So, uh, is there a black hole at the center of the Earth? - One of Five Retracted Papers 16OCT2020

 So, uh, is there a black hole at the center of the Earth? - One of Five Retracted Papers

13 Scientists Say in a Real Journal There's a Black

Hole at the Center of Earth, Caroline Delbert, Sept. 28, 2020

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a34166354/black-hole-center-of-earth-fake-study/

Retraction: A Black Hole at the Center of Earth Plays the

Role of the Biggest System of Telecommunication for

Connecting DNAs, Dark DNAs and Molecules of Water

on 4+N- Dimensional Manifold

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6910781/

Retraction: Five papers from Open Access Maced

J Med Sci. Vol. 7 No. 18 (2019): Sep 30 (Global Dermatology)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6910781/citedby/

Yours,

Paul H.

One of the strongest known solar storms blasted Earth in 660 B.C. - 17MAR2019

 One of the strongest known solar storms blasted Earth in 660 B.C.  17MAR2019

One of the strongest known solar storms blasted

Earth in 660 B.C. Traces left in ice cores and tree

rings allowed researchers to estimate the storm’s

power, Carolyn Grambling, March 11, 2019

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/one-strongest-known-solar-storms-blasted-earth-660-bc

Ice cores reveal huge solar storm struck Earth around 660 BC

Hamish Johnston, Physics World, March 12, 2019

https://physicsworld.com/a/ice-cores-reveal-huge-solar-storm-struck-earth-around-660-bc/

The paper is:

O’Hare, P., Mekhaldi, F., Adolphi, F., Raisbeck, G.,

Aldahan, A., Anderberg, E., Beer, J., Christl, M.,

Fahrni, S., Synal, H.A. and Park, J., 2019.

Multiradionuclide evidence for an extreme solar

proton event around 2,610 BP (660 BC).

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences, p.201815725.

https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/03/05/1815725116.short

Yours,

Paul H.

Public wants NASA to Monitor Asteroids/objects that Could hit the Earth

Public wants NASA to Monitor Asteroids/objects that Could hit the Earth

NASA’s priorities appear to be out of whack with what the public wants
"The public thinks that we should have a space program that saves Earth."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/06/nasas-priorities-appear-to-be-out-of-whack-with-what-the-public-wants/

One of the highest public support for NASA priorities is:
"..."monitor asteroids/objects that could hit the Earth" (62 percent)."
Majority of Americans Believe It Is Essential That the U.S. Remain
a Global Leader in Space Despite the increasing role of private
companies in space exploration, most believe NASA’s role is still
vital for future, Pew Research Center, June 6, 2018
http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/06/06/majority-of-americans-believe-it-is-essential-that-the-u-s-remain-a-global-leader-in-space/

Yours,

Paul H.

Ancient Meteorite Impact Produced Highest Natural Temperature Ever On Earth 27SEP2017

 Ancient Meteorite Impact Produced Highest Natural Temperature Ever On Earth

Ancient Meteorite Impact Produced Highest Natural

Temperature Ever On Earth, Extreme Tech, Sept. 18, 2017

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/255984-ancient-meteorite-impact-produced-highest-natural-temperature-ever-earth

Meteorite Impact Caused the Highest Temperature

ever Recorded on Earth's Surface, Phys.Org Sept 18, 2017

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-meteorite-impact-highest-temperature-earth.html

The paper is:

Nicholas E. Timms, Timmons M. Erickson, Michael R. Zanetti,

Mark A. Pearce, Cyril Cayron, Aaron J. Cavosie, Steven M. Reddy,

Axel Wittmann, and Paul K. Carpenter, 2017, Cubic zirconia in

>2370 °C impact melt records Earth's hottest crust. Earth and

Planetary Science Letters Volume 477, Pages 52-58

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X1730451X

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/230363

Yours,

Paul H.

We Have A Neighbor

We Have A Neighbor

In "We Have A Neighbor," Mrs. Webb wrote:

"Hi,"We have a neighboring planet
only 4 light years away. It's
small, earth-like, in the
habitable zone of its star,
yada-yada.

Everybody's going crazy...

Me too."

The paper is:

Anglada-Escudé, G., P. J. Amado, J. Barnes, and others, 2016, A
terrestrial planet candidate in a temperate orbit around Proxima
Centauri. Nature. vol. 536, pp. 437–440 (25 August 2016) doi:10.1038/nature19106
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v536/n7617/full/nature19106.html

PDF file at
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1629/eso1629a.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.

