Posted on 04/06/2016 10:01:06 PM PDT by LucyT
A mysterious planet that wiped out life on Earth millions of years ago could do it again, according to a top space scientist.
And some believe the apocalyptic event could happen as early as this month.
Planet Nine — a new planet discovered at the edge of the solar system in January — has triggered comet showers that bomb the Earth’s surface, killing all life, says Daniel Whitmire, of the University of Louisiana.
The astrophysicist says the planet has a 20,000-year orbit around the sun and, at its closest to us, it knocks asteroids and comets toward Earth.
Fossil evidence has suggested most life on Earth is mysteriously wiped out every 26 million to 27 million years.
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Unless Darryl’s (Norman Reedus) new biker TV show does well.
One of my all-time favorites. Always thought it'd be the perfect ring-entry music for boxers.
We're getting a good pre-apocalypse set list going here. I'll add Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
when someone tells me that the world will end such and such a date,I can tell for certainty when it will not end
Carmina Burana; O Fortuna!
[Or some Pat Travers]
“There’s no point in acting surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for 50 of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now. … What do you mean you’ve never been to Alpha Centauri? Oh, for heaven’s sake, mankind, it’s only four light years away, you know. I’m sorry, but if you can’t be bothered to take an interest in local affairs, that’s your own lookout.”
Behold the field in which I grow my...
...and I feel fine.
I have no problem with asexual
Darryl getting his head bashed in.
But the chicks like him too much.
Please no! Not before I know if Trump gets to 1237!
Sends asteroids and comets into the Earth, eh ? That would be bad if a large enough shower of them hit Antarctica. There is over a mile of ice on that continent and its area is equal to 4% of the area of all the oceans. If something were to scour all the ice off and dump it into the ocean, it wouldn’t even need to melt to raise sea levels. Sea levels would rise 200+ feet overnight, wiping out most coastal cities and all of Florida, etc. Even without the energy transfer and vaporised rock filling the atmosphere we’d be done.
Not hundreds of years from now the way the AGW crowd worries about, but literally overnight.
Planet Nine From Outer Space..
Boom, boom, out go the lights. Crash and Burn excellent album. Love Travers.
He did something with Glenn Hughes a few years back. Really cool. I’ll post a link when I find it.
Unfortunately, Travers never tours up north.
Does this mean I don’t need to change my underwear for a couple of weeks?
Good times!
When do you think they’d tell you if they knew
Who didn’t play that on their Wurlitzer?
The final minute of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 overture...
One of my favorites.....!!!!
(A-hem...)
Small point ..... Ice displaces more volume than liquid water.
Sea levels are rising because of planetary cooling, not warming. Both polar caps have grown in recent years. That's why the levels are up.
You can prove this for yourself in your own kitchen with a glass filled with ice water.
Mark it's volume at the start and then check it after the ice melts.
Then explain the good news to your Enviro-Whacko friends.
I think we should just make it a point to be in the wind when it happens.
Hopefully we'll be vaporized quickly and painlessly.
I am wildly impressed that you picked the two songs I was thinking of.
:)
[Stevie is another crank-it-up-on-a-lonely-back road fave]
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