BY ROBERT LEA

The past month has seen several fairly major developments with regards to the discovery of organic molecules at different locations in the solar system. First NASA announced the discovery of variations in methane concentrations on Mars, followed by the discovery of organic molecules in Martian mudstone. More recently it was revealed that the Cassini probe had observed even more massive organic molecules on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. But if organic can have abiotic origins, what is it about these recent discoveries that point to the possibility of life elsewhere in the Solar-system? 

The news of the observations listed above and in more detail below has generally been met with one of two reactions. Some are excited about the revelations and believe that they indicate that we may finally be on the trail of evidence that life has or does exist elsewhere in our solar system with implications for the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe. Sceptics correctly point out, however, that the phrase ‘organic molecules’ simply refers to molecules comprised of rings or chains of carbon with other common elements such as oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen. As such, these molecules can’t be too closely associated with life. Organic molecules, they point out, can be created by mechanisms that don’t involve life and it’s wrong to see ‘organic molecule’ and immediately assume biology. They also point out that methane has been discovered on Mars before and that this discovery didn’t immediately lead to speculation of life.

So who is right here?

The answer is a little from column A, a little from column B.

Consider complexity

Whilst the recent discoveries resemble similar finds in the past and there remains a possibility that these molecules arose through processes other than life, what makes these discoveries so significant is the circumstances that surround them, the situations that we have found these carbon-rich molecules in and the patterns in those observations.

When it comes to the discovery of life elsewhere in the solar system, the devil is in the details, or perhaps more accurately in the complexity.

Lee Cronin, a chemist at the University of Glasgow indicates why astrobiologists look for complex organic molecules as potential signs of extraterrestrial life by pointing out that the more complex the more likely these molecules are a sign of biological processes. “Biology has one signature: the ability to produce complex things that could not arise in the natural environment,” Cronin suggests the use of a system to count the number of unique steps such as chemical side groups or ring structures in the formation of a compound to indicate molecules which are biological in origin. He suggests that any structure requiring 15 or so unique steps would indicate a strong chance of biological origin.

Life on Mars?

The idea of life on Mars has been explored in various forms of media, not least lurid science fiction

Without a shadow of a doubt the most interest in extraterrestrial life concerns our neighbour Mars. This is perhaps to be expected as the idea of life having existed on Mars has been popularised by the media and fiction writers for decades. To the scientific community though, Mars represents perhaps the most logical first step in the search for life in the solar system for several reasons. In terms of proximity, it’s our easiest option for exploration and sample collection. In addition to this, there are some similarities between Mars and Earth that would favour the type of life that has thrived on Earth or would have at some point in our neighbour’s history.

the fact that Mars has a similar axial tilt to Earth means that it has similar changes in seasons

These similarities include a similar axial tilt leading to seasonal variability, similar atmospheric conditions, similar land surface area, the presence of polar ice caps and crucially the presence of surface water. Evidence also suggests that Mars may once have had a magnetosphere as Earth does now. This is crucial in the development of early life as it would have protected the surface from solar and cosmic radiation allowing early molecules to flourish and grow in complexity without the risk of being broken down or destroyed by harmful radiation.

Since landing on the surface of Mars in 2012, the Curiosity Rover has detected traces of atmospheric methane, albeit in far scarer supply in the atmosphere of Mars than it is found in  Earth’s atmosphere, 0.4 parts per billion (ppb) in comparison to 1800 ppb. On Earth, the majority of atmospheric methane is generated by microbial life but before ascribing the same cause to Mar’s methane one must consider that methane can be generated in other ways. Ways that don’t involve biology. Hydrothermal reactions with olivine-rich rocks underground can generate it, as can reactions that are driven by ultraviolet (UV) light striking the carbon-containing meteoroids and dust that constantly rain down on the planet from space.

