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NASA releases strange press release about interstellar cloudNASA News, 23rd December 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.
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.
"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."
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An artist's concept of the Local Interstellar Cloud, also known as the "Local Fluff."
Credit: Linda Huff (American Scientist) and Priscilla Frisch (University of Chicago) The fact that the Fluff is strongly magnetized means that other clouds in the galactic neighborhood could be, too. Eventually, the solar system will run into some of them, and their strong magnetic fields could compress the heliosphere even more than it is compressed now. Additional compression could allow more cosmic rays to reach the inner solar system, possibly affecting terrestrial climate and the ability of astronauts to travel safely through space. On the other hand, astronauts wouldn't have to travel so far because interstellar space would be closer than ever. These events would play out on time scales of tens to hundreds of thousands of years, which is how long it takes for the solar system to move from one cloud to the next. "There could be interesting times ahead!" says Opher. Comment: This is another major Space Weather related announcement about the potential threat of massive changes to the current status of our solar system and NASA decides to give it minimum publicity by releasing it 2 days before Christmas when the maximum number of people are distracted. By the way, it's one of these bits of 'fluff' that astrophysicists have already stated on record they are concermed may vapourise the heliosphere. Remember, this 'fluff' is coming our way, it has not hit us yet.... Note: What NASA are saying, is that if this cloud does not get us, then there are others coming our way that might. If you don't like the analysis, I suggest you go find the research papers where this is discussed. To all you New Agers out there that have been duped by the 2012 Cosmic Fairy Tale folk, you can continue believing in the Father Sun having a union with the Cosmic Mother if you like, but there seems to be other more serious cosmic scenarios lining up.... The probability of our planet experiencing a deluge of cosmic radiation is becoming more and more likely. Note 2: I should have also mentioned that the time scale of tens to hundreds of thousands of years cannot be believed. Sorry, but if you want to know the facts, you will have to do your own research, but current research papers prove that we cannot measure distances in space properly at all. Update 1st January 2010 One of my tasks is to integrate knowledge and truth to teach others. Certain knowledge and truth has been given to mankind over many centuries that has been disguised in religious, esoteric and mythological overtones. However, the information should be considered as 'spiritual' in how it relates to our existence in a 'spiritual' universe. After extensive research, it is very apparent that certain truths that have been given to mankind, but some have been excluded or obscured by the most powerful. Remember, knowledge is power, so this knowledge is often only available to the priviledged few, and we can't expect the most corrupted and powerful to tell the whole truth as they know it. Now, there are a few faithful sources that have tried to retain ancient knowledge and pass that onto the world, and I believe that the Mayan Elders need to be honoured for this as they have faithfully retained certain information as their role as Timekeepers and Seers, others less well known have also done the same. In my own personal constant search for truth, I believe that this press release can now be directly connected with prophecies, Mayan predictions and the onset of a major Space Weather event. Thus, my understanding of the need to strengthen our personal energy fields, via spiritual evolution to act as a shield, still stands. NASA source here | ||
Cosmic Rays Hit Space Age High!
NASA News, 28th September 2009
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Planning a trip to Mars? Take plenty of shielding. According to sensors on NASA's ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer) spacecraft, galactic cosmic rays have just hit a Space Age high.
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The sun's magnetic field is our first line of defense against these highly-charged, energetic particles. The entire solar system from Mercury to Pluto and beyond is surrounded by a bubble of solar magnetism called "the heliosphere." It springs from the sun's inner magnetic dynamo and is inflated to gargantuan proportions by the solar wind. When a cosmic ray tries to enter the solar system, it must fight through the heliosphere's outer layers; and if it makes it inside, there is a thicket of magnetic fields waiting to scatter and deflect the intruder. "At times of low solar activity, this natural shielding is weakened, and more cosmic rays are able to reach the inner solar system," explains Pesnell. Mewaldt lists three aspects of the current solar minimum that are combining to create the perfect storm:
