Our Solar System

[LightEye]

dear friends,



be well, be love.

david

the b swarm's 1st cluster returns
#5 t367, earth threatening comet of vulcan
by dr. herbert w. kuehne and dr. barry warmkessel
with support from sonja m. kawamoto and jane yin
© copyright: 27 april 2007

abstract

a comet debris shower called the 5 october camelopardalids appears to be associated with incoming comet/meteor #5 of the b swarm's cluster 1 as predicted by crop circle t367. assuming the date t367 implies is correct, there is only a ~2.4o heliocentric longitude mismatch between the predicted and observed value (when related earth threatening impacts could occur). this association implies that the orbits of the other 3 (hypothetical) comets/meteors indicated by t367 are similar, and none appear to threaten earth directly. however, debris from these bodies in their orbit stream does offer a possible threat to earth. debris may impact earth circa 10/05/07 +/-1 day and on 07/08/07, 08/02/07 and 08/24/07 +/- 6 days. there is a slight possibility of impacts by smaller (but significant) comet fragments between 08/11/07 and 10/25/07. the period of 08/02/07 +/- 6 days offers the greatest impact risk because fragments from a broken comet/meteor are suspected, and the greater indian ocean area may be at risk. the world is a big place, and the fall of the meteorites may be unobserved. all that may be reported is unusually large earthquakes or tsunamis during the above-mentioned time periods.

[LightEye]

dear friends,

doh! here's the link;

http://www.barry.warmkessel.com/barry/camel.html

be well, be love.

david

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070515_st_mag_field.html

be well, be love.

david

solar system sails sideways through milky way
by ker than
staff writer
posted: 15 may 2007
06:39 am et

our solar system is hurtling through space while angled nearly perpendicular to the plane of the milky way, new computer models suggest.

"it's almost like we're sailing through the galaxy sideways," said study team leader merav opher, an astrophysicist at george mason university in virginia.

the findings, detailed in the may 11 issue of the journal science, suggest the magnetic field in the galactic environment surrounding our solar system is pitched at a sharp angle and not oriented parallel to the plane of the milky way as previously thought.

[charran]

david,

hmmm. after i read this one and the earlier article you posted on http://physorg.com/news98468776.html i couldn't help but put them together...along with the bees.

when i saw the photos of the heliosphere here i got to thinking:

(1) heliopause boundary is a mirror and hence we cannot see perhaps the other two dimensions of time that http://physorg.com/news98468776.html talked about. basically it said that there had to be a symmetry between space and time. if we have 3 dimensions of space (latitude, longitude, and elevation) then we should also have 3 dimensions of time and not just one. it's just that the other two time dimensions are flat or look like a shadow to us. 3 space dimensions. 3 time dimensions. sounds like a repeated hexagonal pattern to me.

(2) heliopause seems to be inside a hexagon (like the honeycomb of the bees). this is talked about in astrology...particularly with the work of w.d. gann, one of the most famous commodity stock traders of all time.

these articles linked up a bunch of ideas i had swimming around in my head. great posts!

charran

[soup]

i had a different impression of the two timer proposal. let's say its simplified to one space dimension y. then to plot how position changes with time one would have a plot yp vs tp. then independant of that is a plot also describing position changes with time as derived from momentum, ym vs. tm.

the heisenberg uncertainty principle seems to put a limit upon understanding quantum level position and momentum information at the same point in time, using "standard limited dimensional constructs." these new mathematical dimensional constructs seems to suggest a way to get around that previous limitation.

its likely that in many observable cases the two independant plots overlap and are indistinguishable, i.e. yp = ym and tp = tm, but at the quantum level they diverge and their independance then can be more clearly understood in a way these theoretical models better match reality. that's my impression of the time article.

i have difficulty relating this suggestion of a new quantum model to the pitch of the heliosphere. there - in some ways seems a notion of that our solar system was torqued in a way that tilted it, i.e. instead of frisbee flying flat and straight it is pitched in a way that it ascends.

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2007/1942665.htm

be well, be love.

david

solar system and milky way doing the splits
irene klotz

our solar system is travelling in a different direction to the rest of the milky way, scientists say.

when they used radio signals from two spacecraft nearing interstellar space to map the route, they had some unexpected results.

the researchers determined that the magnetic field in interstellar space is propelling our solar system along at a 60-90° angle to the rest of the galaxy.

that's happening because the part of the interstellar magnetic field that comes closest to our system is not parallel to the spiraling arms of the galaxy, as it appears to be elsewhere.

as a result, our solar system has taken on a bullet-shaped appearance as it soars through space, says dr merav opher, an assistant professor from george mason university in virginia, who publishes the research in the journal science.

[Psylent126]

hello,

this is my first post here, but i found this on another site and thought it was rather interesting and could pertain to the 2012 date and divine cosmos information.

it talks about how our galaxy isn't really the milky way, but rather a smaller galaxy called the sagittarius dwarf galaxy, and the it's being pulled in and becoming part of the milky way galaxy.

here is the link:
http://curezone.com/blogs/m.asp?f=1207&i=2

psylent126

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://viewzone.com/milkyway.html

be well, be love.

david

scientists now know: we're not from here!

imagine the shock of growing up in a loving family with people you call "mum" and "dad" and then, suddenly, learning that you are actually adopted!

this same sense of shock came as scientists announced that the sun, the moon, our planet and its siblings, were not born into the familiar band of stars known as the milky way galaxy, but we actually belong to a strange formation with the unfamiliar name of the sagittarius dwarf galaxy!

how can this be?

using volumes of data from the two-micron all sky survey (2mass), a major project to survey the sky in infrared light led by the university of massachusetts, the astronomers are answering questions that have baffled scientists for decades and proving that our own milky way is consuming one of its neighbors in a dramatic display of ongoing galactic cannibalism. the study published in the astrophysical journal, is the first to map the full extent of the sagittarius galaxy and show in visually vivid detail how its debris wraps around and passes through our milky way. sagittarius is 10,000 times smaller in mass than the milky way, so it is getting stretched out, torn apart and gobbled up by the bigger milky way.

[LightEye]

interesting indeed. posted this link which is basically the same as yours yesterday...

http://www.divinecosmos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9232

[Art]

psylent126 -

very good post - all i can say is wow! :eek:

i don't really feel "qualified" to comment, however, a few thoughts to share and ponder...

1) i believe that all is one.

2) i believe that our "consciousness" is connected to the sun, which in turn, is connected to the center of the galaxy, and so on... the chain is infinite, and operates on the "octave premise of succession".

3) i believe in the "concept" of "logos", on a galactic scale, thereby opening the possibily that different galaxies may "operate" at a logos which have higher vibration or frequency. under these "conditions", the "experience" of "life", or even "life" itself is "different".

3) if, perhaps this new map is accurate, we are now being influenced by a larger galaxy (or more accurately, have been for 240 million years), correct? we "experience" and quantify "life" 3-dimensionally, so larger must be more powerful, correct? (never mind the fact that i agree on the shift to 4th density, thereby "eliminating" concepts of 3d...). therefore, if "plantary" or "solar system" consciousness is a product of the "individual" galactic "logos", and we are soon to "intercept" the "midpoint" of a larger galaxy (assume to be the strongest point of influence? think if the concepts of "singularity", and "geometry"), if conditions are right, (energy or rather "consciousness" of larger system greater than the smaller) then it is possible for our "solar system" and therefore, "plantary", therefore "individual" consciousness to be influenced by the "logos" of the larger galaxy, corrrect? this "hypothesis" could then be traced backwards in time and possibly be "proven" (possibly evolution cycles and/or plantary development)?

if the answers to these (some, all, does it really matter?) are yes, then a complete rethinking of, well, everything (?) must take place. this wouldn't necessarily negate any present "knowledge", just open "established knowledge" for interpretation, which could lead to further breakthrough thought... maybe, alot of ancient prophecies could be accurately interpreted...

maybe we are only meant to pass through a small opening where the energy of the larger is greater, however, we may not be "pulled" in (overall "gravitational" force greater in "present" galaxy. of course, then you have to take into account the "acceleration" or "repulsion" which is commonly observed... wow...).

maybe not a complete transformation, just a "douse" of energy. or, maybe a complete transition, and a "new path", a "new way". hmm... either way, ya can't lose...

there have been some great posts lately. i, for one, have seen the number 777 several times in the past few days. i usually don't pay too much attention (in other words, look for "syncs"), but these jumped out at me... so, i guess for my "individual" experience, i know what to keep my eye out for...

whether or not its a coincidence, i have also "formed" a better picture of my "purpose" and "role" are these past few days. simply put, a "creed" would be,

"i am light. i am an angel of love" (inner work)

"spread the light. spread the love" (outer work) :d

these are pretty broad terms, but these words spoke to me especially in the 1st person. i do believe we are spiritual beings having a physical experience. i do believe we are "essentially" "solid" (crystalline) "light". we are connected to the one source that is. we have individual "assignments" during these times (above the "simple purpose" of identifying unity with the one that is), and frankly, the "door" is already "open". upon completion of "divine assignments", you will "walk through the door" and ascend to the next level. the "door" closes sometime after 12/21/2012 (after which time doesn't really matter right? hmm...), which is the "highest" point of "alignment" with the "new energies". its make or break at this point...