Methane’s atmospheric methane as recorded by the Curiosity rover

(NASA)

What is interesting about Mars’ atmospheric methane isn’t its presence alone though. Rather, it’s the fact that Mars seems to have an excess of methane and also displays seasonal variation in its atmospheric methane concentration. This variation is approximately three times higher than can currently be explained by known events such as the thinning of the atmosphere caused by the freezing of carbon dioxide at the planet’s southern polar cap. Even though we’ve been aware of methane in Mars’ atmosphere since at least 2004 thanks to Earth-based remote sensing and telescopes, this seasonal variation and some variations in time and location weren’t seen until we were able to make in-situ observations.

One of two pieces of recent research concerning organic molecules on Mars published in Science earlier this month concludes that the observed spikes in methane concentration are consistent with it being released from small localized sources on the surface or subsurface reservoirs. The seasonal variation indicates a process by which methane is held at the surface and released at times of higher temperature. This could indicate methane is stored at or just under the planet’s surface and is released in greater volume when heat causes cracks and fissures in the surface layer to expand.

This would seem to indicate that Mars possesses methane-rich sedimentary rock, much like Earth. The question remains how did this methane become trapped in sedimentary rock in the first place?

The Curiosity rover takes a selfie as it drills for mudstone samples. (NASA/Caltech)

A second study also published in Science this month indicates that the storage and preservation of methane and other organic molecules geologically is key to understanding the possibility of ancient life having once existed on Mars. To analyse this, researchers collected samples of mudstone from various sites on the planet’s surface including a dried out lake bed. These samples were baked in Curiosity’s onboard oven, breaking down to release aromatic, aliphatic and thiophenic vapours. These substances could well be the breakdown products of even larger organic molecules.

Aromatic molecules such as benzene are formed with one or more hexagonal carbon rings

They concluded that carbon-rich molecules such as benzenes are widespread in the Martian rock record and there could well be an abundance of such materials further beneath the planet’s surface protected from solar radiation.

Of course, this doesn’t tell us that biological processes are definitely responsible for depositing organic molecules in the geological record of Mars. But it’s encouraging because it does tell us that at some point some process that we are currently unaware of is responsible for these overabundances in carbon-rich organic molecules. We can couple this with the knowledge that in our own planet’s geological record the presence of an excess of organic molecules is a result of biological processes.

Again, a little from column A, a little from column B.

Tantalising signs of life from Saturn’s moon Enceladus?

Perhaps even more significant than the traces of organic molecules found on Mars are the traces of more massive organic compounds from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Enceladus, a mere 500 km in diameter with a gravitational force 1% that of Earth’s, has long been an interest of astrobiologists due to its global ocean which lies between a surface ice sheet and a rocky core.

Enceladus’ composition makes it a primary candidate for simple life (NASA/Caltech)

The collection of samples from Enceladus is possible via a fly-by from the Cassini probe due to the fact that ice-grains and gas are ejected from the moon to space in cryo-volcanic plumes at the moon’s southern pole. These plumes are likely the result of hydrothermal activity deep within the moon’s porous core. Cassini made several passes through these gas plumes collecting samples to examine.

An artist’s impression of Cassini’s Enceladus flyby

Research published in Nature this month discussed the discovery of molecules of 200 atomic masses and above on Saturn’s moon. To put that into context, molecules 10 times more massive than methane. The finding suggests a thin-film of organic macromolecules on the top of  Enceladus’ water table. The sheer size of these molecules has taken researchers by surprise and when coupled with some of Enceladus’ other characteristics, a salty-liquid water ocean, hydrothermal vents and sub-surface geysers, it makes Enceladus a tantalising prospect for extraterrestrial life. The molecules found aren’t amino acids, but they aren’t far away from that size and complexity.

Unfortunately, as Cassini, the probe which collected these samples has now crashed meaning that the collection of further samples may have to wait for now.