Earth is in no great peril from the extra cosmic rays. The planet's atmosphere and magnetic field combine to form a formidable shield against space radiation, protecting humans on the surface. Indeed, we've weathered storms much worse than this. Hundreds of years ago, cosmic ray fluxes were at least 200% higher than they are now. Researchers know this because when cosmic rays hit the atmosphere, they produce an isotope of beryllium, 10Be, which is preserved in polar ice. By examining ice cores, it is possible to estimate cosmic ray fluxes more than a thousand years into the past. Even with the recent surge, cosmic rays today are much weaker than they have been at times in the past millennium. "The space era has so far experienced a time of relatively low cosmic ray activity," says Mewaldt. "We may now be returning to levels typical of past centuries." NASA spacecraft will continue to monitor the situation as solar minimum unfolds. Stay tuned for updates. Joyfire Comment: This is more confirmation of the New Cosmic Age being driven by Space Weather! I am not aware that NASA have released any prior information about the current sheet flattening, but I would say that it would be very difficult for scientists to predict the impact. Please forget any talk about people being totally protected by the earth's atmosphere, because Extensive Air Showers caused by cosmic rays are being recorded at ground level and scientists were raising eyebrows about the high levels back in 2000. The metaphysical community have been warned to strengthen their energy fields, but it seems the message has gone largely unheeded, so we may be awaiting a massive gamma ray burst that will leave us open to the elements and then we'll see what happens. Personally, I think we are going to get some serious evolutionary sorting out of the wheat from the chaff. Meanwhile, the 2012 Bandwagonistas have missed the implications for evolutionary change, as we enter A New Age dominated by Space or the aether and hence why traditional Mayan Elders have talked about a change of sun and a new human. Well, despite my lack of marketing success, I can now state absolutely categorically that I got this right! But, I would still be interested to find other lonely individuals who realised what was happening and went to the trouble of getting their beliefs and research published. NASA scientists admit Space Weather will effect humans!Spaceref.com, 5th January 2009 "WASHINGTON -- A NASA-funded study describes how extreme solar eruptions could have severe consequences for communications, power grids and other technology on Earth. [...] NASA requested the study to assess the potential damage from significant space weather during the next 20 years. National and international experts from industry, government and academia participated in the study. The report documents the possibility of a space weather event that has societal effects and causes damage similar to natural disasters on Earth. "From a public policy perspective, it is quite significant that we have begun the extremely challenging task of assessing space weather impacts in a quantitative way," said Daniel Baker, professor and director of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Baker chaired the panel that prepared the report. "Whether it is terrestrial catastrophes or extreme space weather incidents, the results can be devastating to modern societies that depend in a myriad of ways on advanced technological systems," said Baker. "We were delighted that NASA helped support bringing together dozens of world experts from industry and government to share their experiences and begin planning of improved public policy strategies. [...] The sun is currently near the minimum of its 11-year activity cycle. It is expected that solar storms will increase in frequency and intensity toward the next solar maximum, expected to occur around 2012. The Heliophysics Division of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington provided funding for the study. The division seeks to understand the sun, its solar processes and the interaction of solar plasma and radiation with Earth, other planets and the universe. Understanding the connections between the sun and its planets will allow better prediction on the impacts of solar activity on humans, technological systems and even the presence of life itself in the universe." Joyfire Comment: Watch Out! Severe Space Weather on the way! Scientists finally admit there will be an impact on humans! Well, this report suggests space scientists believe we could experience "severe" space weather with a "devastating" impact on modern societies. This report even states there is an impact on humans which NASA et al. are now finally prepared to admit. The predictions for the Sun by NASA solar scientists Dipakti et al. was a late start with 50% increase in solar activity from the previous Solar Cycle 23. Well, we have a very late start to Solar Cycle 24 and so the Sun could now be gearing up for some extreme activity. The documentary-drama Solar Storm: Perfect Disaster, will explain what these scientists fear could happen, yet if you want to know 'The Big Picture', then you can get that from reading Tuning the Diamonds: Electromagnetism & Spiritual Evolution. So with all these recent annoucements, it seems that space scientists must now be in an extreme state of anticipation as we face unchartered waters and we align with the center of our galaxy, at the same time our solar system's protective shield is quickly fading away.... Earth's Magnetic Shield against Space Weather Down!NASA News, 16th December 2008
Joyfire Comment: Gaia is letting down her defences to cosmic forces! It's now SHIELDS DOWN! Here it seems that our scientists are in shock because the Earth's magnetic field is not providing the expected defence against Space Weather, but instead opening up a HUGE hole to space weather thereby accelerating evolutionary change. The date of this discovery in June 2007 during solar minimum, is particularly interesting as that coincides with metaphysical predictions of a MASSIVE exponential increase in evolutionary energies.... NASA admits another level of Earth's Defences against Space Weather is 'Extraordinarily Low'!Boundary Between Earth's Upper Atmosphere And Space Has Moved To Extraordinarily Low Altitudes, NASA Instruments Document Science Daily, 16th December 2008