well gang, i hope your adventure is treating you as good as it is me. i really hope this post is coherent to read. please, if you feel the urge to comment, correct me on things i have written, etc., please do. i found that my "wording" and "depth of knowledge" aren't all that optimal (especially when you consider the knowledge explosion and deep underlying connections...) most of you out there who have a greater understanding of the loo material, and individual "sciences" are able to comment more "effectively" than my humble attempt here... looking forward to hearing from ya! :d

to quote vexstar, "seeing you as light". all of you. :d

[alchemikey]

maybe this is why there was some confusion with the term galaxy in the law of one

[billybobbutterball]

[quote=art;21856]psylent126 -



whether or not its a coincidence, i have also "formed" a better picture of my "purpose" and "role" are these past few days. simply put, a "creed" would be,

"i am light. i am an angel of love" (inner work)

"spread the light. spread the love" (outer work) :d

hi. psylent

that is a most interesting list of creedal beliefs (beyond the two mentioned above.)

one element that gives me pause in reading the list is that from some reading i have been doing there is warning that creeds, belief systems, et al. can be a spiritual anchor locking us into a once past reality that eventually becomes a type of hangovered sterile intellectualism. (i'm particularally vulnerable to such because i was once quite enamoured by christian systematic theology -- with its dogmatic intellections putting names on things to be secreted away in tidy cubby holes.)

perhaps i'm just kidding myself but nowadays my usual assesment of my mental state is that, "at the present moment i sorta think something or the other seems likely". (:>))

in the third millenium a warning is given that we are not required to intellectually understand anything, or to even to attempt to improve our spiritual comprehension ...but just be. that is a little too spartan for my taste, but it is a good point to keep in mind. but you are right; spread the light, spread the love, those concepts seems to be cardinal virtues. all else is really just short-lived frothy bubbles.

anyway, thats what i believe and i'll stand on a hill and die for it....whoops!!! (:>)

billious g

[Art]

one element that gives me pause in reading the list is that from some reading i have been doing there is warning that creeds, belief systems, et al. can be a spiritual anchor locking us into a once past reality that eventually becomes a type of hangovered sterile intellectualism. (i'm particularally vulnerable to such because i was once quite enamoured by christian systematic theology -- with its dogmatic intellections putting names on things to be secreted away in tidy cubby holes.)

perhaps i'm just kidding myself but nowadays my usual assesment of my mental state is that, "at the present moment i sorta think something or the other seems likely". (:>))

in the third millenium a warning is given that we are not required to intellectually understand anything, or to even to attempt to improve our spiritual comprehension ...but just be. that is a little too spartan for my taste, but it is a good point to keep in mind. but you are right; spread the light, spread the love, those concepts seems to be cardinal virtues. all else is really just short-lived frothy bubbles.

anyway, thats what i believe and i'll stand on a hill and die for it....whoops!!! (:>)

billious g

billy -

very good response - thank you for commenting. my abilities at writing aren't that great, for the message i want to convey is usually lost in translation. it'll be nice in 4d when we won't depend on either the spoken or written word because we'll be able to communicate telepathically...

i hesitate to use terms like "ideas" or "believe", however, i'm not going to use a thesaurus to find more accurate words (just plain lazy i guess). i appreciate your comment above about "...but just be". very good indeed. :d

overall, i think we must have open minds, and be willing to modify, change, or in some cases, completely abandon "beliefs". this is a never-ending process as our level of wisdom grows. my attempt here was "out loud" thinking, and once it started... well, you see what came out...

with the bolded "creed", i originally had written

"see yourself as light. see yourself as an angel of love"

probably a little more accurate to my current "level of understanding and practice", but placing the definitive "i am" makes theses statements affirmations, which are much more powerful...

on the other hand, caution is always a good thing, and finding the right balance is important. so, creeds and affirmations and the like are useful tools, but aren't as important as simply "being".

a wise man on this forum, bob, has really helped me to "let go" and "just be", which follows your advice... so, i try not to continuously get caught up in the details and searching. probably better just "to be", and live in the "here and now". :d

thanks again billy for commenting. ;)

[billybobbutterball]

[quote=art;21900]

billy -

indeed. :d

overall, i think we must have open minds, and be willing to modify, change, or in some cases, completely abandon "beliefs". this is a never-ending process as our level of wisdom grows. my attempt here was "out loud" thinking, and once it started... well, you see what came out...

hi. bill here. no problem with your take on things. i'm not sure just why i was nudged to post my comments.

so i did a little digging.

here are snippets of thoughts that got my attention in the third millenium:
"there is no place where the presence of god is not....you have only to be present to know all you need to know ....do not suppose that your understanding should be greater than it is or compare it to another's. do not short-circuit your life energy by trying to work on, change or improve your grasp of the truth. (what!!) begin trusting the truth i have created in you....you must release all that you know and all that you believe into the currents of love. all that is valid in your understanding will remain, revivified, sparkling with renewed clarity. but the illusions of your history-bound cognitive systems will be no more. they will be gone, erased, disolved as if they never were. for in truth they were never real... (bummer!)

you do not have to study spiritual things. (now wait a minute...! )

i have not called you into this world to worship the concepts of humans, but to awaken within you the living spirit of love ...it is not possible to know the reality of god through another's experience.

when your spiritual life is orientated around theology, you worship human understanding -- the same deity once represented as the golden calf in the wilderness of sinai.....better to fashion their dieties in physical form. they would then see plainly what they do....do look for the truth behind every ritual, every culture, every ceremony, every celebration you encounter ...(but) express only what you know...from your own experience. (i'm a little short on that (:>( can't i borrow some in the meantime?)

etc. from pp 177/178 the third millenium... starseed transmissions(on divine cosmos' reccommended reading list)

perhaps i'm fooling myself but i don't take the above as a reduction to undiluted anti-intellectualism but rather a guide in avoiding tempting intellectual pitfalls and tar pits. as i also found pointed out in the above pages most religious dogmatic theology once conveyed "truth" -- at that time, to certain individuals, at a particular level/stage of growth -- but being locked into old concepts and constructs -- that have passed their prime time -- is contra-productive for the many in the here and now (whatever that is. i keep forgetting just how slippery is the here and now time thing!)

i do love and find inspiring the intellectual stuff available through david and the contributer's to this site ... but i have to keep reminding myself it is of secondary value in the big, long term, non-transitory picture, as the ra made a point of vigorously reminding us throughout the law of one material.

hmmm. of course the irony here is that all of the above is drenched and tainted with intellectualization.

as for myself i have to really struggle in keeping a nutritive balance between mind candy and soul food. (:>) i'll take two chocolate ra bars please.

warms to all, etc. billybobwunderingkind

[Michelle]

"here are snippets of thoughts that got my attention in the third millenium:
"there is no place where the presence of god is not....you have only to be present to know all you need to know ....do not suppose that your understanding should be greater than it is or compare it to another's."

hello. yeah, thanks for these words of truth. just be, yeah. i think alot of the information we are being presented with can be intellectualized upon, and 'til pigs fly, or 2012, haha, whichever comes first.., but, all these scientific facts are being revealed more and more as reminders to get on the job of just being, beings we, mankind, seem to have forgotten and maybe fallen fast asleep for too long. so more than intellectuallism, hypothicisms, frizms, and scisms, oh my!:eek: :d it seems to be more like compassionate scare tactics, if ya will, for a bigger picture, or incredible beautiful invitations from the divine, signposts and reminders from our higher selves, to simple just finally get with it; to get with our own personal programs, and help each other out along the way a little, too.

i know what ya mean about the intellect getting in the way, and your honesty is a helpful tool to me, also. so many connections, so much help out there, i feel unreasonably blessed and humbled, and it is all kicking me where it counts...!:)

much peace and love,
michelle

[MarkM]

upon reading this thread, i am reminded of an issue which was troubling for edgar cayce during his lifetime; namely, the near wholesale rejection by the scientific community of the reality of what edgar was doing with his medical readings, which is what he did almost exclusively for the first twenty years or so of his readings career.

there were those in the scientific community who set up controlled experiments in order to debunk this 'magician', and although many of these were able to see that there was no possibility of trickery, the scientific community at large averred that there was no possibility that this could be happening because physical laws didn't allow for it. in fact, he was once arrested for fortune telling.

so now...he's baaaack!...putting forth the basis of a new science, provable by the very definition of science, that demonstrates exactly how and by what means edgar was able to do what he did. [note from moderator: although david may have the same vibrational signature within the cayce framework, we all must agree that we are individual signature vibrations within this 3d reality, thus, that we are all individual personalities when we live a 3d life]

for those who are discovering david wilcock for the first time, i would recommend checking out david's three major scientific treatises which can be found in 'articles and books - free', entitled, 'shift of the ages', 'science of oneness', and 'the divine cosmos'. for those interested in the science of who we are, why we are here, and where we are going, i will personally attest that there is no rival to these works anywhere on earth now.

now these works are not for everyone, and it is certainly not necessary for you to even be aware of the scientific, 'intellectual' aspect of seeking truth in your life. and, i agree that it is not even necessary to study matters of the spirit to be a spiritually awakened person. all that really matters is that you 'are'. we will all most certainly evolve, and pass upwards along the rising and expanding spiral of life, as we learn to discern love, life, and oneness in all things. of this you can rest assured.

