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Feb 4, 2017 15:26:54 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Feb 4, 2017 15:26:54 GMT -6
infinityexplorers.com/the-hollow-earth-theory The Hollow Earth Theory: Is There Another Inner World?February 4, 2017 by Ansh / infinityexplorers.com/There is an academic ‘mainstream’ that establishes which things are right (according to science) and which are not. Within his creations are theories that help us to understand reality, and in contemporaneity, this corpus of knowledge remains virtually unquestioned, except within the same scientific field where stipulated how to proceed to develop a new theory.(The Hollow Earth Theory) Theory of the Inner Earth(The Hollow Earth Theory)However, this was not always the case. Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, at the dawn of modern science, verification mechanisms were not institutionalized and alternate theories abounded. Many claims that this was the golden age of science before the great powers seized it and imposed their notions of what is true, either to conceal things or simply to maintain their control over the world. One of these alternate theories (which actually drinks from the medieval Christian tradition) is the Hollow Earth theory. According to it, the earth is constituted by an outer region and an “inner surface” which can sustain life and could be the cradle of ancestral civilizations that would have made contact with humanity in ancient times. A less radical variant of the theory states that while the earth is not entirely hollow, there are regions of caves and large holes between the mantle and the crust, which sustain life with water seeping from the surface and heat from the Center of the Earth. Likewise, the most radical version includes a sun located in the center of the earth, which illuminates these unknown regions. In both cases, unknown ecosystems, extinct species, and even advanced civilizations could live in the central region of the earth, isolated from humanity. Systems of tunnels and caves would communicate with these regions, but the main entrance would be two huge holes located in each of the terrestrial poles. Theory tests(The Hollow Earth Theory)The Hollow Earth TheoryProponents of this theory claim that the depth of the earth is virtually unexplored: the deepest hole excavated by mankind barely exceeds 12 kilometers, while the earth is more than 6,000 kilometers deep. They also stipulate that magnetic measurements do not exactly coincide with current theories, so there must necessarily be empty spaces in the middle of the earth. There have been several expeditions in search of these tickets located at the poles, the last planned for the year 2006 and that was canceled due to the death of its organizer (Steve Curry) by a brain cancer, something that has given rise to accuse the Great powers of trying to hide what is there. Likewise, proponents of hollow earth theory argue that there is no other way to explain the interest of governments in controlling Arctic and Antarctica and the apparent misinformation about these places. Unfortunately, there is not much information about characters who have visited these territories. Many expeditions were planned in the 19th century, but none were made due to logistical problems or lack of funds. The most well-known figure to have come to the hollow land is Karl Unger, who piloted a submarine during World War II on an expedition to the South Pole and entered through an underwater tunnel. The truth is that many characters, including Hitler, were convinced of the existence of an underground civilization. Hitler even sent several expeditions, and some claim that he escaped from Germany after the Soviet invasion and is hidden somewhere in the underworld. In any case, the possibility of life (intelligent or not) under the earthly mantle continues to fascinate humanity. infinityexplorers.com/the-hollow-earth-theory
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Mar 15, 2018 15:31:55 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Mar 15, 2018 15:31:55 GMT -6
www.space.com/39996-nat-geo-one-strange-rock-premiere.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Earth Stars in Nat Geo Channel's 'One Strange Rock' Premiere (Astronauts, Too!)By Hanneke Weitering, Space.com Staff Writer / March 15, 2018 05:00pm ET Astronauts and filmmakers participate in a Q&A with reporters before the world premiere of National Geographic's "One Strange Rock." (From left to right: NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield, NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, showrunner Arif Nurmohamed, executive producer Jane Root, NASA astronaut Mike Massimino, executive producer Ari Handel, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, director Darren Aronofsky, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison and NASA astronaut Jerry Linenger) Credit: Diana Whitcroft/PurchNEW YORK — A group of all-star astronauts brought some space to New York City Wednesday (March 14) for the world premiere of "One Strange Rock," a stunning new National Geographic television show about Earth narrated by some of the few people who have seen it from space. Directed by the award-winning filmmaker Darren Aronofsky ("Pi," "Black Swan" and "Requiem for a Dream"), the 10-part cinematic series showcases striking visual imagery of Earth from the largest to the smallest scales. The series features gorgeous shots filmed 250 miles (400 kilometers) above the Earth at the International Space Station along with close-up views of some of the most remarkable places in the natural world. Narrated entirely by eight renowned astronauts, "One Strange Rock" offers a unique perspective of life on Earth from some experienced space travelers. Among the astronauts on the show are NASA's record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson, Canadian astronaut and off-Earth