It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
The Sun moves relative to the
Local Standard of Rest at 13.4kms21 in the direction of Galactic
rotation, 29 km s21 in the radial direction, and 3.7kms21 in the
vertical direction. The cloud of material that surrounds the Sun
moves in the Local Standard of Rest in a nearly perpendicular
motion. The result of these two motions is that we observe interstellar
material flowing towards the Sun, called the interstellar wind.
Originally posted by TotallyFEDup88
reply to post by karen61057
What about an increase in these natural disasters?
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by TotallyFEDup88
We are not passing through any "new energy"... The solar system is passing through a cloud of interstellar fluff (the remnants of supernovae) and has been for a few thousand years (at least). It has no appreciable effect on the Sun, Earth, or our satellites.
Oh, the "Russian scientist" has never been found to exist.edit on 12/21/2011 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by this_is_who_we_are
2) It is not an "energy cloud", it is a cloud of matter. Very diffuse matter.
strong magnetic field just outside the solar system," "This magnetic field holds the interstellar cloud together...a wispy mixture of hydrogen and helium atoms at a temperature of 6000 C...
science.nasa.gov...
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by this_is_who_we_are
3) The Solar System has been within the cloud for thousands of years.
"Using data from Voyager, we have discovered a strong magnetic field JUST OUTSIDE THE SOLAR SYSTEM," explains lead author Merav Opher, a NASA Heliophysics Guest Investigator from George Mason University.
Astronomers call the cloud we're running into now the Local Interstellar Cloud or "Local Fluff" for short.
The fact that the Fluff is strongly magnetized means that other clouds in the galactic neighborhood could be, too. Eventually, the solar system will run into some of them, and their strong magnetic fields could compress the heliosphere even more than it is compressed now. Additional compression could allow more cosmic rays to reach the inner solar system, possibly affecting terrestrial climate...
science.nasa.gov...
"Voyager data show that the Fluff is much more strongly magnetized than anyone had previously suspected—between 4 and 5 microgauss*,
science.nasa.gov...
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by this_is_who_we_are
4) None of this provides any reason to believe that anything is "TRANSFORMING THE MAGNETIC FIELDS OF THE PLANETS".
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by this_is_who_we_are
4) "Dmitriev" says we are just entering this "energy cloud". We have been within the interstellar fluff for thousands of years.
5) "Dmitriev" does not seem to exist. It is odd that an "esteemed space physicist" would not have any peer reviewed articles published. How does one become esteemed without doing so?
Does that help?edit on 12/23/2011 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by this_is_who_we_are
1) I said that I had not found any published articles by Dmitriev.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by TotallyFEDup88
Oh, the "Russian scientist" has never been found to exist.edit on 12/21/2011 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by this_is_who_we_are
1) I said that I had not found any published articles by Dmitriev.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by TotallyFEDup88
Oh, the "Russian scientist" has never been found to exist.edit on 12/21/2011 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Yes. It is not an "energy cloud" it is a cloud of matter.
It is a cloud of matter held together by a strong magnetic field just outside the solar system
We are currently in an interstellar cloud and have been for thousands of years. The quote you provided is talking about other clouds which would be encountered in the future and what may occur when we do.
According to NASA we are just now entering this highly magnetic Local Interstellar Cloud and that it could have an effect on Earth's climate.
The fact that the Fluff is strongly magnetized means that other clouds in the galactic neighborhood could be, too. Eventually, the solar system will run into some of them, and their strong magnetic fields could compress the heliosphere even more than it is compressed now.
Even more recently, ∼40,000/nHI,0.2 years ago, the Sun entered the cloud now surrounding us, the LIC. Within ∼4,000 years the Sun will exit the LIC.
Really?
Originally posted by this_is_who_we_are
No: You said:
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by this_is_who_we_are
We are currently in an interstellar cloud and have been for thousands of years. The quote you provided is talking about other clouds which would be encountered in the future and what may occur when we do.
We have been in the cloud for between 1,000 and 40,000 years.
Even more recently, ∼40,000/nHI,0.2 years ago, the Sun entered the cloud now surrounding us, the LIC. Within ∼4,000 years the Sun will exit the LIC.
arxiv.org...
Astronomers call the cloud we're running into now the Local Interstellar Cloud or "Local Fluff" for short. Different cloud.
Why does the NASA article say we're running into it now instead of saying we have been in it for 1,000 to 40,000 years.
The solar system is passing through an interstellar cloud that physics says should not exist. In the Dec. 24th issue of Nature, a team of scientists reveal how NASA's Voyager spacecraft have solved the mystery.
These observations show that our Sun is moving through a Local Interstellar Cloud as this cloud flows outwards from the Scorpius-Centaurus Association star forming region. Our Sun may exit the Local Interstellar Cloud during the next 10,000 years.
During the past few million years, wispy filaments of interstellar gas have drifted into the Local Bubble. Our solar system is immersed in one of those filaments--the "local fluff," a relatively cool (7000 K) cloud containing 0.1 atoms per cubic centimeter. By galactic standards, the local fluff is not very substantial. It has little effect on Earth because the solar wind and the Sun's magnetic field are able to hold the wispy cloud at bay.
Currently, the Sun is passing through a Local Interstellar Cloud (LIC), shown in violet, which is flowing away from the Scorpius-Centaurus Association of young stars. The LIC resides in a low-density hole in the interstellar medium (ISM) called the Local Bubble, shown in black.