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Solar System is Traveling through Cloud of Supernova Debris: Study
Sci-news ^
| Aug 25, 2020 by
| Enrico de Lazaro
Posted on 08/25/2020 10:50:41 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Radioactive elements synthesized in massive stars are ejected into space via stellar winds and supernova explosions.
Our Solar System moves through the interstellar medium and collects these extrasolar products.
One such product is iron-60. Because it is not naturally produced on Earth, the presence of this radioactive isotope is a sensitive indicator of supernova explosions within the last few million years.
Australian National Universitys Dr. Anton Wallner and colleagues previously found traces of iron-60 at about 2.6 million years ago, and possibly another at around 6 million years ago, suggesting our planet had traveled through fallout clouds from nearby supernovae.
They also found the rare isotope in samples of lunar soil returned to Earth by the Apollo 12, 15 and 16 missions, and in samples of snow from Antarctica.
For the last few thousand years, the Solar System has been moving through a denser cloud of gas and dust, known as the Local Interstellar Cloud, whose origins are unclear, they said.
The Solar System moves through the Local Interstellar Cloud.
Image credit: NASA / Adler / University of Chicago / Wesleyan.
(Excerpt) Read more at sci-news.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: antonwallner; australia; catastrophism; cloud; interstellarcloud; iron60; solarsystem; supernova; supernovadebris
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08/25/2020 10:50:41 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/25/2020 10:51:12 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
that must be a YUGE cloud of debris!
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08/25/2020 10:58:07 AM PDT
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left that other site
(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
To: BenLurkin
Solar system warming, dontcha know? Alienomorphic caused by “little Green Men” house gases.
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08/25/2020 11:01:02 AM PDT
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Tallguy
(Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
To: BenLurkin
When one contemplates the planets, solar system, galaxy, and universe, it’s absolutely mind boggling.
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08/25/2020 11:02:00 AM PDT
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EEGator
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
No wonder my windshield is always dirty!..... 😜
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posted on
08/25/2020 11:05:19 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................)
To: BenLurkin
Maybe this explains Nancy Pelosis increased insanity
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posted on
08/25/2020 11:06:09 AM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
To: Red Badger
In another couple thousand years we’ll be out of the cloud and clear sailing ahead. But we’ll need to have the oort cloud filter changed. And a new set of terminal shocks.
To: Larry Lucido
Better get PlanetShield Insurance!...... 😎
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08/25/2020 11:11:14 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................)
To: BenLurkin
Solar System is Traveling through Cloud of Supernova Debris
We're all made of supernova debris, as is the planet we live on. Pretty much business as usual.
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08/25/2020 11:17:37 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
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08/25/2020 11:17:48 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BenLurkin
"Que the planet destroying super nova!"
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08/25/2020 11:20:16 AM PDT
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Delta 21
(Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
To: EEGator
That is exactly why I don’t contemplate it:)
A mind is a terrible thing to boggle
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08/25/2020 11:23:40 AM PDT
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Cold Heart
(Legalize Hydroxychloroquine)
To: left that other site
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08/25/2020 11:23:53 AM PDT
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Delta 21
(Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/25/2020 11:26:10 AM PDT
by
jerod
(Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
The rest of the Iron-60 keyword, chrono:
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08/25/2020 11:27:23 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Delta 21
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08/25/2020 11:27:45 AM PDT
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left that other site
(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
To: BenLurkin
All elements heavier than iron is from a supernova that happened...somewhere....sometime.
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08/25/2020 11:31:30 AM PDT
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seowulf
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