in our human stage of existence, we are called by our higher selves to make a choice; and that choice is service to self, or service to others. this choice is the crux upon which depends the tone of our experiences into a fathomless future, although all will eventually take the oneness path (service to others) eventually. to choose love now will certainly ease our experiences to come, and perhaps more importantly, allow us to channel love to others in a way of helping humanity to avoid much unnecessary distress.

in these terms a certain amount of urgency is perceived, indeed your higher self is goading you to do what ever is necessary for you to expand the amount of love/light you are able to receive and transmit. for some this may entail absorbing some new science, to help overcome old grooves of religious or scientific dogma which may hold you back from perceiving the prime reality of love that composes the universe. for others, perhaps what is more required now is to allow dreamwork and meditation to allow old emotional wounds to rise into consciousness for clearing through, thus allowing love/light to more efficiently permeate them. and for some, contemplating the beauty of nature will do the trick; my point is, everyone has their chosen path to enlightenment.

it all adds up to, really, just being you. it should not be forgotten, i offer, that your conscious intent and doing is what determines what comes to you from your higher self, how you receive it and translate it and grow with it. being human entails growing and unfolding in consonance with a divinely designed blueprint, and eventually the usefulness of the human mind and body will be outgrown, and in these accelerated times of evolution there are those now coming to this stage of awareness. this doesn't detract from the glorious beauty and perfection implicit in all that makes us human, including our intellectual, emotional and physical groping in the dark. these are indispensible tools for our ascension as we strive for harvestability.

perhaps we all get to a stage wherein we need these tools less and less, and reach a point in our human evolution where we perceive a certain futility in striving for continued enlightenment in their use. but this is not the case for everyone yet. remember, they are our divinely ordained system for evolution, although secondary in importance to being.

many loving thoughts, mark

[nancynew]

hello,
this is my first post, and all of this is very new to me. i am still plowing through the last of the ra material, and am fascinated by it and impressed with ra's honesty, forthrightness and unfailing efforts to be correct in making statements.

one thing that has caught my attention with this new discovery about our solar system not yet being part of the milky way is this: there are some places in the ra transcripts that refer to our galaxy as the milky way (one is on page 158 of book iii). ra does not correct the questioner when he refers to "the many planets in our milky way galaxy".

since we have just learned that we're not actually part of the milky way yet but are, instead, part of the the sagittarius dwarf galaxy, i am wondering why ra did not correct that statement by the questioner, as he does in so many other places. do you think that this is simply because there may be some misunderstanding regarding our galaxy/solar system terminology and ra's terminology?

i would love to get some feedback on this because, so far, it is the only thing that has appeared to me to be incorrect and i guess i don't want even one flaw to appear in this amazing information from ra.

with love and light to all....
nancy

[Avocet]

i feel this is a very significant scientific development. i have always been concerned with the argument that we are entering a different part of the galaxy, when the whole galaxy has been revolving as one. this gives the answer. it also opens up a vast field for research into which aspects of the background radiation/atoms/particles etc. are travelling with us, which come from the milky way and which from the universal background. this should produce some very interesting answers. watch this space!

[Jasper]

following the rather disappointing response from my recent posting 'solar radiant energy', from which i only received two emails, i would like to know why the link i supplied was not included in the posting.

i ask this because i feel that the article has vailidity in light of the events that are likely to occur in the near future.

undaunted, here is a recent article which needs to be perused.

http://www.viewzone.com/milkyway.html

this might explain the dark star theory, it's not passing by us, we are passing by it !!

jasper

[charran]

perhaps we all get to a stage wherein we need these tools less and less, and reach a point in our human evolution where we perceive a certain futility in striving for continued enlightenment in their use. but this is not the case for everyone yet. remember, they are our divinely ordained system for evolution, although secondary in importance to being.

many loving thoughts, mark

good point, mark. i really agree with this. you know, its nice to use the tools...such as astrology, or tarot, or whatever it is...but then we come to understand that if we truly connect with our own beingness that we don't need the tools so much anymore as a crutch. it doesn't mean we aren't interested in these tools...but it means that we know more fully our own capabilities and can choose to use the tools if we want to or not.

charran

[Art]

good point, mark. i really agree with this. you know, its nice to use the tools...such as astrology, or tarot, or whatever it is...but then we come to understand that if we truly connect with our own beingness that we don't need the tools so much anymore as a crutch. it doesn't mean we aren't interested in these tools...but it means that we know more fully our own capabilities and can choose to use the tools if we want to or not.

charran

yes, i would agree with both of you - well written. awhile back, charran discussed this "view of abondoning tools" with me in another thread and it didn't take at that time. however, that was then, this is now (i've slept since then). :)

we're all on a quest for growth, a quest for knowledge, with the goal of somepoint fathoming the inifite wisdom. (wisdom being a function of knowledge; the successful application of knowledge for the betterment of the universe). the "tools" are what i would call, 3d tools, based on 3d knowledge; traits of humans. in my humble opinion, humans aren't all that wise (taken as a whole; there are certainly wise individuals).

as we grow, we process these new energies and transform to 4d. this is happening now. 4d will require a different set of tools, based on different knowledge; traits of "superhumans". ;) again, in my humble opinion, as "superhumans", we will be more wise, more in tune with the infinite intelligence, infinite wisdom.

:d

[rhermen]

like always, there is more than one side to any story. astronomer phil plait of the bad astronomy (http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/06/27/is-the-sun-from-another-galaxy) website offers his opinion concerning the question of whether our solar system is native to the milky way or not.

[Art]

like always, there is more than one side to any story. astronomer phil plait of the bad astronomy (http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/06/27/is-the-sun-from-another-galaxy) website offers his opinion concerning the question of whether our solar system is native to the milky way or not.

ah yes. lighteye posted this "counter-article" in the group discussions section. good job linking it to this thread rhermen.

[Chris Hamilton]

information on the solar system as a whole.

[weboy78]

have you some articles or informations about the shockwaves that have reach the earth when comet shoemaker-levy 9 impacted on jupiter in july 1994 (gregg braden - awakening zero point ) ?

[LightEye]

dear friends,

an egg waiting to be hatched?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=details&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/07/03/scisolar103.xml

be well, be love.

david

voyager pictures reveal solar system is egg-shaped
by roger highfield, science editor
last updated: 6:01pm bst 02/07/2008

the solar system is not round, but an egg shape with its bottom edge squashed inward, according to data beamed back from a three decade old space probe.

the outer limits of the system of planets around our own sun, where the influence of our local star ends, are being probed by the voyager spacecraft, which were launched in 1977 on a five year mission to study jupiter and saturn.

the two nuclear powered probes continued to speed onwards to the outer solar system, each flying in slightly different directions, with voyager 1 becoming the most distant man-made object in space in the 1990s.

today, in nature, an analysis of recent data streamed back from the voyager 2 spacecraft helps build up a picture of how the sun interacts with the rest of the galaxy. the current mission of both spacecraft is to reach and study the outer limits of the heliosphere - a magnetic 'bubble' around the solar system created when the particles that stream out from the sun crash into and hold back the soup of particles in the rest of interstellar space.

when the solar wind senses the edge of the bubble, called the heliopause, located at 7-8.5 billion miles from the sun, it prepares for the impending collision at the "termination shock", where the solar wind slows down to subsonic speed prof edward stone of caltech and colleagues report that voyager 2 crossed this boundary closer to the sun than expected, suggesting that the heliosphere in the south is dented, or pushed in, closer to the sun by the interstellar magnetic field.

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://www.metaresearch.org/publications/bulletin/2008issues/0801/mrb08ap4.asp

be well, be love.

david

meta research bulletin ©2008
our original solar system – a 21st century perspective
tom van flandern
meta research / <tomvf@metaresearch.org>

abstract. the primeval solar nebula hypothesis, the mainstream theory of solar system formation for over 200 years and a product of inductive reasoning, is wrong. it cannot explain much of what we know about the solar system today, and has failed to make useful substantive predictions. rather, each new discovery requires a new explanation for how it can fit into the theory. by contrast, deductive reasoning leads us to fission theory as the logical origin of today’s major planets and non-asteroidal moons, with the exploded planet hypothesis accounting for small solar system bodies. in the decade since this model was formulated deductively, it has made several significant and successful predictions, led to explanations lacking in paradoxes, pointed to previously unrecognized patterns, and given us insights about planets and moons that no longer exist.

[sundari]

"astronomers have discovered a most bizarre celestial object that emitted 40 visible-light flashes before disappearing again. it is most likely to be a missing link in the family of neutron stars, the first case of an object with an amazingly powerful magnetic field that showed some brief, strong visible-light activity.

this weird object initially misled its discoverers as it showed up as a gamma-ray burst, suggesting the death of a star in the distant universe. but soon afterwards, it exhibited some unique behaviour that indicates its origin is much closer to us. after the initial gamma-ray pulse, there was a three-day period of activity during which 40 visible-light flares were observed, followed by a brief near-infrared flaring episode 11 days later, which was recorded by eso's very large telescope. then the source became dormant again.

"we are dealing with an object that has been hibernating for decades before entering a brief period of activity", explains alberto j. castro-tirado, lead author of a paper in this week's issue of nature.