Increasingly scientists are coming around to the idea that Enceladus should now be made our primary focus in the search for life in the solar system overtaking previous best candidate, Jovian moon Europa. Carolyn Porco, a prominent planetary scientist who has worked on several key NASA missions, is a strong supporter of Enceladus becoming a primary focus of research. “We simply know more about Enceladus,” Porco stated at the National Geographic Awards in June. “We just don’t know that much about Europa with certainty,” Porco said. “There is a lot of excitement, but it’s speculation at this point. Of course, I’d choose Enceladus. We know it’s the best, and it stands the greatest chance of making that next big step.”

Again, it must be noted that there are possible abiotic pathways to the creation of these molecules, but what remains striking here is that some of the detected organic compounds bare a strong resemblance to compounds found on Earth as a result of the decomposition of biological life.

A little from column A… you get the point.

Don’t call this evidence of life… yet

You’ll notice that articles discussing these findings generally tend to avoid the word ‘evidence’. That’s simply because that as the sceptics point out, at this stage, we simply can’t conclude that detected organic molecules are a result of biological activity. But what we should also consider that the more data points like those we’ve described above that are collected the more likely we are to find something extraordinary. Something else like the extremely massive compounds or seasonal variations in concentration detailed above. Maybe something more significant. It is these outliers in the normal data that make scientists sit up and pay attention.

Other options for the discovery of life elsewhere in the solar-system also exist. As mentioned above, Europa is believed to be a primary candidate due to the fact it hosts the largest ocean in the solar system that we are aware of. In addition to this, another Jovian moon Ganymede is believed to possess a subsurface ocean similar to Enceladus. Saturn’s moon Titan has a subsurface ocean and surface hydrocarbon liquids which could increase the probability of life.

A cross-section of Europa’s surface shown its subsurface salty water ocean

This is coupled with further research recently published that reveals complex organic molecules, the necessary building blocks for life, are far more abundant in the Universe than previously suspected.

Though clearly caution is of the utmost importance when considering the discovery of complex organic molecules and that discovery’s possible significance with regards to the possibility of biological systems, the future does seem promising. These recent discoveries though, suggest we may well be on the verge of discovering extraterrestrial life in our solar system, whether extant or extinct.

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07-07-2018 om 23:39 geschreven door peter  

Who Or How Were Earth’s Ancient Structures Built? Ancient Aliens or Forgotten Technology? … Or Both?

Exactly how were the great pyramids in Egypt and Mexico built?

How were the famous Inca & Mayan stones squashed into each other?

How was the great stones of Stonehenge placed high on top of each other

These questions and many more have fascinated people for centuries. Not only are they structures which were built during periods where technology was supposed to be very basic but the more we learn about them the more they baffle us.

For example, the Sphinx and the Pyramids in Egypt are thought to be older than what we are being told. Geologists say that weathering patterns on the Sphinx show rain damage which puts the building date of the Sphinx well past the date of the Egyptians we are lead to believe were responsible for building it.

The pyramids themselves hold many mysteries, much of it appears as scientific code. The layout of the pyramids in Giza are an exact copy of the stars in the Orion’s Belt constellation. Spread out over miles of Egypt’s land the smaller pyramids also line up with the stars of the same constellation. Is Egypt a star map of where our ancestors came from, 

More interesting is the coordinates of the pyramids at Giza in Egypt . Their coordinates are 29.9792458 degrees North and what is the speed of light in a vacuum? 299.792,458 metres per second. Coincidence or planned as a message to modern man?

However it should be mentioned that modern latitude is set so that the prime meridian goes through Greenwich England which did not exist at the time the pyramids were built so whatever system they would have used would not have been this one… unless… they were time travellers and knew what system would be in place several thousand years later. Now that would blow the socks of modern man if that were true!

The pyramids are also mentioned on an ancient Sumerian tablet. The Sumerians were in Egypt thousands of years before the ancient Egyptians who are believed to be responsible for building them. This ages them thousands of years more than what is publicly believed.

