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A few generations ago, the ultrasound would show a grainy blob.

But all this extra heat in the so-called "warm blob" may have the opposite effect in the UK, possibly making a colder start to winter more likely, some researchers believe.

This phenomenon involves cooler, heavier blobs of plasma that condense high above the Sun's surface and then plunge back down.

The folders included many a random blob and splodge, alongside happy snaps of the would-be Picassos making creations only a parent could love.

"People have been so busy relating to how I look, it's a miracle I didn't become a self-conscious blob of protoplasm. It's not easy being Robert Redford," he once told New York magazine.