"the most likely candidate for this mystery object is a 'magnetar' located in our own milky way galaxy, about 15 000 light-years away towards the constellation of vulpecula, the fox. magnetars are young neutron stars with an ultra-strong magnetic field a billion billion times stronger than that of the earth. "a magnetar would wipe the information from all credit cards on earth from a distance halfway to the moon," says co-author antonio de ugarte postigo. "magnetars remain quiescent for decades. it is likely that there is a considerable population in the milky way, although only about a dozen have been identified."

http://www.physorg.com/news141483335.html

[LightEye]

dear friends,

more from rh.

http://www.enterprisemission.com/rosetta/rosetta-analysis-test.htm

be well, be love.

david

rosetta flies by "something" very strange ....
by richard c. hoagland
© 2008 the enterprise mission

the evening of september 5, 2008, esa (the european space agency) successfully flew its unmanned "rosetta" spacecraft within 500-miles of a tiny (~ 3 miles across), newly-discovered (1969) asteroid, known as "2867 steins." the diminutive asteroid was not the prime objective of rosetta's eleven-year projected mission ... but only an interim "port of call" (one of two asteroid fly-bys on rosetta's highly involved itinerary - see below).

the real objective of the 3-ton european spacecraft, launched in 2004, is an unprecedented deep space chase -- involving three repeated encounters with the earth, one of mars ... and the two aforementioned asteroid fly-bys ... all carried out enroute to the ultimate target of the mission--

the eventual rendezvous (and orbit, with touchdown of another small, sub-spacecraft -- called "philae") ... of a small periodic comet orbiting the sun in a 6.6-year, highly elliptical orbit (german diagram - below) -- comet 67p/churyumov- gerasimenko--

said rendezvous to be achieved in ... 2014.

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://www.holoscience.com/news.php?article=7y7d3dn5

be well, be love.

david

assembling the solar system

“the genesis team can take great satisfaction not just in having salvaged their mission, but in underscoring once again how little we know about how our strange and wonderful home planet came to exist.”
— kelly beatty, sky & telescope


the purpose of the genesis mission was to observe the solar wind, entrap its particles and return them to earth in a search for the origin of the earth.. credit: nasa/jpl-caltech.

the genesis capsule shortly after its hard landing. the genesis spacecraft returned to earth on september 8, 2004, experiencing a “non-nominal” reentry in which both the drogue and main parachutes failed to deploy causing the capsule to impact the surface of the desert at a speed of 193 miles per hour. the impact caused severe damage to the capsule and a breach of the science canister in the field. credit: nasa/jpl-caltech.

from the nasa website comes the following report: “kevin mckeegan's announcement at the 2008 lunar and planetary science conference that the pattern of oxygen isotopes on the sun differs greatly from that of earth took many planetary scientists by surprise, but the findings may help them explain how earth and the other planets grew out of the solar nebula, the giant cloud of gas and dust from which the solar system formed. mckeegan heads the ucla team that is analyzing samples of the solar wind as part of the genesis mission.

"i learned that experienced scientists were taking bets on the outcome of mckeegan's measurements," said cosmochemist robert clayton, "since many were reluctant to believe that the earth and sun could have different isotopic compositions.”

comment: given the vast, empty distances between stars, it seems sensible to assume that the sun and its family of planets were born together. scientists take for granted that gravity is the only force operating in the universe to cause matter to coalesce to form stars and planets. astronomers observe dusty disks around some nearby stars and assume that those disks are the ‘leftovers’ of matter that formed the star. the observations appear to confirm the accepted story of the planets forming from collisions and accretion of matter in the proto-solar disk.

[LightEye]

dear friends,

more solar system changes... ;-)

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16009-mysterious-changes-seen-on-distant-dwarf-planet.html

be well, be love.

david

mysterious changes seen on distant dwarf planet
21:24 10 november 2008 by rachel courtland

the surface of the largest known 'plutoid' appears to have changed in recent years, according to new measurements of how elements are layered on its icy surface. but astronomers cannot explain the cause of the apparent change.

eris is the largest known object beyond the orbit of neptune, weighing nearly a third more than pluto. it travels on an elongated path around the sun that takes about 560 years to complete.

astronomers think the distant world is covered by a layer of frozen methane and small amounts of nitrogen ice. when it comes near the sun, these ices are thought to vaporise from sunlit portions of the surface and condense onto regions in shadow.

eris is now near its farthest point from the sun, so it is expected to be cold and inactive. but a new study suggests the dwarf planet's surface may have changed in the last few years.

"we're really scratching our heads," says author stephen tegler of northern arizona university in flagstaff.

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/14781/the_polygon_dichotomy__nature__or_alien_design_/

we are all light made solid,

david

is it possible that our moon is artificially constructed?

is it possible that nature as we know is really a product of hyper-dimensional beings?

or is nature a 3-dimensional function bearing hyper-dimensional signatures reflecting toward within our particular 4th dimension ~ of space & time ~ and merely evolving onward blindly through the path of least resistance?

this video surely ponders the holographic imagination! lol!

the limitations of our senses necessitates our desire to explore a universe that we can never truly see for what it really is. ~~dr. bunny

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/science/space/06galaxy.html?_r=2&ref=science

we are all light made solid.

david

data uncover bigger galaxy in cosmos, and it’s ours
by kenneth chang
published: january 5, 2009


it turns out that andromeda, previously thought to be the biggest galaxy in this part of the universe, may not have bragging rights over the milky way after all.

astronomers said monday that the milky way is more massive than earlier known, given new measurements showing that the sun is moving at 600,000 miles per hour around the center of the galaxy, or 100,000 m.p.h. faster than past calculations suggested.

the higher speed of the sun means the galaxy must have more mass — about 50 percent more — so as to generate a stronger gravitational pull to keep hold of the sun, as well as all its other stars. that expands the milky way to roughly the heft of andromeda.

“we thought we were like a little sister of andromeda,” said a member of the research team, mark j. reid, an astronomer at the harvard-smithsonian center for astrophysics. “now we’re like fraternal twins.”

determining the shape, size and mass of the milky way is difficult. most of the mass is in the form of invisible dark matter, a component that far outweighs the ordinary matter in stars and gas clouds.

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=does-dark-matter-encircle-earth

be well, be love.

david

does dark matter encircle earth?
dark matter might exert measurable effects on earth, the moon and gas giants
by charles q. choi

dark matter is five times as abundant as normal matter in the universe. but it continues to be an enigma because it is invisible and nearly always passes right through normal matter. astronomers only found out about dark matter by inferring its presence from the gravity it exerts—notably, it keeps spinning galaxies from flying apart. rather than peering at distant galaxies to study it, though, astronomers might want to look closer to home: dark matter could be exerting measurable effects in our own solar system.

specifically, investigators should target earth and the moon, insists theoretical physicist stephen adler of the institute for advanced study in princeton, n.j. if the mass of earth and the moon when measured together seems greater than their masses separately, he explains, the difference could be attributed to a halo of dark matter in between.

adler reaches this conclusion in part after examining studies that measured the mass of the moon with lunar orbiters and that of earth with the lageos geodetic survey satellites— laser-beam-reflecting spheres that have been in orbit for many years now. lasers fired at the satellites reveal the radius of each satellite’s orbit and how long each takes to complete that orbit. from such measurements, scientists can calculate the gravitational pull on the satellites and, hence, the amount of mass exerting that pull.

[weboy78]

http://biocab.org/cosmic_rays_graph.html

the correlation between the anomaly in the intensity of the intergalactic cosmic ray (iicr) and the variations in the terrestrial tropospheric temperature is obvious. the present global warming does not depend on the concentration of the greenhouse gases, but on the density of the energy that is incoming from space, so from the sun as from the interstellar medium. the blue to green bars represent the anomaly of the tropospheric temperature since december 2001 to october 2007. the red to brown bars represent the iicr on real time when the iicr once they have reached the earth. observe that the anomaly at the end of the histogram of the icr climbs up, with a very few declines. however, we lack data for the months after february 2007. if the intensity of the icr increases, the next year (2008) will be a warmer year; however, if the intensity of the icr declines, 2008 will be a normal to colder year. the correlation is just the opposite of dr. nir shaviv's hypothesis....

are old discoveries out of date?

many people have criticized the last reference of this section just because it is a paper published in 1978. we have included many recent papers, but they dismiss them just because are recent papers confirming the discovery of dr. alfred vidal-madjar. even if there were not "recent" reports confirming dr. vidal-madjar's discovery, the science would accept it as actual and valid because there are not papers showing that he was wrong. i should give you an example on the wrongness of the claims of those that don't like old scientific information. would you dismiss the general theory of relativity, described by albert einstein just because it was published in 1916? would you dismiss the laws of thermodynamics because they were described by dr. van ness in 1969? would you discard the cellular theory just because robert hooke published his discovery in 1665? i am sure you are shaking your head. the academic and the scientific rule is, if the discovery is confirmed through time and no other scientists discover the contrary or the wrongness of a theory, the discovery or the theory will continue be valid. no matter if the discovery or the theory were made 14,000 years ago.....

