[LibWhacker]

Wow, bizarre. A neutron star at the core of the Sun? So how long do we have left? Not four billion years, I take it.

[Crazieman]

This would explain a lot of questions that were previously left unanswered. I like to do a lot of astrophyics research, and surprisingly I had never heard of the neutron core theory.

[Cold Heat]

I do not know about this iron business.

Iron cannot in a normal state, be in gaseous form or any other form but a solid.

Fe is more of a planetary building block than a star maker. I am not saying that it does not play a role, but I can't see the element doing what this writer says.

[danneskjold]

nah...it's Bush's fault...

[Ispy4u]

IIRC the total mass of a neutron star is far greater than the mass of the sun. If that is correct then we would already know because we know, at least comparitively, what the solar mass is.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, my education in this area comes almost exclusively from Discovery networks.

[RightWhale]

the solar system came from a single star, and the sun formed on a collapsed supernova core

This iron-core proponent is a crackpot. He may be right, but he needs to follow proper channels of accepted method for creation of science. That means publishing in refereed journals. Going around forcing his eccentric ideas on his peers is the quickest way to become known as a tin-foil specialist. He ought to go on Art Bell, has he already?

[finnman69]

I seemed to remember from Astronomy 101 that our sun is a Generation II star and we are all formed from the remnants of old star dust.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

It looks like the author's confused. Does the sun have a neutron star at the core or an iron core? It can't be both.

[JmyBryan]

We all know that nothing good comes from violence, so the supernova cosmos birth theory is necessarily wrong.

(sarcasm)

[Alamo-Girl]

For your information...

[aomagrat]

The real cause of the flares.

[frodolives]

All I know is the iron is my favorite Monopoly token.

[gitmo]

Should be fairly easy to test. Fly a big horseshoe magnet by and see if the sun moves.

[Physicist]

Manuel claims that hydrogen fusion creates some of the sun’s heat, as hydrogen -- the lightest of all elements -- moves to the sun’s surface. But most of the heat comes from the core of an exploded supernova that continues to generate energy within the iron-rich interior of the sun, Manuel says.

So he's saying that most of the energy of the sun comes from gravitational collapse? I don't think that will give you the right neutrino spectrum.

[battousai]

to add to the discussion, if as he asserts the suns core is a neutron star, why haven't the outer layers of lighter matter collapsed into the core, though its no black hole, a neutron star is still pretty darn dense.

[Junior]

Ping.

[Rebelbase]

Has no one considered the host in the sun?

[MarkL]

It's because of the SUVs! Oh, and it's George Bush's fault...

Mark

[JoeSchem]

Wow, bizarre. A neutron star at the core of the Sun? So how long do we have left? Not four billion years, I take it.

Personally, I think I'll be lucky to hit a hundred.

[RightWingAtheist]

Here's a relevant link regarding a new neutrino observatory that just started running in Minnesota. Of course, it probably won't be long before the Greens and New Age Wackos declare it "Sacred Indian Ground" (anyone here get the joke?): http://www.ur.umn.edu/FMPro?-db=releases&-lay=web&-format=unsreleases/releasesdetail.html&-RecID=33439&-Find

[SunkenCiv]

Marvin Herndon mentioned on this newer thread linked below:

Scientific maverick's theory on Earth's core up for a test
SF Chronicle | Monday, November 29, 2004 | Keay Davidson
Posted on 12/05/2004 11:17:28 AM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1294934/posts