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Mysterious magnetic pulses discovered on Mars
National Geographic ^ | PUBLISHED September 20, 2019 | Robin George Andrews

Posted on 09/20/2019 8:31:03 PM PDT by amorphous

At midnight on Mars, the red planet’s magnetic field sometimes starts to pulsate in ways that have never before been observed. The cause is currently unknown.

That’s just one of the stunning preliminary findings from NASA’s very first robotic geophysicist there, the InSight lander. Since touching down in November 2018, this spacecraft has been gathering intel to help scientists better understand our neighboring planet’s innards and evolution, such as taking the temperature of its upper crust, recording the sounds of alien quakes, and measuring the strength and direction of the planet’s magnetic field.

As revealed during a handful of presentations this week at a joint meeting of the European Planetary Science Congress and the American Astronomical Society, the early data suggest the magnetic machinations of Mars are marvelously mad.

In addition to the odd magnetic pulsations, the lander’s data show that the Martian crust is far more powerfully magnetic than scientists expected. What’s more, the lander has picked up on a very peculiar electrically conductive layer, about 2.5 miles thick, deep beneath the planet’s surface. It’s far too early to say with any certainty, but there is a chance that this layer could represent a global reservoir of liquid water.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalgeographic.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; gps; insight; magneticfield; magnetism; mars; poleshift; science; water
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To: Peter ODonnell
But when you think about it, why should there be two different forces, gravitation and electro-magnetism?

"I beheld the four winds, which bear up the earth, and the firmament of heaven." - Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, Book of Enoch, chapter 18, verse 3...

According to the present understanding, there are four fundamental interactions or forces [or winds]: gravitation, electromagnetism, the weak interaction, and the strong interaction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_interaction

21 posted on 09/20/2019 9:51:06 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: the_daug
“At midnight on Mars” What are they talking about?

I suppose they mean midnight for insight. :)

22 posted on 09/20/2019 9:55:24 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: amorphous

Buried monoliths are known to cause magnetic anomalies.


23 posted on 09/20/2019 9:58:18 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth.)
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To: amorphous

It's the illudium Q36 exploding modulator!
24 posted on 09/20/2019 10:00:00 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: dp0622
That’s gotta hurt.

Lol

25 posted on 09/20/2019 10:01:26 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: the_daug

I’m assuming it has to do with InSight’s location. Don’t know what else it could possibly be.


26 posted on 09/20/2019 10:02:52 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: bitt
***the early data suggest the magnetic machinations of Mars are marvelously mad***

The science of late is that Mars has a weak magnetosphere and that resulted in loss of most of its atmosphere (solar wind) and all of its surface water. This opens up a whole new field of enquiry, especially possible sub-crust water pooling.

27 posted on 09/20/2019 10:04:40 PM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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To: BenLurkin

:)


28 posted on 09/20/2019 10:04:48 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: amorphous
"Get yo ahss to Maahs."


29 posted on 09/20/2019 10:21:16 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (Hillary has more mysterious deaths around her than Jessica Fletcher.)
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To: married21

Well, that was from Forbidden planet, music of the Krell but maybe Fly me to the moon would be better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldt_ylbAqe4


30 posted on 09/20/2019 10:33:34 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: amorphous
Nothing to see here, move along..


31 posted on 09/20/2019 10:49:40 PM PDT by Waverunner (I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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To: married21

https://youtu.be/pHCdS7O248g


32 posted on 09/20/2019 11:03:23 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Obscured by Clods)
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To: Peter ODonnell
I am hoping that accidentally this theory will be proven one day. G is thought to be constant because it seems constant in earth laboratory experiments, but these remove all magnetic influences which I would propose are intermediate forms of variable G. So the experiments are going to miss the variability of G by eliminating any environment that represents it.

Why "accidentally?"

And: Has your theory been published anywhere? Or, if it hasn't yet been published: How have the various authorities in the field with whom you've discussed your theory responded?

Regards,

33 posted on 09/20/2019 11:08:20 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: amorphous

rofl


34 posted on 09/20/2019 11:09:44 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
...the early data suggest the magnetic machinations of Mars are marvelously mad... the lander has picked up on a very peculiar electrically conductive layer, about 2.5 miles thick, deep beneath the planet’s surface. It’s far too early to say with any certainty, but there is a chance that this layer could represent a global reservoir of liquid water.
2.5 miles down? They'll need a long straw, which is lucky, because they're grasping at some now. Thanks amorphous.

35 posted on 09/20/2019 11:49:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: amorphous

“These pulses are fluctuations in the strength or direction of the magnetic field, and they are not entirely unusual. Plenty of them happen on Earth and Mars triggered by upper atmospheric chaos, the action of the solar wind, and kinks in the planets’ magnetic bubbles, among other things.

What’s strange is that these Martian wobbles happen at local midnight, as if responding to the demands of an unseen, nocturnal timer.

InSight is near Mars’ equator, and in the same geographic position on Earth, at that time of night, you don’t see these types of magnetic pulsations. Night-time pulsations on Earth tend to happen at higher latitudes and are linked to the northern and southern lights. Right now, the ones on Mars have no clear source, but scientists have at least one suspect in mind.”

These are man-made due to Global Warming/s


36 posted on 09/21/2019 12:00:32 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: tired&retired

These have been translated now—the message, sent to deep space:

“Help, we are being invaded by the machines of really stupid and ugly creatures!”


37 posted on 09/21/2019 1:27:43 AM PDT by cgbg (Democracy dies in darkness when Bezos bans books.)
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To: tired&retired

Trump’s fault.


38 posted on 09/21/2019 1:33:27 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: amorphous


39 posted on 09/21/2019 2:28:17 AM PDT by Darth Republican
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To: Army Air Corps

Maybe the speakers in Gene Hunt’s Cortina?


40 posted on 09/21/2019 3:02:56 AM PDT by wally_bert (Hola. Me llamo Inspector Carlton Lassiter. Me gusta queso.)
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