[Berry Chastain]

since december when we had the great covergence of moon, venus and jupiter, and again in january, i have been watching venus. to my great confussion, she has not varied more than a few degrees from where she appeared in december. jupiter moved away quickly from the alignment,( a slow moving planet?) the moon of course is very mobile. but relatively venus has remained in the same general position in the sky during the early evening hours when i observe her.

i am guessing that her orbit is synchronous to earth's at this point meaning that the relative variation in position is minimal. but i would like to have some confirmation of this observation.

incidently, i find it very calming and peaceful when i go out in the evening and see her poised serenely in the western sky beaming her loving light onto the earth. i remember that the native americans called this "star" white buffalo woman, who brought the pipe of peace, and the promise of oneness with wankan tanka.

in the love and light of our one infinite creator,
berry

[transiten]

hello berry!

don't worry:) venus is about going retrograde on march 6 and is already slowing down, or more correctly, the speed btw earth and venus is altered which makes it look like venus is "going backward". venus retrograding means astrologically for us as a collective among many things to re-evaluate ones relationships.

venus is my fav, i wrote a song about her and had a reading from a medium i was an astrologer in the maya culture. (misusing it unfortunately) on june 6 2012 she will make her second transit back over the surface of the sun. btw the venuspassages the mayans discovered there were always big upheavels in society due to misuse of power. also great breakthrough in communication.

she is incredibly big and bright these days and the sky has been clear for several days now in gothenburg. she shines through my bedroomwindow every night...just like orion which i don't like as much...that's the theme of my song....

transiten

[litllady]

hello barry and transiten and all

i have closely been watching the stars and planets and the more i do, the more i see how religions followed the stars too.

venus is a fav. of mine also....it will be its brightest on feb. 19th

http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/52962/venus-brightest-in-evening-for-all-2009

feb. 27 will be the last pairing for the moon and venus for this year

http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/52963/last-evening-pairing-of-moon-venus-until-2010

and it is getting ready to disappear until sometime until 2010...

i sniped this from earthsky----

"wednesday, march 11, 2009.

these march evenings provide your last opportunity to see the planet venus in your evening sky until the year 2010.

venus – the 3rd brightest celestial body after the sun and the moon – is the brightest star-like object in all the heavens. venus has been blazing low in the west at dusk and early evening since last august. as seen from the vantage point of outer space, venus has been catching up to earth in its smaller, faster orbit around the sun.

now venus is poised to pass between the earth and sun, and afterward reappear in the eastern sky before dawn. but you’ll still see venus in the evening for a few more weeks. as seen from both the northern and southern hemispheres, venus will disappear from the evening sky by the end of march."


i am a believer that almost all religions knew the stars were important, all the way back to the africa relgion of the star sirius...carrying on through egypt and even in the bible, we see a religion based on a star prophecy. i think this is the understanding...that the above effects what is below.

venus had some awesome movements and conjunctions this past yr.

feb. 1 2008 venus and jupiter conjunct
feb. 27 venus and mercury conjunct
march 24 venus and mercury conjunct again
aug. 13 venus and saturn conjunct
aug. 5 venus conjuncts with the heart of the lion, regulus within 1 degree
aug. 14 venus and saturn and mercury conjunct (i think this is in virgo)
aug. 19-21 venus and mercury hold 1 degree apart from eachother, conjunction for 3 days
sept. 11 venus and mars conjunct
dec. 1 venus and jupiter conjunct (in sagittarius) this was very close to being considered happening within ophiuchus signs...but most links say it was sagittarius...but also consider, most links still use a tropical zodiac, not displaying where the sun and stars really are...ophiuchus is not a part of the tropical zodiac and i think the dec. 1 conjunction happened in ophiuchus, the healer, the serpent handler.

i have been wondering if the bible is a deeper parable....to follow the sun through the signs, for warning a time that may very well be a huge marker in the changes of earth and everything on it. we can see in the ot how the ages changed and the people had trouble accepting the new age that moses represented to them (they still wanted their golden calf) and in the nt we see jesus talking of a kingdom, houses, and rooms.....and the fish representing the new age of pisces...then we see jesus say, look for the man with the bucket/pails of water....aquarius.

im thinking the whole book could be to hide a parable....that follows as above so below in a much deeper way then most are willing to see.

i now think the meaning of this huge parable is to keep watch for the coming of a new age, aquarius, when the sun/son will reign in that house for the next age of time.

and dont forget how the whelp will come out of the lion (leo)...and born of a virgin (virgo). some astrologist that use the sidereal zodiac say that regulus is fixing to become a part of a new constellation. regulus sits on the cusp of leo and virgo and as they keep moving, the fixed star regulus (heart of the lion) will seem to move into virgo...but its actually the virgo moving into regulus, only making it look like regulus leaves the lion. is the whelp of the lion regulus...and the moving of the whelp into the virgin....is this a sign to be aware of? this transition is supposed to occur in 2012.

just thoughts,
lynette

[JBug]

if we have 3 dimensions of space (latitude, longitude, and elevation) then we should also have 3 dimensions of time and not just one. it's just that the other two time dimensions are flat or look like a shadow to us.is it possible any of the ancient calendar systems might give an indication of dimensions? for example, years, months and days are kind of like three dimensions of time. another thing is in the bible there is the notion of 1000 years unto man is like one day unto the lord. is it possible that the dimensions of time are governed by the rotational properties of the objects? earth has a time dimension from its own movement and there is a time dimension component shaped by the movement of the heliosphere, etc.

jbug

[LightEye]

dear friends,

seems like solar cycle 23 isn't over yet...

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/02/17/the-heliospheric-current-sheet-as-solar-cycle-proxy/#more-5688

be well, be love.

david

the heliospheric current sheet as solar cycle proxy

many readers are familiar with a number of solar proxies used to gauge the activity of the sun, the most familiar being sunspot counts and type. however they aren’t the only metric you can use to determine when one cycle ends and another begins. the heliospheric current sheet sounds a bit like a “newsletter” and in a sense it is, because it can announce the true end of solar cycle 23.

from wikipedia:

the heliospheric current sheet (hcs) is the surface within the solar system where the polarity of the sun’s magnetic field changes from north to south. this field extends throughout the sun’s equatorial plane in the heliosphere.the shape of the current sheet results from the influence of the sun’s rotating magnetic field on the plasma in the interplanetary medium (solar wind). a small electrical current flows within the sheet, about 10−10 a/m². the thickness of the current sheet is about 10,000 km.

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://www.holoscience.com/news.php?article=q1q6sz2s

be well, be love.

david

newton’s electric clockwork solar system

we are told that gravity rules the cosmos. the story of the big bang, the origin of galaxies and stars, and our ultimate fate are founded on this belief. but the march 2009 astronomy magazine carries the surprising headline, “is there something we don’t know about gravity?” the question should be, “why do we think that physicists know anything about gravity beyond mathematical descriptions of its observed effects?” all that modern physics has done is to obscure the need for serious investigation of an unsolved problem. even some effects attributed to the action of gravity, like the bending of light, need not have anything to do with gravity. indeed, we are so far from understanding gravity that we don’t know the right questions to ask.

for example, orbital dynamicists have long known that newton’s law of gravity applied to the solar system predicts chaos in the short-term—perhaps a few million years—not aeons-long clockwork stability. so the first question that must be asked is why does the solar system appear to run like clockwork? this is not done in the usual history of the solar system. a strict application of newtonian dynamics would render retro-calculation of planetary histories impossible. how can you concoct a history if you have no idea where the group of actors were in the past? without understanding the cause of stability of the planetary system, the foundation of geology and planetary science is missing! we cannot explain the origin of the solar system.

[LightEye]

dear friends,

more strange things on mars worth seeing.

http://www.dailymotion.com/search/ufo/video/xad9y2_doorway-on-mars-video

http://www.dailymotion.com/search/ufo/video/xad9yx_mars-video

be well, be love.

david

[ixeos]

howdy folks, i've just finished reading david's paper on hyperdimensional physics and i can say i found it quite interesting. i've poked around the forums but didn't see anyone had discuss the "impact" that occurred on july 19, 2009. at first i thought what everyone else was thinking that something must have just hit jupiter... but after reading david's paper i am curious if anyone else thinks it's a convergence of polarities in the planet? it looked like it's a little further south than the 19.5degrees which usually define areas of significant activity, but any chance it's more of a octahedral formation? here's a link to the jupiter impact story: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/03aug_whathitjupiter.htm

any thoughts? thanks


ix

[ogfreeman]

sensors on nasa's ace (advanced composition explorer) spacecraft, galactic cosmic rays have just hit a space age high.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/29sep_cosmicrays.htm
what you guys think about this

[Berry Chastain]

sensors on nasa's ace (advanced composition explorer) spacecraft, galactic cosmic rays have just hit a space age high.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/29sep_cosmicrays.htm
what you guys think about this


it is an interesting thought, that the article states:
earth is in no great peril. our planet's atmosphere and magnetic field provide some defense against the extra cosmic rays. indeed, we've experienced much worse in the past. hundreds of years ago, cosmic ray fluxes were at least 200% to 300% higher than anything measured during the space age.

the fact they fail to mention is that the magnetosphere which they claim is the defense against the extra cosmic rays, is badly damaged and is not providing the protection that it has in the previous hundreds of years.

thus, this influx of cosmic rays which are those higher energy pulses coming to us from the center of the galaxy and is integral to the end of the cycle we are currently moving out of will continue to move the solar system into the changes we are expecting and currently observing.