musician Chris Hadfield and NASA astronaut Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to go to space. The show delves into several aspects of our home planet that allowed life to bloom and flourish here — things that are easy to take for granted, like the oxygen in our atmosphere and Earth's natural shield against radiation. "We wanted to make a show that was looking at the Earth in a completely different perspective and looking at what connects it all up, what the systems are, what are the unique things about this planet, and why life on this planet is so incredible," Jane Root, CEO of Nutopia — one of the production companies behind "One Strange Rock" — said during a special media event before the premiere. "I think our planet was intended to be viewed from space," NASA astronaut Mike Massimino, another of the eight astronauts on the show, told reporters at the discussion. "One Strange Rock" certainly gives viewers a taste of what it's like to see the Earth from space, but National Geographic took it a big step further by creating a virtual-reality (VR) experience for the show. A whole new world in VRWhile the visuals in "One Strange Rock" area already pretty mind-blowing, nothing compares to the cool virtual reality (VR) experience that goes along with the series. Never mind the VR goggles; National Geographic has taken VR to a whole new level with its new "Space Projection Helmet," a totally immersive VR platform that lets users look and feel like astronauts. On the morning of the premiere, National Geographic invited a small group of journalists to test out the helmets, and this Space.com reporter can confirm that they are totally awesome. The helmet's visor serves as a screen, and a tiny laser projector fills your field of view with gorgeous images of the Earth and space. This device is not in available stories (at least not yet), but National Geographic plans to take a set of the helmets on a tour of schools and planetariums around the country this spring, National Geographic officials said in a statement. If you don't have a chance to check out the VR experience during that tour, you can still see some pretty amazing stuff on your plain old TV screen when "One Strange Rock" premieres on the National Geographic Channel on March 26. www.space.com/39996-nat-geo-one-strange-rock-premiere.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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Post by auntym on Mar 31, 2018 13:46:28 GMT -6
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Nov 7, 2018 14:07:57 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Nov 7, 2018 14:07:57 GMT -6
www.space.com/42371-orange-earth-airglow.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social Ghostly Orange Light Envelopes Earth During Rare AirglowBy Laura Geggel, Live Science Senior Writer / November 7, 2018 This isn't an orange alien planet. It's Earth, enveloped in an airglow. Credit: NASAAn eerie, marmalade-colored light show made Earth look like a gigantic orange lollipop, prompting an astronaut aboard the International Space Station to snap a photo of it on Oct. 7. And yesterday, NASA shared the glorious shot with Earthlings down below. The enveloping orange hue is known as airglow — a mesmerizing luminescence caused by chemical reactions high in Earth's atmosphere, NASA reported. This ghostly glow usually happens when ultraviolet radiation from sunlight energizes molecules of nitrogen, oxygen, sodium and ozone in the atmosphere. These energized molecules then bump into each other and lose energy as they collide, resulting in a faint but spectacular afterglow, NASA said. Airglow is best seen at night, as it's 1 billion times fainter than sunlight, NASA said. This particular photo was taken at an altitude of more than 250 miles (about 400 kilometers) above Australia. [Earth Pictures: Iconic Images of Earth from Space] The radiating blush, also known as chemiluminescence, is comparable to glowing chemical reactions here on Earth, including those seen in children's toys such as glow sticks and glow-in-the-dark silly putty, NASA added. But airglow is more than an entrancing light attraction. It can also teach scientists about the workings of the upper atmosphere. For instance, it can shed light on how particles near the interface of Earth and space move, including how space weather and Earth weather are connected, NASA said. Researchers are already using satellites — such as NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) — to study this dynamic zone. Although this airglow emanated orange, the phenomenon isn't always the color of the snack food Doritos. In 2016, a photographer in the Azores islands in the Atlantic Ocean took a photo of a rainbow-colored airglow, according to Space.com, a sister site of Live Science. Originally published on Live Science. www.space.com/42371-orange-earth-airglow.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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Feb 3, 2019 19:17:19 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Feb 3, 2019 19:17:19 GMT -6