Evidence of Quaternary Supernova Buffeting Earth

Evidence of Quaternary Supernova Buffeting Earth

Ancient supernovae buffeted Earth's biology with
radiation dose, researcher says, July 11, 2016
https://today.ku.edu/2016/07/06/research-ancient-supernovae-were-close-enough-buffet-biology-earth-radiation-dose
http://phys.org/news/2016-07-ancient-supernovae-buffeted-earth-biology.html
http://www.space.com/32631-radioactive-iron-supernova-apollo-moon-rocks.html

Fimiani, L., D. L. Cook, T. Faestermann, J. M.
Gómez-Guzmán, K. Hain, G. Herzog, K. Knie,
G. Korschinek, P. Ludwig, J. Park, R. C. Reedy,
and G. Rugel, 2016, Interstellar Fe60 on the
Surface of the Moon. Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 151104
http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.151104

Yours,

Paul H

Neogene Supernovae Showered Earth with Radioactive Debris

Neogene Supernovae Showered Earth with Radioactive Debris

Supernovae showered Earth with radioactive
debris. A series of massive supernova explosions near our
solar system showered the Earth with radioactive debris
between 3.2 and 1.7 million years ago, Australian National
University, April 6, 2016
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160406133622.htm
http://phys.org/news/2016-04-proof-ancient-supernovae-zapped-earth.html

The papers are:

Wallner, A., J. Feige, N. Kinoshita, M. Paul, L. K. Fifield, R. Golser,
M. Honda, U. Linnemann, H. Matsuzaki, S. Merchel, G. Rugel, S. G.
Tims, P. Steier, T. Yamagata, and S. R. Winkler, 2016, Recent
near-Earth supernovae probed by global deposition of interstellar
radioactive 60Fe. Nature. vol. 532, no. 7597): 69-72. DOI: 10.1038/nature17196
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v532/n7597/full/nature17196.html

Breitschwerdt, D., J. Feige, M. M. Schulreich, M. A. de. Avillez,
C. Dettbarn, and B. Fuchs, 2016, The locations of recent
supernovae near the Sun from modelling 60Fe transport
Nature. vol. 532, no. 7597, pp. 73–76 (07 April 2016) doi:10.1038/nature17424
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v532/n7597/full/nature17424.html

A related paper is:

Fields, B. D., and J. Ellis, 1999, On deep-ocean 60Fe as a fossil of
a near-earth supernova. New Astronomy. vol. 4, no 6,
September pp., Pages 419–430.
abstract at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1384107699000342
PDF file at http://cds.cern.ch/record/372621/files/9811457.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.

How wind sculpted Earth's largest dust deposit (Chinese Loess)

How wind sculpted Earth's largest dust deposit (Chinese Loess)

How wind sculpted Earth's largest dust deposit
University of Arizona, September 1, 2015
http://phys.org/news/2015-09-sculpted-earth-largest-deposit.html and
https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/how-wind-sculpted-the-earth-s-largest-dust-deposit

From dust to dust: Quaternary wind erosion of the Mu
Us Desert and Loess Plateau, China by Alicia, university
of Arizona, http://www.geo.arizona.edu/node/592

Abstract at
http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2015/07/28/G36724.1.abstract

Yours,

Paul H.

Has the Earth been exposed to supernovae within the last 300 kyr?

Has the Earth been exposed to supernovae within the last 300 kyr?

Melott, A. L., I. G. Usoskin, G. A. Kovaltsov,
and C. M. Laird, 2015, Has the Earth been exposed
to numerous supernovae within the last 300 kyr?
International Journal of Astrobiology. 14(3):375–378
doi:10.1017/S1473550414000512

"ABSTRACT: We show that Firestone (2014) contains
numerous errors in the application of past research.
F14 overestimates likely nitrate and 14C production
from moderately nearby supernovae by about four
orders of magnitude. Moreover, the results are based on
wrongly selected (obsolete) nitrate and 14C datasets.
The use of correct and up-to- date datasets does not
confirm the claimed results. The claims in the paper
are invalidated."

PDF file at http://cc.oulu.fi/~usoskin/personal/Melott_2015.pdf
and http://arxiv.org/abs/1406.5141 .

Also, there is "Comment on: “Observation of 23
Supernovae that exploded <300 pc from Earth
during the past 300 kyr” by R.B. Firestone"
arXiv.org > astro-ph > arXiv:1406.5141v1
Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics at:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1406.5141v1 ,
http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Melott_A/0/1/0/all/0/1 ,
and
http://fermilab.voxcharta.org/2014/06/19/comment-on-observation-of-23-supernovae-that-exploded-300-pc-from-earth-during-the-past-300-kyr-by-r-b-firestone/

Yours,

Paul H.

Did dinosaur-killing asteroid trigger largest lava flows on Earth? - Deccan, India.

