACCOUNTS OF THE YD IMPACTS
As far as the 10,900 BCE comet impact event, many of the peoples remembered it. I included some of them in my book “Man and Impact in the Americas”, though at that time (2005) I misdated them to the end paleo at 8,350 BCE, instead of…
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Paul Heinrich over at the Hall of Maat provides some fine links on the big cold bangs(s):
Direct Links to “Tunguska type blast detected in Antartica” Papers and Articles
Below are the direct links to the Antarctica Tunguska articles and papers:
Articles are:
Clues to Antarctica space blast by Paul Rincon
BBC News, [news.bbc.co.uk]
Antarctica May Have Been Battered by Huge…
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This is not breaking news, but rather a brief breakdown of information gleaned from David Shiga’s great New Scientist article last week regarding the findings of the recently launched WISE infrared space telescope. The information from the article, though unattributed, is presumably from the mission scientists themselves:
In its first six weeks of observations, it has discovered 16…
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Here’s the full press release about WISE mission finding dark comets.
WISE spies a Comet With its Powerful Infrared Eye, NASAJet Propulsion Laboratory, Feb 11, 2010
NASAJPL–NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has discovered its first comet, one of many the mission is expected to find among millions of other objects during its ongoing survey of the whole sky in…
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