The Great pyramid hasn’t dropped more than a feet yet the weight of the structure is immense. Modern skyscrapers are designed to drop more once built. The blocks of stone that the pyramids are made from are huge and weigh so much that even modern cranes would struggle to move them. As far as we know there were no modern cranes around.

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So how were they built? How were the big stones of Stonehenge lifted? Were there aliens involved in the construction? Was alien technology used? Was there an Atlantis type super race of ancient humans building these structures or did basic man know more about physics than we believe.

The Mayans, Egyptians and Incas are all supposed to have cosmology knowledge and understanding which far surpassed that of which we believe they should have so did they have a better understanding of quantum physics and the little known vibrational physics than we first thought?

The reason I say vibrational physics is that there is a story of a Swedish dr who went to Tibet in 1939 to visit the Dalai Lama. It is said that while he was there the monks were building a high wall using heavy stones. The story goes that he observed the monks lifting up the heavy stones by levitating them using sound.

The monks set up drums and horns in an arc shape a certain distance away from the stones and then began to make sounds which lifted up the heavy stones and they were then pushed into place. Meditation and Eastern philosophies put a lot of emphasis on sound. Especially the Ohm sound which is the Universal vibration rate sound.

Did our forefathers know something that we are just beginning to understand? Was this kept a secret from us?

The Swedish doctor apparently recorded this on film but the film was confiscated from him by British authorities and never seen again. Funny that?

We know about the law of attraction, things which vibrate with the same or similar frequency are drawn to each other like magnets. We have seen what some metals do when they are near magnets but everything has a vibration and a specific rate so that means that everything can be lifted up like a magnet if you hit the right frequency.

Acoustic Levitation in Egypt – Ancient High Technology

Alien abductees talk about being lifted up out of houses. Do aliens know something about acoustic levitation or vibrational physics? Did they give that knowledge to us years ago and has been kept secret by those in the know or did ancient man know about it but it somehow got forgotten about? Maybe it was lost when modern style governments were formed and knew that there would be no profit or tax in construction if everyone had access to this knowledge.

If you are not sure whether you have been abducted by aliens then use this checklist here to find out:  

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Another puzzling ancient mystery is the stone walls in south and central America. They have been cut and shaped to fit so tight and snug that even to this day people cannot slide pieces of paper between them.

They are also oddly shaped which is interesting. What people do not know is that how they were carved and made. There have been stories and theories that say that the Ancient Mayan and Incan builders were able to soften the stones and mold them into position.

Megalithic Softening of Stone Part 1

A very old story spoke about how an explorer discovered that a  mixture made from plants which were found in central America would somehow soften the stone which was then pushed and molded into shape. How true this is no one knows.

What is interesting is that there are very little scratch and tooling marks to see. We do have thousands of years of weathering so the smallest marks might have been eroded but the stone work across central and south America is pretty impressive.

Maybe the stone was an ancient version of concrete and were molded and fashioned into shapes. This is another theory being put forward today.

What do you think? Were our ancestors smarter than we give them credit for using technology we no longer use or were these impressive structures built by or with the help of Ancient Aliens?

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07-07-2018 om 23:19 geschreven door peter  

Clearest Photo And Video Ever Of An Unexplained Aerial Object

Generally, photos taken of UFOs or unidentified aerial objects are blurred with the object being difficult to make out. This time a photograph has been taken that is one of the clearest seen but is it proof of a UAO?

Strange Object Was Filmed by Man Over 45 Minutes

The photograph in question was sent to MUFON dating back to 2014 taken in San Diego, California by a man who was pulling into his driveway. The information that was posted with the photograph says the man watched the object for around 45 minutes.

According to MUFON, the man saw a bright orb hovering over the home of a neighbor as he was going into his driveway. He said the sunset was reflecting on the orb that was why he noticed it.