Did dinosaur-killing asteroid trigger largest lava flows on Earth? - Deccan, India.

Did dinosaur-killing asteroid trigger largest lava flows on Earth?
by Robert Sanders, University of California, April 30, 2015
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2015/04/30/did-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-trigger-largest-lava-flows-on-earth/

Richards, M. A., W. Alvarez, S. Self, L. Karlstrom, P. R. Renne,
M. Manga, C. J. Sprain, J. Smit, L. Vanderkluysen, and S. A.
Gibson, 2015, Triggering of the largest Deccan eruptions by the
Chicxulub impact. Geological society of America Bulletin.
First published online April 30, 2015, doi: 10.1130/B31167.1
http://gsabulletin.gsapubs.org/content/early/2015/04/30/B31167.1.abstract
http://gsabulletin.gsapubs.org/content/early/2015/04/30/B31167.1.full.pdf+html

Yours,

Paul H.

Asteroid Impacts on Earth Make Structurally Bizarre Diamonds

Asteroid Impacts on Earth Make Structurally Bizarre Diamonds

Asteroid impacts on Earth make structurally
bizarre diamonds, Arizona State University,
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141124125607.htm
https://asunews.asu.edu/20141120-lonsdaleite

The paper is:

Nemeth, P., L. A. J. Garvie, T. Aoki, N.
Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky, and P. R.
Buseck, 2014, Lonsdaleite is faulted and
twinned cubic diamond and does not
exist as a discrete material. Nature
Communications. vol. 5, article no. 5447
Published online, November 20, 2104
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/141120/ncomms6447/full/ncomms6447.html

Yours,

Paul H.

The Not-So-Solid Earth Beneath Us

The Not-So-Solid Earth Beneath Us

Dramatic Pictures of Recent Sinkholes Reveal Hazards
Lurking Below Natural and human-caused sinkholes have
swallowed cars and houses in Florida, Minnesota, England,
China, Latin America, and beyond, National Geographic
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/07/140724-sinkhole-pictures-photos-geology-science/

Devastating Sinkholes Around the Globe, Viral Global
News by Lauren DiDonato, July 25, 2014
http://www.viralglobalnews.com/world/devastating-sinkholes-around-globe/12943/

Sinkhole in Florida: In 'Sinkhole Alley,' another massive
one swallows a street Christian Science Monitor, July 21, 2014
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2014/0721/Sinkhole-in-Florida-In-Sinkhole-Alley-another-massive-one-swallows-a-street-video

Record-breaking skyscraper threatened by sinkholes
by Euan McKirdy, CNN, August 6, 2014
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/05/world/asia/seoul-skyscraper-sinkholes/

Yours,

Paul H.

Four-billion-year-old rocks yield clues about Earth's earliest crust

Four-billion-year-old rocks yield clues about Earth's earliest crust

Four-billion-year-old rocks yield clues about Earth's
earliest crust. ScienceDaily, University of Alberta
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140529112057.htm
News360 at http://news360.com/article/241073278 ; and

Ancient rocks yield clues about Earth's earliest crust
by Bryan Alary, University of Alberta, May 28, 2014
http://news.ualberta.ca/newsarticles/2014/may/ancient-rocks-yield-clues-about-earths-earliest-crust

Reimink, J. R., T. Chacko, R. A. Stern, L. M. Heaman,
2014, Earth’s earliest evolved crust generated in an
Iceland-like setting. Nature Geoscience. Published
online May 25, 2014 10.1038/ngeo2170
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2170.html

A related article is:
Lunar Rocks Are First Direct Evidence of Collision
That Formed Moon, National eographic, June 6, 2014.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140605-earth-moon-theia-evidence-space-science/

Body that formed the Moon came from a different
neighborhood. (The body that smacked into Earth
has a distinctive elemental signature.) Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/06/body-that-formed-the-moon-came-from-a-different-neighborhood/

Herwartz, D., A. Pack, B. Friedrichs, and A. Bischoff,
2014, Identification of the giant impactor Theia in lunar
rocks. Science. vol. 344, no. 6188, pp. 1146-1150
DOI: 10.1126/science.1251117
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6188/1146

yours,

Paul H.

Earth Hammered by Prehistoric Double Space Impact

Earth Hammered by Prehistoric Double Space Impact

Ancient Earth hammered by double space impact
By Paul Rincon, BBC News, March 18, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26172181

What's worse than one asteroid hitting Earth?
Scientists identify double impact crater by James
Vincent, The Independent, March18, 2104
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/whats-worse-than-one-asteroid-hitting--earth-scientists-identify-double-impact-crater-9201785.html

Yours,

Paul H.

