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Spacecraft Measurements Indicate Shifting Interstellar Wind
Weather on Earth might be shifting in part because of human activity, but larger context in which the Earth moves has some trends to deal with as well, according to new research published in Science and summarized by Science Now: "As Earth and the other planets orbit the sun, the solar system itself travels through space. Its slow journey is taking it though a wispy expanse of gas called the Local Interstellar Cloud. Now, astronomers have discovered signs of potential turbulence in the cloud, indicated by a shift in direction of helium atoms that flow into the solar system. If the shift is real and continues for hundreds to thousands of years—a dicey extrapolation—it could be a harbinger of more dramatic changes in our solar system, notes study co-author David McComas of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. ... To detect the wind shift, researchers drew on measurements by 11 spacecraft and satellites that have recorded directly or indirectly the flow of helium atoms into the solar system. Many kinds of atoms infiltrate the heliosphere, but helium is a particularly good tracer for all of them because it is abundant and typically survives in its uncharged, atomic state all the way to Earth’s orbit, [study co-author Priscilla] Frisch says."
Are they sure it wasn't just God farting?
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
See how bad global warming is getting? We are now even screwing with the weather in space!
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
It's actually a marker laid down by the Vogon construction fleet for the up coming Hyper Space Express Route.
I remember a documentary about "the expense" couple years ago. It is not a good place to be!
Tomorrow is another day...
I'm not sure about that. People survive poticial rallies all the time, the source of expanding hot gas directly behind the podium.
The Amarri pray for god, the Caldari pray for profit. the Gallente pray for peace, but the Minmatar pray their ships hol
The NSA uncovered a plot by Mitt Romney to kill Trayvon Martin in hopes of bringing about the New Age of Linux, thereby staving off Global Warming.
It's coming from uranus.
I'm not sure about that. People survive poticial rallies all the time, the source of expanding hot gas directly behind the podium.
I've seen what that does to their behavior sometimes. It's not as harmless as you think.