[KassandraLoves]

it is an interesting thought, that the article states:
earth is in no great peril. our planet's atmosphere and magnetic field provide some defense against the extra cosmic rays. indeed, we've experienced much worse in the past. hundreds of years ago, cosmic ray fluxes were at least 200% to 300% higher than anything measured during the space age.

the fact they fail to mention is that the magnetosphere which they claim is the defense against the extra cosmic rays, is badly damaged and is not providing the protection that it has in the previous hundreds of years.

thus, this influx of cosmic rays which are those higher energy pulses coming to us from the center of the galaxy and is integral to the end of the cycle we are currently moving out of will continue to move the solar system into the changes we are expecting and currently observing.


not only that, but they say, "hey guys, we have totally experienced this before, so...uhh...no biggie." when they even say in the article that it was hundreds of years ago! obviously hundreds of years ago we were as connected to electronics on a massive scale as we are now. and not to mention that the population of the planet is on a much larger scaled as well.

more people along with said people being electronically dependent = not good.

this is a good example of what david talks about when he says that we are being given half truths and sometimes all out lies by the "higher ups." this article is only partly informative. thankfully, we are smart enough to put the other puzzle pieces in to make a more clear picture of the fact that something is a-stirrin' in the heavens...

[Berry Chastain]

kassandra-love,
as the old 1960s song said, "things, they are a changin". i think it was bob dylan, correct me if i'm wrong. lol.

the ptb are frantic to keep us in the dark that they have held over us for millenia and can't cope with the fact that people are awakening to the truth. thank you creator.

l&l
berry

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/15oct_ibex.htm?list29945

be well, be love.

david

giant ribbon discovered at the edge of the solar system
10.15.2009

october 15, 2009: for years, researchers have known that the solar system is surrounded by a vast bubble of magnetism. called the "heliosphere," it springs from the sun and extends far beyond the orbit of pluto, providing a first line of defense against cosmic rays and interstellar clouds that try to enter our local space. although the heliosphere is huge and literally fills the sky, it emits no light and no one has actually seen it.

until now.

nasa's ibex (interstellar boundary explorer) spacecraft has made the first all-sky maps of the heliosphere and the results have taken researchers by surprise. the maps are bisected by a bright, winding ribbon of unknown origin:

[KassandraLoves]

i wonder what they'll call the galactic waves that have a chance of sweeping our planet while we are passing the galactic equator in full...pretty ribbonny light chain that we cant explain, move along folks, nothin' to see here... ;)

[Zeke]

nasa recently released a few images that were taken from mars that included both jupiter and earth in the same image! it is truly amazing to see home from so far away :)

the images of the planets are very large so i will not include them in this post, but they can be found via the link below. here is a image explaining the alignment that was needed to capture the image.
http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/10/orbits-thumb-550x548-26269.jpg


larger images: http://dvice.com/archives/2009/10/stunning-photo.php

[Zeke]

i just came across this article about jupiter's moon europa. the information from the article was gathered from the american astronomical society. it would appear that europa has enough oxygen to "...support oxygen-based metabolic processes for life similar to that on earth." not only does this include simple life forms, but it also has enough oxygen to support "...animal-like organisms with greater oxygen demands than microorganisms.". which could mean a large diversity of organisms could exist there. the article explains that, "the chances for life there have been uncertain, because europa’s ocean lies beneath several miles of ice, which separates it from the production of oxygen at the surface by energetic charged particles (similar to cosmic rays)." david wilcock has mentioned in several(if not all) his presentations that light carries information, and given the transparent nature of some ice, there is a huge possibility that suitable life might have reached this moon.

here is a image that explains the composition of the moon europa, and the full article can be found via the link at the end of the page.

http://www.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/hires/1-europahaseno.jpg

source: http://www.physorg.com/news174918239.html

[cosmogenic]

has anyone commented on the new energy "ribbon" just discovered on the edge of the solar system?

i think this is a futher sign of what david has been reporting the last few years: that as our alignment with the galatic center in 2012 comes closer, the earth, as well as the rest of the solar system is getting more energized.

it is my personal beleif that the production of cosmogenic (created by cosmic ray) elements such as lithium will spike. cosmic rays (lithium) may be the transport system of david's energy of peace (torsion fields)

i plan on wearing lithium jewelry (tourmaline, sugilite, kunzite) as much as possible.
i think it may help to adapt to the rapid changes ahead (lithium acts on dna)

any comments?

[ogfreeman]

the growth of british trees appears to follow a cosmic pattern, with trees growing faster when high levels of cosmic radiation arrive from space
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8311000/8311373.stm
:o

[KassandraLoves]

the growth of british trees appears to follow a cosmic pattern, with trees growing faster when high levels of cosmic radiation arrive from space
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8311000/8311373.stm
:o

this is awesome. this 100% is going to lead to proof of david's theories about the galactic plane carrying some amazing energies that can absolutely effect biological life (a.k.a. things with dna it them! ;) )

this article is very very exciting!!! thanks so much for sharing it!

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://www.realitysandwich.com/polar_reversals

be well, be love.

david

our evolving solar system: plasma, polar reversals, and 2012
mark heley

the following article is excerpted from the everything guide to 2012, released in 2009 by f+w media, inc.

plasma changes in the solar system

the increasing amount of plasma that has been entering our solar system over the last couple of decades has been receiving a lot of attention in the run up to 2012. a russian team of scientists, headed by the planet physicist dr. alexey dmitriev, has been following this phenomenon. their research suggests that this influx of plasma may be responsible for some of the recent dramatic climate changes.

the role of plasma in recent solar system changes

a team from the siberian russian academy of sciences has been investigating changes in the heliosphere, the electromagnetic envelope that surrounds our solar system. the heliosphere acts like a giant protective sheath surrounding our sun and the entire solar system as we travel through space. normally, it functions as a giant deflector, protecting us from a potentially harmful influx of cosmic radiation and keeping conditions within the inner solar system relatively stable. however, it is now being bombarded with so much radiation that an unprecedented amount is breaking through. this is reaching our sun and all of the planets of the solar system, including our own.

what is a plasma?

a plasma is a partially ionized gas and is sometimes called the fourth state of matter. the behavior of plasma is quite unlike those of solids, liquids, and gases. in nature, plasmas are usually found in gas-like clouds, as in the case of interstellar nebulae. other examples of plasmas include ball lightning and the phenomenon of the aurora borealis.

the increase in incoming interstellar plasma, dmitriev suggests, is dramatically impacting the behavior of our sun and its solar system. "strong evidence exists that these transformations are being caused by highly charged material (in) interstellar space which have broken into the interplanetary area of our solar system," dmitriev wrote in 1997.

changes in interstellar space

for much of the twentieth century, space was visualized as a near vacuum. the astronomical reality, it is now being discovered, is actually quite different. our solar system moves through something called the local interstellar space medium (lism).

the lism is not uniformly empty at all, but has greater and lesser amounts of plasmic flux density created by the presence of highly charged particles. the amount of energy within empty interstellar space is actually highly variable. scientists are now coming to realize that space has more in common with our terrestrial oceans, with their complex tides and currents, than was previously recognized.

the quantity of plasma, in the form of ionized hydrogen, helium, and hydroxyl, that we encounter in the lism is a critical variable for what happens in the wider behavior of our solar system. this increased influx of energy is the fundamental cause of the multiple magnetic and climatic changes that have recently been observed in the sun and across all of the planets. dmitriev even goes as far as to say the consequence of the increase in this interstellar plasmic energy is far more important, in his opinion, than human greenhouse gas emissions are in the creation of our planet's current global warming crisis.

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/view_from_the_center_of_the_solar_system_999.html

be well, be love.

david

view from the center of the solar system
by staff writers
moffett field ca (spx) dec 09, 2009

when nasa's cassini spacecraft began orbiting saturn five years ago, a dozen highly-tuned science instruments set to work surveying, sniffing, analyzing and scrutinizing the saturnian system.

but cassini recently revealed new data that appeared to overturn the decades-old belief that our solar system resembled a comet in shape as it moves through the interstellar medium (the matter between stars in our corner of the milky way galaxy).

instead, the new results suggest our heliosphere more closely resembles a bubble - or a rat - being eaten by a boa constrictor: as the solar system passes through the "belly" of the snake, the ribs, which mimic the local interstellar magnetic field, expand and contract as the rat passes.

"at first i was incredulous," said tom krimigis, principal investigator of the magnetospheric imaging instrument (mimi) at johns hopkins university's applied physics laboratory
in laurel, md. "the first thing i thought was, 'what's wrong with our data?'"

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=29870

be well, be love.

david

caltech scientists discover fog on titan
date released: friday, december 18, 2009
source: california institute of technology

saturn's largest moon, titan, looks to be the only place in the solar system--aside from our home planet, earth--with copious quantities of liquid (largely, liquid methane and ethane) sitting on its surface. according to planetary astronomer mike brown of the california institute of technology (caltech), earth and titan share yet another feature, which is inextricably linked with that surface liquid: common fog.

the presence of fog provides the first direct evidence for the exchange of material between the surface and the atmosphere, and thus of an active hydrological cycle, which previously had only been known to exist on earth.

in a talk to be delivered december 18 at the american geophysical union's 2009 fall meeting in san francisco, brown, the richard and barbara rosenberg professor and professor of planetary astronomy, details evidence that titan's south pole is spotted "more or less everywhere" with puddles of methane that give rise to sporadic layers of fog. (technically, fog is just a cloud or bank of clouds that touch the ground).