The man then went into his backyard to get a better look at the mysterious orb; it was around a mile away from his home. He set up a tripod with a camera to take photos and video, continuing to do so for about 20 minutes. Sometimes the strange object would go behind a tree but then come back into view. It was stable in the sky but drifted slowly in a southwest direction. Eventually, it became too dark to see the orb.

No Tethers or Rotors on the Object

When the man posted the footage and images online, he received many comments. Many people thought it was a drone or balloon or some kind, just a terrestrial object. However, the man pointed out that there were no tethers on the object or rotors to suggest it was a drone. The object drifted away slowly according to the person who captured the footage, but there is no evidence that supports this in the footage.

What was strange about the footage is the fact that at first, it seems to just sit in the sky, but then it begins to bob about in the sky. It is also difficult to determine the size of the object as there is nothing to compare it against.

Is The Object Terrestrial or A Unidentified Aerial Object?

What the object is remains unknown, it may have been a terrestrial object such as a balloon or a drone, or it may have been something more alien. However, many people believe the person taking the footage fakes it. One person suggested it was a model of Sputnik that had been used; another said it looked like the person had made a ball from Styrofoam, then put sewing pins in it along with drawing on it using a black marker pen.

Another person went into a lot more detail when they commented. They pointed out the images were said to have been taken using a Nikon D80 10.2 Mega Pixel digital camera but the image did not reflect that. They said the image had grain on it that comes from a chemical film. They also mentioned vertical discolorations, saying they thought it had been printed out with a color laser and then re-scanned to reduce the color range. This would also do away with fine details in the photo, possibly getting rid of the tether of a balloon.

The same person pointed out the light along with dark areas were not consistent. While the “out of round” on the object did suggest to them, it might be a balloon that was tethered. The person finally concluded it was a fake thanks to the lighting inconsistency along with the image having been manipulated.

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07-07-2018 om 22:35 geschreven door peter  

Former NASA physicist says we should take seriously the idea that UFOs may be 'alien' visitors

This image is from U.S. military footage of the Tic Tac.

Are we alone? Unfortunately, neither of the answers feel satisfactory. To be alone in this vast universe is a lonely prospect. On the other hand, if we are not alone and there is someone or something more powerful out there, that too is terrifying. 

As a NASA research scientist and now a professor of physics, I attended the 2002 NASA Contact Conference, which focused on serious speculation about extraterrestrials. During the meeting a concerned participant said loudly in a sinister tone, "You have absolutely no idea what is out there!" The silence was palpable as the truth of this statement sunk in. Humans are fearful of extraterrestrials visiting Earth. Perhaps fortunately, the distances between the stars are prohibitively vast. At least this is what we novices, who are just learning to travel into space, tell ourselves. 

I have always been interested in UFOs. Of course, there was the excitement that there could be aliens and other living worlds. But more exciting to me was the possibility that interstellar travel was technologically achievable. In 1988, during my second week of graduate school at Montana State University, several students and I were discussing a recent cattle mutilation that was associated with UFOs. A physics professor joined the conversation and told us that he had colleagues working at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Montana, where they were having problems with UFOs shutting down nuclear missiles. At the time I thought this professor was talking nonsense. But 20 years later, I was stunned to see a recording of a press conferencefeaturing several former US Air Force personnel, with a couple from Malmstrom AFB, describing similar occurrences in the 1960s. Clearly there must be something to this. 

With July 2 being World UFO Day, it is a good time for society to address the unsettling and refreshing fact we may not be alone. I believe we need to face the possibility that some of the strange flying objects that outperform the best aircraft in our inventory and defy explanation may indeed be visitors from afar - and there's plenty of evidence to support UFO sightings. 

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07-07-2018 om 22:16 geschreven door peter  

“And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died. Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned to blood.”

Here we go again. Every time something red falls from the sky, this passage from the Book of Revelations gets pulled out and talk turns to apocalypse. It’s never been a good sign – Zeus made it rain blood before a battle in Homer’s Iliad. A blood rain reportedly preceded the Black Plague in Germany. Even Charles Fort in The Book of the Damned wondered if blood rain was a sign …

Mysterious Blood Rain Falls in Siberia

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“… that our whole solar system is a living thing: that showers of blood upon this earth are its internal hemorrhages.”

