Superflares common on Sun-like stars
Ancient myths record a time when the sun caused the oceans to boil. Physicist Anthony Peratt has found rock art all over the Earth with designs identical to electrical patterns of high current plasma. Peratt argued this could only be possible if the Sun experienced a superflare sometime in the past which produced these designs in the upper atmosphere as intense aurorae which were then recorded in stone by people all over the Earth to … Read entire article »
Massive Stone Age Tunnel Network Found in Europe
Archaeologists have been puzzled by the numerous underground tunnel networks found at Stone Age Neolithic settlements across Europe. What could have motived Stone Age people to invest the enormous effort needed to construct such tunnels? Some have argued it was an ancient highway system for moving goods and people through hostile territories. Others believe it was to protect people from predators. Yet legends among many indigenous groups around the world suggest people once had to … Read entire article »
Did the 1859 Super Solar Storm also cause earthquakes, hurricanes & plagues?
A new article connects the super solar storm of 1859 called the Carrington Event to other unusual occurrences immediately before and after the storm such as a megaquake in Turkey, a hurricane-strength super storm in the north Atlantic, and the rapid spread of a flu pandemic. A few quotes from the article: As you steam by Perth on September 1, 1859 all the passengers are delighted by an incredible phenomena. It is the ‘Aurora Australis’, but … Read entire article »
Did A Massive Solar Proton Event Fry The Earth
Close to the end of the last ice age there was a sudden disappearance of many mammalian species which some paleontologists say was the most severe since the disappearance of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. In North America 95 percent of the megafauna became extinct, these being predominantly mammals having body weights greater than 25 to 50 kilograms. But even small animals were affected, as in the disappearance of 10 genera of birds. Although North … Read entire article »
Giant Breach in Earth’s Magnetic Field Discovered
Dec. 16, 2008: NASA’s five THEMIS spacecraft have discovered a breach in Earth’s magnetic field ten times larger than anything previously thought to exist. Solar wind can flow in through the opening to “load up” the magnetosphere for powerful geomagnetic storms. But the breach itself is not the biggest surprise. Researchers are even more amazed at the strange and unexpected way it forms, overturning long-held ideas of space physics. “At first I didn’t believe it,” says … Read entire article »
Solar Max Could Spell Trouble
2012 happens to coincide with a new active period of the sun called solar max. These events can be powerful enough to knock out satellites and power stations. Learn more about the upcoming solar max below: Wed Dec 29, 2010 02:33 PM ET, Content provided by AFP The coming year will be an important one for space weather as the sun pulls out of a trough of low activity and heads into a long-awaited and possibly destructive … Read entire article »
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