[LightEye]

dear friends,

"where there's water there's life as we know it - nasa"

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=29867

glint on sunlight confirms liquid in northern lake district of titan
date released: friday, december 18, 2009
source: jet propulsion laboratory

nasa's cassini spacecraft has captured the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on saturn's moon titan, confirming the presence of liquid on the part of the moon dotted with many large, lake-shaped basins.

cassini scientists had been looking for the glint, also known as a specular reflection, since the spacecraft began orbiting saturn in 2004. but saturn's northern hemisphere, which has more lakes than the southern hemisphere, has been veiled in winter darkness. the sun only began to directly illuminate the northern lakes recently as it approached the equinox of august 2008, the start of spring in the northern hemisphere. titan's hazy atmosphere also blocked out reflections of sunlight in most wavelengths
. this serendipitous image was captured on july 8, 2009, using cassini's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer.

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://www.viewzone.com/browndwarf.html

be well, be love.

david

spanish astronomers claim dwarf sun beyond pluto
by gary vey for viewzone

the idea of a new planet being discovered in our solar system is pretty exciting. even more so because of the many theories about "planet-x" or "nibiru" being associated with space aliens and the doomsday prophecies of 2012.

scientists at places like nasa and famous observatories have deflected inquiries about the discovery for a few years now, mainly because they feared being associated with these "fringe" theories. but like it or not -- it has happened. well... according to a team of spanish artronomers who call themselves the starviewer team.

the group made the rounds of all the news web sites in the past two weeks, claiming they discovered something very significant. it's almost twice the size of jupiter and just beyond our furthest planetoid, pluto. although it's not a planet, it appears to have planets or large satellites encircling it. it's what astronomers call a "brown dwarf star" and its official name is "g1.9".

[RayneboWolf]

saturn`s hexagon shaped jetstream has been puzzling scientists.please see link to cassini mission site and movie of this phenomenon.

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/video/videodetails/?videoid=200

space peace & the unionverse:d
love tim ~x)o(x~

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/23dec_voyager.htm?list29945

be well, be love.

david

voyager makes an interstellar discovery
12.23.2009

december 23, 2009: 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.

see caption"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. "this magnetic field holds the interstellar cloud together and solves the long-standing puzzle of how it can exist at all."

right: voyager flies through the outer bounds of the heliosphere en route to interstellar space. a strong magnetic field reported by opher et al in the dec. 24, 2009, issue of nature is delineated in yellow. image copyright 2009, the american museum of natural history. [larger image]

the discovery has implications for the future when the solar system will eventually bump into other, similar clouds in our arm of the milky way galaxy.

stronomers call the cloud we're running into now the local interstellar cloud or "local fluff" for short. it's about 30 light years wide and contains a wispy mixture of hydrogen and helium atoms at a temperature of 6000 c. the existential mystery of the fluff has to do with its surroundings. about 10 million years ago, a cluster of supernovas exploded nearby, creating a giant bubble of million-degree gas. the fluff is completely surrounded by this high-pressure supernova exhaust and should be crushed or dispersed by it.

"the observed temperature and density of the local cloud do not provide enough pressure to resist the 'crushing action' of the hot gas around it," says opher.

so how does the fluff survive? the voyagers have found an answer.

[QandA]

4th density here we come!:d

i recall seeing another similar article to this one that nasa put out but i can't find it anymore, oh well.

i can't wait until they start discovering that the cloud is getting closer and closer...they might not even tell anyone publicly. :eek:

[Berry Chastain]

an interesting article not likely to appear on the local news cast.

*************************************

what on earth?! russia may send spaceship to knock threatening asteroid off course.
by daily mail reporter
last updated at 4:32 pm on 30th december 2009


earth could be in peril from a large asteroid and a spacecraft may be needed to knock it off its path, the head of russia's space agency claimed today.
anatoly perminov said the space agency will soon hold a meeting to assess a mission to apophis, in a bid to stave off the end of the world.

he told golos rossii radio that it would invite nasa, the european space agency, the chinese space agency and others to join the project once it is finalised.
the news may come as something of a surprise to the u.s space agency, who down-scaled the threat of the 885ft rock hitting earth in 2029 from one in 37 to virtually non existent.

nasa predicts the asteroid will peacefully pass us by, coming no nearer than 18,000miles away.

there is a tiny possibility that apophis could hit earth in 2035 however, although again the odds of this happening have been lowered from 1 in 45,000 to 1 in 250,000.

be prepared: russia's federal space agency chief anatoly perminov thinks a spacecraft may be needed to knock a large asteroid off its path.

however, mr perminov insists the asteroid is a potential menace. he was vague about the evidence of a possible hit but said he had heard from a scientists that the asteroid is getting closer.

'i don't remember exactly, but it seems to me it could hit the earth by 2032,' he said.
'people's lives are at stake. we should pay several hundred million dollars and build a system that would allow to prevent a collision, rather than sit and wait for it to happen and kill hundreds of thousands of people,' perminov said.

scientists have long theorised about asteroid deflection strategies.
some have proposed sending a probe to circle around a dangerous asteroid to gradually change its trajectory. others suggested sending a spacecraft to collide with the asteroid and alter its momentum, or using nuclear weapons to hit it.

mr perminov wouldn't disclose any details of the project, saying they still need to be worked out. but he said the mission wouldn't require any nuclear explosions.
hollywood action films "deep impact" and "armageddon," have featured space missions scrambling to avoid catastrophic collisions. in both movies space crews use nuclear bombs in an attempt to prevent collisions.

'calculations show that it's possible to create a special purpose spacecraft within the time we have, which would help avoid the collision without destroying it (the asteroid) and without detonating any nuclear charges,' mr perminov said.'the threat of collision can be averted.'

boris shustov, the director of the institute of astronomy under the russian academy of sciences, hailed mr perminov's statement as a signal that officials had come to recognize the danger posed by asteroids. 'apophis is just a symbolic example, there are many other dangerous objects we know little about,' he said, according to ria novosti news agency

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1239424/russia-send-spaceship-knock-asteroid-earth-threatening-path.html


note: from david's various comments, i don't believe that first of all, "the managers" would allow an asteroid to impact the earth, and second, that it has already been said and demonstrated that they would not permit a nuclear weapon outside of the earth's immediate atmosphere. so, not to worry!

sounds like another ploy to get weaponry into space in an earth orbit to me.

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/3251/mysterious-band-particles-holds-clues-solar-systems-future

be well, be love.

david

mysterious band of particles holds clues to solar system's future
monday, 25 january 2010by tony phillips
science@nasa

huntsville, usa: the ribbon of particles at the edge of the solar system "shocked" nasa researchers when it was discovered last year. now they say it is a reflection off a strong galactic magnetic field, and holds the clues to the future of the solar system.

in october last year, nasa's ibex (interstellar boundary explorer) spacecraft made the first all-sky maps of the heliosphere - the bubble of magnetism that springs from the sun and surrounds our solar system.

[weboy78]

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18660-are-venus-and-earth-in-a-longdistance-relationship.html
the heart of venus may belong to earth. our planet could be tugging on the core of venus, exerting control over its spin.

whenever venus and earth arrive at the closest point in their orbits, venus always presents the same face to us. this could mean that earth's gravity is tugging subtly on venus, affecting its rotation rate. that idea, raised decades ago, was disregarded when it turned out that venus is spinning too fast to be in such a gravitational "resonance".

[LightEye]

dear friends,

more solar system weather changes...

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/neptune-double-storm-100329.html

be well, be love.

david

odd cloud on neptune seen splitting into two
by andrea
thompson
space.com senior writer
posted: 29 march 2010
8:03 am et

a cloudy patch that is typically seen over the south pole of neptune was spotted in double by astronomers after it briefly split intwo, as viewed by ground-based telescopes in 2007.

the cloud feature has been seen near neptune's south pole since the voyager 2 spacecraft visited the planet in the late 1980s. but what exactly it was and what processes on the planet generated it weren't known then, as telescopes on earth can't see neptune well enough to resolve such small
features.

"what we knew about it was that there was a spot," said mate ádámkovics, a researcher at the university of california, berkeley and a member of the team that made the new observations.