While colored rain is not all that uncommon and can often be explained by human inventions or interventions, it sometimes occurs in locations that makes one wonder if there might be something more going. That’s the case in Norilsk, Siberia, where a recent mysterious red rain is being blamed on many unnatural things while its “official” cause and official admonitions that it’s “nothing to worry about” are being questioned.

They “say” it was just due to removal of iron deposits….why do I not believe that? Looking into it further….
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This is somehow going to be turned around and blamed on Trump.
— Robert (@SlytherinRob) July 5, 2018

Nuclear fallout
— Mike Walton (@MikeWaltonSR) July 5, 2018

Photographs and videos on various Russian media sites showed a parking lot in Norilsk covered in red water, cars dripping with thick red slime and people cautiously stepping in red goop. That fact that the only pictures were from this particular parking lot were one clue to the “official” solution given by the lot’s owner — the Nadezhdinsky processing plant owned by the city’s largest employer, the Russian industrial giant Nornickel. A spokesperson said that the plant had just removed a massive amount of iron oxide (rust … what color is that?) from the factory floor and had it stored outside when a pre-storm gust of wind blew it into the air and the subsequent rain came down red. Nothing to see here … move along … don’t touch it … the Control and Analytical Department is here to carry out analysis of the collected samples.

That might be enough to allay fears if the Doldykan River running alongside the plant wasn’t already red long before the storm. In the U.S., problems like this are blamed on the previous presidential administration. According to Nikolay Utkin, director of the Polar Division of Norilsk Nickel, speaking to the Siberian Times, here it’s a little different.

“The reason why the water in the Doldykan River got the reddish-brown colour is the active melting of snow, a powerful flood, which washes off the stuff that had been gathering here for decades. Unfortunately, during the Soviet era, the environmental issues were resolved on a residual basis.”

Red rain in Russia … it’s always the Soviets.

Well, not quite always. Norilsk is an unusual city. It’s a recent development (late 1920s), the world’s northernmost city with more than 100,000 inhabitants, the second-largest city inside the Arctic Circle and one of only two large cities in the continuous permafrost zone. It’s covered with snow up to 270 days a year, so anything falling from the sky that’s not white is strange. That sounds like the kind of remote location where the “Soviets” conducted nefarious activities. It is also home to the northernmost Muslim mosque in the world, whose congregation seems to get along just fine with its Russian Orthodox and Ukrainian Orthodox neighbors.

Is there something more to the “blood rain” of Norilsk than the local biggest employer or government officials want residents to believe? Is it time to start treating industrial pollution as an apocalypse? Now THAT would be revelation!

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07-07-2018 om 22:00 geschreven door peter  

We might be able to spot such activity happening deep in space, paper suggests

Aliens might consider collecting and storing stars to power their futuristic civilisations, according to a senior scientist.

Because of dark energy, our universe is expanding at an increasing rate. Over the next 100 billion or so years, that expansion will mean that any stars apart from those nearby will not only be impossible to see but also entirely unreachable.

Could Alien Civilizations Predict the Fate of Our Planet?

That means that it will be difficult to extract energy from them. That is probably going to be very difficult for any advanced civilisations that rely on those stars to harvest that energy.

Now Dan Hooper, a senior scientist with Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, has written a paper exploring what those civilisations might do in response to that event.

He claims that civilisations could expand quickly outwards, build huge structures around those stars, and use the power generated to direct them back towards the civilisation.

Such megastructures have long been seen as a potential mark of advanced civilisations. Though it is very difficult to imagine what a future alien race might do, it is likely they will search out ways of harnessing renewable energy, such as building power plants around stars – those structures, known as Dyson spheres, have never been seen but are the object of keen astrophysical investigation.

