Missed our March meeting? Not to worry, here are all the posts in order. The Zoom portion of the meeting is under the members only tab in the upper menu. http://www.monsffa.ca/?page_id=21340
Post 2 of 8: Sea-Monkeys and Other Wonders from the Back Pages of Comic Books
CME SPARKS GEOMAGNETIC STORM: As predicted, a CME hit Earth’s magnetic field today, March 13th, sparking a moderately-strong G2-class geomagnetic storm. Depending on conditions in the CME’s wake, the storm could spill into March 14th. If it does, sky watchers in northern-tier US states might be able to see auroras after local nightfall. Stay tuned to Spaceweather.com for updates.
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Above: First contact with the CME ignited bright auroras over Nome, Alaska. Photo credit: John Dean. Monitor the aurora photo gallery for more sightings.
MonSFFA has learned of the passing of Maureen Whitelaw, a long-time member. She has not been well for a very long time. My only good picture of Maureen shows her sitting beside Alice, another member that we lost to Covid.
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GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH (G2-CLASS): Earlier today the sun launched a full halo CME into space. The storm cloud is expected to hit Venus on March 13th followed by Earth later the same day. NOAA forecasters say that G2-class geomagnetic storms are possible when the CME arrives. Full story @ Spaceweather.com.
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Above: A full halo CME is heading for Earth. Image credit: the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO).
Join the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association, to nominate and vote for the Aurora Awards. Also, you get a great deal in reading material when the nominations are announced! https://prixaurorawards.ca/ CPL
NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FOR 2022 AURORAS
Nominations are now open to CSFFA members and will close on March 26th at 11:59 pm EDT. You may select/change/remove items at any time until nominations close.
All twelve categories are open this year and members may select up to five different works in each category. Select works from the dropdown lists, which are sorted by title. If you want to remove an item that you have chosen, select the blank line at the top of the dropdown list. You must click the Update button at the bottom of each nomination form to save your selections. Your choices will be displayed on your nomination central page.
You don’t have to nominate in all categories. Nominate those works that you enjoyed, because this is your chance to have your favorite works from 2021 on this year’s Aurora Awards final ballot. The top five most-nominated works in each category will be selected to be on the final ballot.
Items on our eligibility lists have been submitted by publishers, authors, and fans, and verified by a team of CSFFA volunteers. To review what is eligible for this year’s awards you can go to our public eligibility page. Unlike our dropdown lists, these lists are sorted by author’s or creator’s first name.
Just added at https://efanzines.com are:
John Purcell’s Askew #36
Opuntia #520, edited by Dale Speirs
Christopher J. Garcia’s The Drink Tank #437
Journey Planet #62, edited by James Bacon, Chris Garcia et al
Bruce Gillespie’s SF Commentary #108
Ethel the Aardvark #214 (Bill Wright tribute) and archive issues 12, 186
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Bill
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Earth’s inner core may be filled with a weird substance that is neither solid nor liquid, according to a new study.
For more than half a century, scientists believed that Earth‘s deepest recesses consist of a molten outer core surrounding a densely compressed ball of solid iron alloy. But new research, published Feb. 9 in the journal Nature, offers a rare insight into the inner structure of the planet — and it’s far weirder than previously thought.
New computer simulations suggest that Earth’s hot and highly pressurized inner core could exist in a “superionic state” — a whirling mix of hydrogen, oxygen and carbon molecules, continuously sloshing through a grid-like lattice of iron.
