60Iron Found in Magnetofossils: Evidence of Supernova?

60Iron Found in Magnetofossils: Evidence of Supernova?

Supernova Ashes Found in Fossils Hint at Extinction Event
By Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, August 18, 2016
http://www.space.com/33777-supernova-ash-found-in-fossils.html

Scientists Identify Supernova Ashes in Magnetic Fossils
Sputnik.News, http://sptnkne.ws/bWPg
http://sputniknews.com/world/20160819/1044417107/supernova-linked-to-extinction.html

“Supernova ash has been found in fossils created by bacteria
here on Earth. The discovery, published on August 10 in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal,
suggests a link between an explosion of a star and an
extinction event on our planet over two million years ago.”

The paper is:

Ludwiga, P., S. Bishopa, R. Eglib, et al., 2016, Time-resolved
2-million-year-old supernova activity discovered in Earth’s
microfossil record. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences. vol. 113 no. 33, pp. 9232–9237, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1601040113
http://www.pnas.org/content/113/33/9232.abstract?sid=b595085e-c6e9-4588-9cb5-6f7364cc2ceb

Yours,

Paul H.

How Gravitational Waves Were Found

How Gravitational Waves Were Found

Gravitational Waves Exist: The Inside Story of How Scientists Finally Found Them by Nicola Twilley
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/gravitational-waves-exist-heres-how-scientists-finally-found-them

Yours,

Paul H

8.52-carat Diamond Found at Crater of Diamonds State Park

8.52-carat Diamond Found at Crater of Diamonds State Park

Colorado Woman Finds 8.52 Carat Diamond At
Arkansas Park by Associated Press, June 29, 2015
http://wspa.com/2015/06/29/colorado-woman-finds-8-52-carat-diamond-at-arkansas-park/

Colorado woman unearths 8.52-carat diamond at
Arkansas park by Nicole Hensley, new york Daily News
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/colorado-woman-unearths-8-52-carat-diamond-arkansas-park-article-1.2273561

Colorado Woman Discovers 8.52-Carat Diamond
in Arkansas State Park, peoples Magazine
http://www.people.com/article/bobbie-oskarson-crater-of-diamonds-state-park-discovery

Yours,

Paul H.

new Fossil Fish Found Near Okotoks, Alberta

new Fossil Fish Found Near Okotoks, Alberta

Seventeen skeletons of "a previously unknown fish
species" found in a 2,744 kg block of sandstone
near Okotoks, Canada.

Highway stroll turns into 60-million-year-old
fossil find by Damien Wood, Calgary Sun
March 28, 2013,
http://www.intelligencer.ca/2013/03/28/highway-stroll-turns-into-60-million-year-old-fossil-find

Fantastic fossils found near Okotoks.
by Michael Franklin, CTV Calgary
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/fantastic-fossils-found-near-okotoks-1.1216740

Other articles:
http://gatewaygazette.ca/royal-tyrrell-museum-new-species-of-fossil-fish-found-near-okotoks/
http://gatewaygazette.ca/wp-content/uploads/kalins-pdf/singles/royal-tyrrell-museum-new-species-of-fossil-fish-found-near-okotoks.pdf
http://www.westernwheel.com/article/20130328/WHE0801/303289933/-1/whe0804/rare-fossils-discovered-near-okotoks

Yours,
Paul H.