Joyfire Comment: Well, the Sun is now very inactive whilst in a deep solar minimum, therefore the boundary between the ionosphere and space is not being inflated by chemical reactions caused by UV radiation from the Sun, which varies 6-8% in amount, when the Sun is active. Even so, I am wondering if there are major implications for the shielding properties of a thin ionosphere, especially as the planet is now more exposed to galactic cosmic rays. The ionosphere can be compared to the Earth's skin providing us with some protection against direct cosmic influences, so it seems this is another layer of Earth's defence that is 'evaporating'. Certainly, with the numerous atmospheric and geomagnetic changes taking place, there can be no doubt, that all life on Earth will be getting a thorough cosmic inspection. Now, it's easier to see why there are some really crackpot geoengineering schemes being proposed to place a shield in space, but it seems those who understand their relationship with universal forces and the need for spiritual evolution are much more likely to cope with the new terms and conditions for living on planet Earth. Our Solar System is losing it's shielding against Space Weather!Earth exposed to significantly more cosmic and galactic radiation, as part of a long term trend that started in the mid 1990s.NASA News, 23rd September 2008 Sept. 23, 2008: In a briefing today at NASA headquarters, solar physicists announced that the solar wind is losing power. "The average pressure of the solar wind has dropped more than 20% since the mid-1990s," says Dave McComas of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. "This is the weakest it's been since we began monitoring solar wind almost 50 years ago." McComas is principal investigator for the SWOOPS solar wind sensor onboard the Ulysses spacecraft, which measured the decrease. Ulysses, launched in 1990, circles the sun in a unique orbit that carries it over both the sun's poles and equator, giving Ulysses a global view of solar wind activity:
Above: Global measurements of solar wind pressure by Ulysses. Green curves trace the solar wind in 1992-1998, while blue curves denote lower pressure winds in 2004-2008. [Larger image] Curiously, the speed of the million mph solar wind hasn't decreased much—only 3%. The change in pressure comes mainly from reductions in temperature and density. The solar wind is 13% cooler and 20% less dense. "What we're seeing is a long term trend, a steady decrease in pressure that began sometime in the mid-1990s," explains Arik Posner, NASA's Ulysses Program Scientist in Washington DC. How unusual is this event? "It's hard to say. We've only been monitoring solar wind since the early years of the Space Age—from the early 60s to the present," says Posner. "Over that period of time, it's unique. How the event stands out over centuries or millennia, however, is anybody's guess. We don't have data going back that far." Flagging solar wind has repercussions across the entire solar system—beginning with the heliosphere.
Right: The heliosphere. Click to view a larger image showing the rest of the bubble. "The solar wind isn't inflating the heliosphere as much as it used to," says McComas. "That means less shielding against cosmic rays." In addition to weakened solar wind, "Ulysses also finds that the sun's underlying magnetic field has weakened by more than 30% since the mid-1990s," says Posner. "This reduces natural shielding even more." Unpublished Ulysses cosmic ray data show that, indeed, high energy (GeV) electrons, a minor but telltale component of cosmic rays around Earth, have jumped in number by about 20%. These extra particles pose no threat to people on Earth's surface. Our thick atmosphere and planetary magnetic field provide additional layers of protection that keep us safe. But any extra cosmic rays can have consequences. If the trend continues, astronauts on the Moon or en route to Mars would get a higher dose of space radiation. Robotic space probes and satellites in high Earth orbit face an increased risk of instrument malfunctions and reboots due to cosmic ray strikes. Also, there are controversial studies linking cosmic ray fluxes to cloudiness and climate change on Earth. That link may be tested in the years ahead.
Above: The temperature and density of electrons in the solar wind have dropped since the mid-1990s. [Larger image] Some of most dramatic effects of the phenomenon may be felt by NASA's two Voyager spacecraft. After traveling outward for 30+ years, the two probes are now at the edge of the heliosphere. With the heliosphere shrinking, the Voyagers may soon find themselves on the outside looking in, thrust into interstellar space long before anyone expected. No spacecraft has ever been outside the heliosphere before and no one knows what the Voyagers may find there. NASA is about to launch a new spacecraft named IBEX (short for Interstellar Boundary Explorer) that can monitor the dimensions of the heliosphere without actually traveling to the edge of the solar system. IBEX may actually be able to "see" the heliosphere shrinking and anticipate the Voyager's exit. Moreover, IBEX will reveal how our solar system's cosmic ray shield reacts to changes in solar wind. "The potential for discovery," says McComas, "is breathtaking." Author: Dr. Tony Phillips | Credit: Science@NASA Joyfire Comment: NASA have just announced that the inhabitants of Earth will be exposed to significantly more cosmic and galactic radiation, as part of a long term trend that started in the mid 1990s. The new phenomena of Space Weather, is the bombardment of Earth by solar, cosmic and galactic energy now causing concern to government agencies, satellite communication manufacturers and the power supply industry. My book, Tuning the Diamonds: Electromagnetism & Spiritual Evolution details the spiritual and evolutionary implications and NASA's press release is a significant verification of my analysis that we are indeed entering a 'New Age' dominated by space as predicted by Mayan Elders. See Steep Uphill Climb to 2012: Messages from the Mayan Milieu. Therefore, I hope this announcement will propel many in the alternative and mainstream world to consider the evolutionary implications. The following is the most informative NASA press release, by NASA scientist, Dr. Tony Phillips.
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