But the new paper makes clear that could only work for so long, and would become impossible once the universe filled with dark energy and the stars were too far apart. That would force them to reach out, grabbing stars before they become inaccessible.

"Given the inevitability of the encroaching horizon, any sufficiently advanced civilization that is determined to maximize its ability to utilize energy will expand throughout the universe, attempting to secure as many stars as possible before they become permanently inaccessible," the paper reads.

To make sure they didn't get lost, the civilisations would be able to move the stars closer to their home – with the hope that they would eventually become stuck in their own orbit, and would not stray too far away to become useful.

Having worked out what such activity might look like, the paper then aims to look at how we might be able to see if that activity is happening already. If it were, we would be able to look for stars that seem to be moving in an unexpected way, or to spot holes in galaxies where a star might normally be expected

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07-07-2018 om 21:29 geschreven door peter  

07-07-2018 om 21:18 geschreven door peter  

ATLANTIS FOUND? '8.5-mile pyramid' discovered at bottom of the ocean

COULD this bizarre object, described as a giant ancient pyramid and found at the bottom of the sea, be a clue to the site of the mythological City of Atlantis?

07-07-2018 om 21:12 geschreven door peter  

07-07-2018 om 20:55 geschreven door peter  

Hills abduction: what's behind Zeta Reticuli case

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07-07-2018 om 20:45 geschreven door peter  

Misha Georg, 

Business Insider Deutschland

 

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• A meteorite crashed near the American Pacific coast on March 7.
• NASA is now analyzing two fragments found on the seabed to establish whether they came from the same meteorite.
• The meteorite could contain extraterrestrial metal that scientists haven't come across before.
• NASA hopes to use any findings to learn more about the behavior of meteorites.

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A meteorite that crashed near the American Pacific coast on March 7 has been causing quite a stir for the past few days.

A NASA researcher named Marc Fries is on a research expedition seeking remains of the meteorite, believed to have landed on the seabed. Fragments of the meteorite could contain extraterrestrial metal that scientists haven't come across before.

The NASA mission reports its first success

The official website of the expedition's research vessel, Nautilus, has reported that meteorite fragments have already been found. Two fragments thought to be from the crashed meteorite are being investigated by Fries and his team.

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After 7 hours exploring @OlympicCoast seafloor, we brought back several samples. @NASA_Johnson Cosmic Dust Curator Dr. Marc Fries conducted a visual analysis of these possible spacerocks--preliminary findings: https://nautl.us/2KDVgzB 

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Fries' expedition was planned in June in conjunction with the Nautilus, which happened to be operating in the same area as the crash site.

The Nautilus is equipped with state-of-the-art deep-sea robots, called ROVs, designed to scan the seabed with cameras and special sensing instruments. A kind of "magnetic rod" is used to scan the floor for metallic material.

As the researchers are hoping to make further discoveries in as large an area as possible within a short time, the vessel is also using wave technology to find hard objects among the soft areas of the seabed. The harder the object, the more the measuring device deflects waves.

Fries believes the impact location is most likely limited to an area of about 1 square kilometer.

The success of this NASA project could be a huge scientific milestone

With this mission, NASA hopes to learn more about the composition and behavior of meteorites — the debris left over when a meteor burns through the Earth's atmosphere. This meteorite could contain heat-resistant materials, an area on which researchers have been trying to focus their efforts in recent years.

You can follow the expedition and the work of the Nautilus in the livestream on nautiluslive.org.