www.livescience.com/64457-scientists-have-discovered-a-mysterious-repeating-radio-signal-from-deep-space.html Scientists Have Discovered a Mysterious Repeating Radio Signal from Deep SpaceBy Brandon Specktor, Senior Writer / www.livescience.com/authors/?name=Brandon%20Specktor January 9, 2019 Scientists Have Discovered a Mysterious Repeating Radio Signal from Deep Space An animation shows the random appearance of fast radio bursts (FRBs) across the sky. Astronomers recently discovered 13 of the mysterious signals, including one that repeated from the same location over several months. Credit: NRAO Outreach/T. Jarrett (IPAC/Caltech); B. Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSFDon't look now, but Earth is being bombarded with mysterious, invisible light. Among the typical array of radio signals and microwaves cast out by distant stars, black holes and other celestial bodies, there exists a brand of intergalactic light that consistently boggles scientists' minds — and their instruments. These signals are known as fast radio bursts (FRBs). These ultrastrong, ultrabright radio signals last only a few milliseconds and are thought to originate from billions of light-years away, though their precise source is unknown. (Aliens have not been ruled out.) The mystery is partially owed to a lack of data; since astronomers first discovered FRBs in 2007, only about 60 have been observed. Now, those numbers are growing fast. According to two new papers published today (Jan. 9) in the journal Nature, scientists working at the CHIME (Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment) radio telescope in the hills of British Columbia have detected 13 new FRBs in just a two-month span. Among these newly captured signals are seven bursts that registered at 400 megahertz — the lowest FRB frequency detected so far — and, for only the second time ever, an FRB that flashed repeatedly, six times in a row. [Stephen Hawking's Most Far-Out Ideas About Black Holes] "Until now, there was only one known repeating FRB," Ingrid Stairs, a member of the CHIME team and an astrophysicist at the University of British Columbia, said in a statement. "With more repeaters and more sources available for study, we may be able to understand these cosmic puzzles — where they're from and what causes them." CHIME radio telescope (seen at night here) recently detected rare, low-frequency bursts of energy from deep in the universe. Astronomers are eagerly searching for an explanation. CHIME radio telescope (seen at night here) recently detected rare, low-frequency bursts of energy from deep in the universe. Astronomers are eagerly searching for an explanation. Credit: Courtesy Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME)Scientists have a few theories about those origins. Previous studies have suggested that FRBs may be the remnants of distant supernovas, or radiation spewed out by supermassive black holes. Avi Loeb, a scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics who was not involved in the discovery, has said that we shouldn't rule out "artificial origins," like the pulses of an alien spacecraft. These newly discovered signals could help scientists get closer to an answer. For starters, the existence of repeating FRBs like the one captured last year could rule out some possible origins. These repeating signals flashed from the same spot in the sky (from an estimated 1.5 billion light-years away) six times over the course of several months. According to the study authors, this delayed repetition rules out "cataclysmic events" like supernovas as a likely source of the repeated blasts, as bursts from an exploding star would be expected to happen just once. Moreover, the CHIME team's new discoveries suggest that FRBs are probably far more common than current technology is able to reflect. The fact that seven of the new bursts registered at 400 MHz (the lowest frequency the CHIME telescope is able to detect) suggest that FRBs with even lower frequencies are likely zipping past our planet all the time — we just aren't able to see them yet. www.livescience.com/64457-scientists-have-discovered-a-mysterious-repeating-radio-signal-from-deep-space.html
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Feb 6, 2019 12:48:25 GMT -6
Post by auntym on Feb 6, 2019 12:48:25 GMT -6
mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/02/forget-waldo-the-hunt-for-earths-moving-magnetic-north-continues/ Forget Waldo — The Hunt for Earth’s Moving Magnetic North Continuesby Paul Seaburn / mysteriousuniverse.org/author/paulseaburn/ February 7, 2019 The classic children’s book image of the North Pole has it looking more like a barber pole – candy-cane red-and-white stripes with a bright ball on top. Those are also the colors of “Waldo of the ubiquitous Where’s Waldo series, that may be more than just a coincidence – a new announcement by NASA reveals that the magnetic North Pole has been on the move and is becoming exceeding difficult to find. The latest data actually has it moving towards Siberia. Should we also drop the search for Waldo and start watching for Yakov? “Due to unplanned variations in the Arctic region, scientists have released a new model to more accurately represent the change of the magnetic field.” The announcement comes from the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and carries the scary title: “World Magnetic Model Out-of-Cycle Release.” Out-of-cycle is never good news – whether it’s referring to reports, machines or ovulations. In this case, it refers to the World Magnetic Model, which is an official map of the Earth’s magnetic field created by the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the United Kingdom’s Defence Geographic Centre (DGC). It’s used by the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.K. Ministry of Defence, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and civilian organizations for navigation, attitude and heading referencing systems using the geomagnetic field. The model is produced at 5-year intervals, with the current model expiring on December 31, 2019. (Wikipedia) However … The most famous element of the planet’s magnetic field – the magnetic North Pole which all compasses actually point to – has been moving unpredictably and inexplicably around the Northern Hemisphere for the past few years at speeds and increments so large that the NCEI decided not to wait until New Year’s Eve 2019 and instead issue an out-of-cycle state of the mag pole address. And what exactly IS its address these days? Well, what day is this? The pole is moving at a speed of up to 60 km (37 mi) per year towards Russia and has crossed the International Dateline into the Eastern Hemisphere. Beyond that, the formula is located somewhere deep inside the