Fallout from the Chelyabinsk fireball encircled Earth

Fallout from the Chelyabinsk fireball encircled Earth

Russian Meteor Explosion's Dust Lingered for Months
http://news.discovery.com/space/asteroids-meteors-meteorites/russian-meteor-dust-lingered-130819.htm
http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112924536/nasa-tracks-debris-field-russian-meteor-081513/

Fallout from the Russian fireball encircled Earth,
research shows (The meteor that exploded near
Chelyabinsk, Russia on February 15 created a
mushroom cloud of microscopic dust grains that
spread across the sky, encircling the planet within
four days.) by Liz Fuller-Wright, The Christian
Science Monitor, August 19, 2013
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0819/Fallout-from-the-Russian-fireball-encircled-Earth-research-shows

The paper:

Gorkavyi, N., D. F. Rault, P. A. Newman, A. M.
da Silva, and A. E. Dudorov, 2013, New stratospheric
dust belt due to the Chelyabinsk bolide. American
Geophysical Union.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/grl.50788/abstract

Yours,

Paul H.

Earth Could Experience Weird Meteor Shower

Earth Could Experience Weird Meteor Shower

Comet Could Blast Earth With Weird Meteor Shower
by Irene Klotz, Discovery News, April 23, 2013
http://news.discovery.com/space/asteroids-meteors-meteorites/comet-ison-meteors-earth-130423.htm

Earth Could Become A Target For Dust Showers
>From Comet ISON, RedOrbit, April 20, 2013
http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112827141/comet-ison-dust-shower-toward-earth-042013/

Hubble Telescope Photographs Potential 'Comet of
the Century' by Mike Wall, SPACE.com, April 23, 2013
http://www.space.com/20787-comet-ison-hubble-photos.html

Comet ISON: Incoming Sungrazer by Elizabeth Howell
http://www.space.com/19973-comet-ison.html

Yours,
Paul H.

Life Might Have Emerged On Earth In Saline Environments

Life Might Have Emerged On Earth In Saline Environments

How Life May Have First Emerged On Earth: Foldable
Proteins in a High-Salt Environment, Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130405064027.htm
and http://esciencenews.com/articles/2013/04/05/researcher.offers.clues.origins.life

The paper is:
Longo, L. M., and J. Lee, M. Blaber. Simplified protein design
biased for prebiotic amino acids yields a foldable, halophilic
protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
vol. 110, no. 6, pp. 2135-2139. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1219530110
http://www.pnas.org/content/110/6/2135

Yours,
Paul H.

Nobel prize-winning crystals fell to earth in meteorites

Nobel prize-winning crystals fell to earth in meteorites

In "Nobel prize-winning crystals fell to earth in meteorites" at
http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2012-August/086549.html
Tom Randall wrote:

" http://www.cnbc.com/id/48601911 "

The paper mentioned in this article is:

Steinhardt, P. J., and L. Bindi, 2012, In search of natural
quasicrystals. Reports on Progress in Physics. Vol. 75, no. 9.
http://iopscience.iop.org/0034-4885/75/9/092601/article

PDF file at
http://iopscience.iop.org/0034-4885/75/9/092601/pdf/0034-4885_75_9_092601.pdf

Another version of this article is:

Wickham, C., 2012, Nobel prize-winning crystals fell to
earth in meteorites. News Daily, Reuters, August 9, 2012.
http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/bre8781kz-us-nobel-quasicrystals/

Best wishes,

Paul H.

Catastrophe and history - Comparing Mars to Earth

Paul bristolia at yahoo.com
Sun May 10 20:45:46 EDT 2009

Comparing Mars to Earth: Catastrophe and history. Geological
Society of America Special Paper 453.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-05/gsoa-cmt050109.php

TOC at:

http://rock.geosociety.org/Bookstore/toc/spe453.htm

Comparing Mars to Earth: Catastrophe and history (5/5/2009)

“This GSA Special Paper focuses on the catastrophic events that
have influenced both Mars and Earth and is part of the ongoing
search for the correct balance between catastrophic and
processes. The book aims to "expand the geoscience horizons"
of a wide range of readers by examining evidence for various
geologic catastrophes on both Earth and Mars, their preservation
on Earth as compared to Mars, and how these events may have
influenced Earth's evolution.

http://www.geologytimes.com/research/Comparing_Mars_to_Earth_Catastrophe_and_history.asp

Yours,

Paul H.

Earth, Mars, Moon Have Different Origin, Study Says

Paul bristolia at yahoo.com
Fri Mar 21 14:08:37 EDT 2008

Earth, Mars, Moon Have Different Origin, Study Says
by Anne Minard, National Geographic News, March 19, 2008

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080319-earth-mars.html

Yours,

Paul H.