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07-07-2018 om 01:44 geschreven door peter  

Complex organics bubble up from ocean-world Enceladus

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07-07-2018 om 01:33 geschreven door peter  

Scientists just changed their mind about that ‘Alien Probe’ asteroid again

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07-07-2018 om 01:24 geschreven door peter  

Jupiter's Moons Spin Intricate Auroras at Planet's Poles

07-07-2018 om 01:11 geschreven door peter  

Einsteins gelijk opnieuw bewezen: alle objecten vallen op dezelfde manier

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07-07-2018 om 00:42 geschreven door peter  

The Asteroid Belt Was Formed By Destroyed Ancient Alien Worlds, Study

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07-07-2018 om 00:29 geschreven door peter  

NASA: A Giant Star System Is Blasting Cosmic Radiation In Our Direction

NASA scientists have revealed radiation is heading on a collision course with Earth with it coming from a huge star system.

The star system has two huge suns, which blast cosmic rays out into space, with the radiation moving thanks to intergalactic winds.

Cosmic radiation from giant star system heading towards Earth – NASA

Scientists have been puzzled about high-energy observations in the southern constellation of Carina but have had the puzzle solved, thanks to the orbital telescope of NASA. NASA revealed the energy source is on Eta Carinae. This is a double star system around 7,500 light years from Earth.

Rays containing energy larger than 1 billion electron volts are sent out into the solar system. The expanse into which they are sent out is vast, while the energy is erratic in its movement, both of which combine to make it very difficult in regards to being able to locate the sources.

NASA pointed out that stellar winds from Eta Carinae are the reason behind the energy patterns. Kenji Hamaguchi, an astrophysicist for NASA, said, “Similar processes must occur in other extreme environments. Our analysis indicates Eta Carinae is one of them.”

NASA used the NuStar telescope to collect data about the cosmic rays, saying that some of them have bounced off the magnetic field of Earth. A researcher claimed that before the use of the NuStar telescope, they did not know where the origin of the radiation was.

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07-07-2018 om 00:18 geschreven door peter  

China Reaches The Moon Releasing Never-Before-Seen HD Photographs

These HD images of the Moon's surface captured by China are incredible.

China has captured images of the Moon in HD that have never before been seen thanks to the Chang`e 3 lander.

China Has One of the Most Advanced Lunar Landers

The Chinese lander captured thousands of HD resolution images after finding a moon rock that has not been seen before. China developed one of the most advanced lunar landers to ever land on the surface of the Moon, giving Earth a look at the surface as never before.

In 2013, the Lunar Mission landed on a region of the Moon known as Mare Imbrium. This was a part of the Moon in which it was thought water might have existed. While this is a feat for China, they come in third in regards to making a soft landing on the Moon’s surface, with the United States and the Soviet Union being ahead.

The images had been captured during 2013 but were not released by the National SpaceAdministration in China until 2015. Western media did not get them, as China does not release them until around 18 months later.

Photos among 45 Gigabyte of Data

Emily Lakdawalla from the Planetary Society took many weeks looking through the 45 gigabytes of data, then going ahead and putting it all into a package that could easily be downloaded to ensure that everyone interested could see them. Lakdawalla said, “When it comes to data sharing from China, the situation is pretty good, ” says Lakdawalla, who notes that the images’ formats mirror those used by NASA and the European Space Agency. “It would probably be much easier if I could read the language.”

There is no doubt the images have stunned everyone. Meanwhile, scientists have used them to gain a better understanding of the geology of the Moon’s surface. China even revealed they discovered a moon rock that surprisingly neither the United States nor Soviet Union found during their previous missions to the Moon.

China Is a Major Player in Space Power Revealed Analyst

A Defense Group Inc. analyst from the University of California San Diego, Kevin Pollpeter, said, “China is trying to reach the top tier and show that they’re a major space power.” He went on to say, “They’re also contributing real knowledge about the moon that we haven’t been able to get before.”

China is forging ahead with space exploration; they have revealed they are planning manned missions to the Moon at some point in the future. If so, they would expand lunar exploration like never before. The US Planetary Society reposted images due to the fact the CNSA website is very difficult to navigate around along with it being in Chinese. Posting the photos ensures people from around the world are able to access them and view them.

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07-07-2018 om 00:10 geschreven door peter  

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06-07-2018 om 23:44 geschreven door peter  

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