out-of-cycle release, while those in charge assure us that everything is now fine and your GPS won’t direct you over a cliff. Except … The out-of-cycle release was knocked even further out-of-cycle by the recent U.S. government shutdown, which the powers that be also assure us did not contribute to the problem. Really? Then what is causing this mysterious pole migration anyway? At the 2018 American Geophysical Union fall meeting, geophysicist Phil Livermore blamed it on an epic underground battle going on right now between a magnetic field in northern Canada and one in Siberia over the control of the magnetic pole. Canada is weakening and Siberia is winning, although he’s not really sure why. Nor does he say if this is linked to the prediction that the magnetic north and south poles are due to flip relatively (in terms of geology) soon. Good luck using your GPS when that happens (not for thousands of years, but it’s always good to be prepared, especially when dealing with government-related predictions). Should we be worried about the on-the-move-to-parts-unknown-for-no-apparent-reason North Magnetic Pole? Geoff Reeves, a space scientist at Los Alamos National Lab, said this in National Geographic: “We know that the pole now is moving faster than it has for decades, but how often does that happen in the long historical record? We don’t have any idea. What we know is what it’s doing now is different, and that’s always exciting scientifically.” If you’re looking for Waldo, you might want to start at the bottom of a cliff, staring and swearing at his GPS. mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/02/forget-waldo-the-hunt-for-earths-moving-magnetic-north-continues/ Earth's Magnetic North Pole Was Moving So Fast, Geophysicists Had to Update the Map www.space.com/43244-magnetic-earth-model-updated.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dlvr.it
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Post by auntym on Oct 18, 2021 12:33:07 GMT -6
mysteriousuniverse.org/2021/10/the-day-the-earth-flipped-on-its-side-it-really-happened/The Day the Earth Flipped On Its Side — It Really HappenedPaul Seaburn / mysteriousuniverse.org/author/paulseaburn/October 19, 2021 The Earth didn’t physically stand still in “The Day the Earth Stood Still” but it did spin backwards when Superman reversed time. Those are both fiction, but scientists now have solid evidence that the Earth flipped on its side and then flipped back into place at least once. We’re still here so it didn’t destroy the planet, but the event left physical evidence and a team of researchers finally found and identified it. “Imagine looking at Earth from space. True polar wander would look like the Earth tipping on its side, and what’s actually happening is that the whole rocky shell of the planet—the solid mantle and crust—is rotating around the liquid outer core.” There has been news the past few years of the Earth’s magnetic pole moving somewhat rapidly south – it’s now in Siberia – but a new study in Nature Communications, “A Late Cretaceous true polar wander oscillation,” reveals details on true polar wander (TPW), which is the “reorientation of a planet or moon in order to align the body’s greatest nonhydrostatic principal axis of inertia with the spin axis.” On Earth, this happens when the Earth’s mantle and crust rotate around the liquid outer core. Study co-author and Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Principle Investigator Joseph Kirschvink explains in a press release that TPW has been hotly debated in scientific circles because of the lack of physical evidence. He led a team to search for it, estimating that the last time this happened was in the Cretaceous period between about 145.5 and 65.5 million years ago. Co-author Prof. Ross Mitchell at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics in Beijing knew exactly where to look – in the Apennine Mountains of central Italy. “These Italian sedimentary rocks turn out to be special and very reliable because the magnetic minerals are actually fossils of bacteria that formed chains of the mineral magnetite.” Co-author and geobiologist at Dartmouth College explains why these rocks were the perfect ‘images’ of Earth in the Cretaceous period. Many rocks record the direction of the local magnetic field as they form – tiny crystals of the mineral magnetite produced by some bacteria line up like compass needles pointing to the magnetic poles. That direction is preserved when the rock solidifies and identifies where it came from – a rock with a vertical direction came from the pole, horizontal from the Equator. Any angle in between can be used to calculate their place of birth. By checking the magnetic direction of the rocks found in the Apennine over a period of 80 million years, the researchers pinpointed when the Earth flipped over and when it righted itself. “Kirschvink and colleagues found, as the true polar wander hypothesis predicted, the Italian data indicate an ~12˚ tilt of the planet 84 million years ago. The team also found that Earth appears to have corrected itself—after tipping on its side, Earth reversed course and rotated right back, for a total excursion of nearly 25˚ of arc in about five million years.” Over a course of just 5 million years, the Earth tilted over 12 degrees and then righted itself back to normal. This era of the Late Cretaceous Period was before the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction caused by the Chicxulub impact, so there were plenty of large dinosaurs around to experience it. how did it affect the T. rexes and their contemporaries? That’s food for another study. However, this research will help find smaller tilts which many research suspect have occurred in more recent times. Did you just feel a sudden lean? mysteriousuniverse.org/2021/10/the-day-the-earth-flipped-on-its-side-it-really-happened/
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