[weboy78]

we present an updated dynamical and statistical analysis of outer oort cloud cometary evidence suggesting the sun has a wide-binary jovian mass companion. the results support a conjecture that there exists a companion of mass ~ 1-4 m_jup orbiting in the innermost region of the outer oort cloud. our most restrictive prediction is that the orientation angles of the orbit normal in galactic coordinates are centered on the galactic longitude of the ascending node omega = 319 degree and the galactic inclination i = 103 degree (or the opposite direction) with an uncertainty in the normal direction subtending ~ 2% of the sky. a bayesian statistical analysis suggests that the probability of the companion hypothesis is comparable to or greater than the probability of the null hypothesis of a statistical fluke. such a companion could also have produced the detached kuiper belt object sedna. the putative companion could be easily detected by the recently launched wide-field infrared survey explorer (wise).
http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/1004.4584v1

[weboy78]

in 1894, swami sri yukteswar said that our star i'ts binary

could be possible that nibiru was this comet in nassim's video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7kqfrzykna

and that we have nemesis companion of the sun?
hoagland:
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/ciencia_hyperphysics2.htm#part%20ii

but, as can be seen from examining the luminosity/angular momentum diagram again, there also appears to be one glaring exception to this otherwise strikingly linear relationship: the sun itself.

independent research, involving over 30 years of attempted confirmation of the sun’s basic energy source -- in the form of solar/terrestrial observations of tiny atomic particles called "neutrinos," supposedly coming from the center of the sun (above image) -- have left laboratory physicists and astrophysicists with a major astronomical enigma:

the sun is not emitting anything like the number of neutrinos required by the "standard solar model" for its observed energy emission; if its energy is due to "thermo-nuclear reactions" (as the standard model demands), then the observed "neutrino deficit" is upwards of 60%: even more remarkable, certain kinds of primary neutrinos (calculated as required to explain the bulk of the solar interior’s fusion reactions, based on laboratory measurements) turn out to be simply missing altogether!



so -- what really fuels the sun?

the answer to the sun’s apparent violation of the standard solar model -- ironically, is contained in its striking "violation" of our key angular momentum/luminosity diagram (click image right):

in the hyperdimensional model, the sun’s primary energy source -- like the planets’ -- must be driven by its total angular momentum -- its own "spin momentum," plus the total angular momentum of the planetary masses orbiting around it. any standard astronomical text reveals that, though the sun contains more than 98% of the mass of the solar system, it contains less than 2% of its total angular momentum. the rest is in the planets. thus, in adding up their total contribution to the sun’s angular momentum budget -- if the hd model is correct -- we should see the sun following the same line on the graph that the planets, from earth to neptune, do.

it doesn’t.

the obvious answer to this dilemma is that the hd model is simply wrong. the less obvious is that we’re missing something ... like ... additional planets (above)!

by adding another big planet (or a couple of smaller ones) beyond pluto (several hundred times the earth’s distance from the sun -- below), we can move the sun’s total angular momentum to the right on the graph (click above right image), until it almost intersects the line (allowing for a percentage, about 30%, of internal energy expected from genuine thermonuclear reactions ...). this creates the specific "hd prediction" that "the current textbook tally of the sun’s angular momentum is deficient because ..."

[ginaraye]

i got this in a mail in 2007. i think that 2012 is when our solar system finally snaps into alignment with the milky way-- :eek: the mayan calendar ends then because their stellar references are no longer valid.

http://viewzone2.com/milkywayx.html

[ginaraye]

dang! the animation doesn't seem to be working anymore. i got around to reading all the posts in this thread and people have mentioned it before, but i haven't found anywhere the info is integrated into what else is known. ??? :confused:

[Chris Hamilton]

i decided to place this in solar system thread because i think this news is more of a discussion of our sun and planets being affected by outside energy. ibex is just simply amazing and the information derived from studying its data is so important in david's research of our planetary and solar dynamics!

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100930161839.htm

about the heliosphere from ibex data

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ibex/index.html

ibex site. the main author of the original 9/27 article published in the journal of geophysical research (space physics) is david mccomas, whose bio is in current missions/ibex at this site

exciting stuff! chris

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://www.universetoday.com/74712/mysterious-ribbon-at-edge-of-solar-system-is-changing/

be well, be love.

david

mysterious ribbon at edge of solar system is changing

a year ago, researchers from the ibex mission – nasa’s interstellar boundary explorer – announced the discovery of an unexpected bright band or ribbon of surprisingly high energy emissions at the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. now, after a year of observations, scientists have seen vast changes, including an unusual knot in the ribbon which appears to have ‘untied.’ changes in the ribbon — a ‘disturbance in the force,’ so to speak, along with a shrunken heliosphere, may be allowing galactic cosmic rays to leak into our solar system.

“we didn’t understand where the ribbon came from in the first place,” said david mccomas, ibex principal investigator, during a press briefing. “it’s even more confounding now, to know the structure can change on incredibly short timescales.”

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/105108519.html

be well, be love

david

our "new, improved" solar system
fasten your seatbelts, folks — i'm about to take you on a wild ride!

nasa's solar system
as portrayed on the home page for the nasa/jpl photojournal, our solar system is an orderly arrangement of planets orbiting the sun.
nasa / jpl
compared with the systems of planets being found around other stars, our solar system is an orderly place, with each planet tracking around the sun in a stable, roughly circular orbit. for centuries, the planets' long-term stability has been taken as evidence that they formed where they are now, sucking up gas, dust, and larger building blocks from the protoplanetary disk around them until reaching their final sizes.

but dig a little deeper, and you find serious problems with that simplistic view. for example, uranus and neptune should have ended up much smaller and less massive, because billions of miles from the infant sun the protoplanetary pickings were slim and the assembly process too slow. conversely, mars formed in the fat of the disk and should have ended up at least 10 times more massive than it is today. and no one really understands the asteroid belt's existence — particularly why it's crudely divided into rocky bodies (called s types) nearer the sun and dark, carbon-dominated hunks (c types) farther out.

dynamicists solved the uranus-neptune dilemma several years ago by positing that the four giant planets were initially a much closer-knit family, coming together in a cozy zone 5 to 12 astronomical units from the sun.

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/glast/news/new-structure.html

be well, be love.

david

nasa's fermi telescope finds giant structure in our galaxy

washington -- nasa's fermi gamma-ray space telescope has unveiled a previously unseen structure centered in the milky way. the feature spans 50,000 light-years and may be the remnant of an eruption from a supersized black hole at the center of our galaxy.

"what we see are two gamma-ray-emitting bubbles that extend 25,000 light-years north and south of the galactic center," said doug finkbeiner, an astronomer at the harvard-smithsonian center for astrophysics in cambridge, mass., who first recognized the feature. "we don't fully understand their nature or origin."

the structure spans more than half of the visible sky, from the constellation virgo to the constellation grus, and it may be millions of years old. a paper about the findings has been accepted for publication in the astrophysical journal.

finkbeiner and his team discovered the bubbles by processing publicly available data from fermi's large area telescope (lat). the lat is the most sensitive and highest-resolution gamma-ray detector ever launched. gamma rays are the highest-energy form of light.

[Rich1111]

dear friends,

http://www.universetoday.com/74712/mysterious-ribbon-at-edge-of-solar-system-is-changing/

be well, be love.

david

mysterious ribbon at edge of solar system is changing

a year ago, researchers from the ibex mission – nasa’s interstellar boundary explorer – announced the discovery of an unexpected bright band or ribbon of surprisingly high energy emissions at the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space. now, after a year of observations, scientists have seen vast changes, including an unusual knot in the ribbon which appears to have ‘untied.’ changes in the ribbon — a ‘disturbance in the force,’ so to speak, along with a shrunken heliosphere, may be allowing galactic cosmic rays to leak into our solar system.

“we didn’t understand where the ribbon came from in the first place,” said david mccomas, ibex principal investigator, during a press briefing. “it’s even more confounding now, to know the structure can change on incredibly short timescales.”

i wondered whether that was the 'dark rift' they mayans talked of??

[weboy78]

http://www.spirasolaris.ca/sbb4c_07.html
the mercury mt-based exponential planetary framework and the phi-series
although the exponential function p(x) = mt phix (x = -2 to 16, base mt = 0.240842658 years ) generates successive mean sidereal and mean synodic periods, it is nevertheless the mean sidereal period of mercury mk 0 = mt that provides the initial starting point for mercury-based exponential period functions...

[LightEye]

dear friends,

http://www.mpg.de/4677218/magnetic_field_pattern

be well.

david

the magnetic field pattern of the milky way

new all-sky map shows complex structure of magnetic fields in unprecedented detail
december 06, 2011

like all galaxies, our milky way is awash with magnetic fields. for the first time, scientists have now measured the complex structure of such fields in detail. using a novel image reconstruction technique, they combined data from more than 41,000 individual measurements. the work was a collaboration between scientists at the max planck institute for astrophysics who are specialists in the new discipline of information field theory, and an international team of radio astronomers. the new map not only reveals the structure of the galactic magnetic field on large scales, but also small-scale features that provide information about turbulence in the galactic gas.
zoom image
the sky map of the faraday effect caused by the magnetic fields of the milky way. red and blue... [more]

© max planck institute for astrophysics
despite intensive research, the origin of galactic magnetic fields is still unknown. one assumes, however, that they are built up by dynamo processes in which mechanical energy is converted into magnetic energy. similar processes occur in the interior of the earth, the sun and in the broadest sense, in the gadgets that power bicycle lights through peddling. by revealing the magnetic field structure throughout the milky way, the new map provides important insights into the machinery of galactic dynamos.
one way to measure cosmic magnetic fields, which has been known for over 150 years, makes use of an effect known as faraday rotation. when polarized light passes through a magnetized medium, the plane of polarization rotates. the amount of rotation depends, among other things, on the strength and direction of the magnetic field. therefore, observing such rotation allows one to investigate the properties of the intervening magnetic fields.

[Scrappy409]

Hey guys. I just wanted to share some pics of the Transition of Venus that occured today. Took them with my iPhone and my telescope. You'll never see it again in this lifetime (unless the average life expectancy goes up dramatically lol!) This will not happen again for another 105 years and will happen in pairs... 2117 and 2125. A cyclical event that has been documented and followed by ancient civilizations for thousands of years...

[GrumpyBear]

Nice shots, thank you for posting them! I didn't get the chance to see it for myself, so this is fantastic :)