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virus: RE: LIFE ON MARS!!????
« on: 2005-02-18 09:56:06 » |
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...poor note of great interest...i heard on CNN that the mars rover chaps
saw "extremely likely" signs of life on Mars...akin to earth cave life.
could this be the first notice of the grandest venture of man??? i am very
hopeful=) i dont suppose the present rovers are equipped to dig very deep,
but we can now be sure that one soon will be. i am extremely happy. we
lose the hubble, but something extremely curious pops up. sebby is all
smiles.
DrSebby.
"Courage...and shuffle the cards".
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From: "Blunderov" <squooker@mweb.co.za>
Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
To: <virus@lucifer.com>
Subject: RE: virus: High energy physics
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:06:43 +0200
[Blunderov] Gamma rays are of the very shortest, most energetic
wavelengths. They are used in radiation therapy for cancer and are very
harmful to tissue. The energy levels involved in this recent event are
mind-numbing. Possibly the star was stimulated by x-rays somehow?
Best Regards
Brightest Explosion Ever Observed Overwhelms Telescopes
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/stellar-05g.html
<snip>
Dr. Rob Fender of Southampton University is a co-author on a Nature
paper describing the radio observations.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime event. We have observed an object only 20
kilometres across, on the other side of our Galaxy, releasing more
energy in a tenth of a second than the Sun emits in 100,000 years," said
Fender.
"The next biggest flare ever seen from any soft gamma repeater was
peanuts compared to this incredible December 27 event," said Dr. Bryan
Gaensler of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, lead author
on the Nature paper.
"Had this happened within 10 light years of us, it would have severely
damaged our atmosphere and possibly have triggered a mass extinction.
</snip>
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn4049
<snip>
Scientists have known for many years that the nuclei of some elements,
such as hafnium, can exist in a high-energy state, or nuclear isomer,
that slowly decays to a low-energy state by emitting gamma rays. For
example, hafnium-178m2, the excited, isomeric form of hafnium-178, has a
half-life of 31 years.
The possibility that this process could be explosive was discovered when
Carl Collins and colleagues at the University of Texas at Dallas
demonstrated that they could artificially trigger the decay of the
hafnium isomer by bombarding it with low-energy X-rays (New Scientist
print edition, 3 July 1999). The experiment released 60 times as much
energy as was put in, and in theory a much greater energy release could
be achieved. </snip>
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RE: virus: RE: LIFE ON MARS!!????
« Reply #1 on: 2005-02-18 12:04:51 » |
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[Blunderov] Well it's really just a conjecture based on the presence of
methane. Who knows, maybe it was left over from a former time?
Best Regards
http://www.marsdaily.com/news/mars-life-05a.html
NASA Scientists Say Mars May Have Life
Washington (UPI) Feb 16, 2005
NASA scientists said there is a possibility that Mars may harbor living
organisms, Space.com reported Wednesday.
In an exclusive story, the space Web site said it has learned that two
scientists told a group of NASA officials on Sunday they have found
evidence life could exist on Mars.
The life, if it exists, would be in the form of organisms that exist in
caves and pockets of water beneath the Martian surface.
Space.com reported that the scientists said their proof was not direct,
but rather could be inferred by the presence of methane in the planet's
atmosphere, and by findings of bacteria living in extreme conditions on
Earth.
One such place is the Rio Tinto River in Spain, which is colored red,
similar to the surface of Mars, because its acidic water contains a high
percentage of iron and a mineral called jarosite, which is found on
Earth in hot springs.
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From: owner-virus@lucifer.com [mailto:owner-virus@lucifer.com] On Behalf
Of Dr Sebby
Sent: 18 February 2005 16:56
To: virus@lucifer.com
Subject: virus: RE: LIFE ON MARS!!?
...poor note of great interest...i heard on CNN that the mars rover
chaps
saw "extremely likely" signs of life on Mars...akin to earth cave life.
could this be the first notice of the grandest venture of man??? i am
very
hopeful=) i dont suppose the present rovers are equipped to dig very
deep,
but we can now be sure that one soon will be. i am extremely happy. we
lose the hubble, but something extremely curious pops up. sebby is all
smiles.
DrSebby.
"Courage...and shuffle the cards".
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Blunderov" <squooker@mweb.co.za>
Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
To: <virus@lucifer.com>
Subject: RE: virus: High energy physics
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:06:43 +0200
[Blunderov] Gamma rays are of the very shortest, most energetic
wavelengths. They are used in radiation therapy for cancer and are very
harmful to tissue. The energy levels involved in this recent event are
mind-numbing. Possibly the star was stimulated by x-rays somehow?
Best Regards
Brightest Explosion Ever Observed Overwhelms Telescopes
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/stellar-05g.html
<snip>
Dr. Rob Fender of Southampton University is a co-author on a Nature
paper describing the radio observations.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime event. We have observed an object only 20
kilometres across, on the other side of our Galaxy, releasing more
energy in a tenth of a second than the Sun emits in 100,000 years," said
Fender.
"The next biggest flare ever seen from any soft gamma repeater was
peanuts compared to this incredible December 27 event," said Dr. Bryan
Gaensler of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, lead author
on the Nature paper.
"Had this happened within 10 light years of us, it would have severely
damaged our atmosphere and possibly have triggered a mass extinction.
</snip>
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn4049
<snip>
Scientists have known for many years that the nuclei of some elements,
such as hafnium, can exist in a high-energy state, or nuclear isomer,
that slowly decays to a low-energy state by emitting gamma rays. For
example, hafnium-178m2, the excited, isomeric form of hafnium-178, has a
half-life of 31 years.
The possibility that this process could be explosive was discovered when
Carl Collins and colleagues at the University of Texas at Dallas
demonstrated that they could artificially trigger the decay of the
hafnium isomer by bombarding it with low-energy X-rays (New Scientist
print edition, 3 July 1999). The experiment released 60 times as much
energy as was put in, and in theory a much greater energy release could
be achieved. </snip>
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