Obama has rejected Israel as a Jewish State, and will not require the Palestinians to recognize Israel as Jewish in the current negotiations for a permanent peace treaty.
"The United States believes there is no need for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to recognize Israel as a Jewish state as part of a peace agreement," State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said last week Saturday.
Psaki, who spoke to the PA-based Arabic-language Al-Quds newspaper, said, "The American position is clear, Israel is a Jewish state. However, we do not see a need that both sides recognize this position as part of the final agreement."
Psaki later denied she did an interview with Al Quds, but she did take a question from its Bureau Chief, Said Arakat.
Below is a video clip of the horrible movie Noah; Noah is almost completely non-Biblical produced by a Godless Jew.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-36Cs-B5iG4&feature=em-share_video_user
Below is a video on ChrIslam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCjrp8iCeXY&sns=em
Dirty Bomb with Cesium |
The UN’s nuclear watchdog has warned about the continuing threat of terrorists acquiring a 'dirty bomb' after revealing that 146 incidents of unauthorized contact with radioactive materials were reported last year. 'Even if they [stolen materials] can't be used for making a nuclear weapon, they can be used in radioactive dispersal devices, which is a concern', Denis Flory, deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told Reuters ahead of a nuclear security summit next week.
In the immediate aftermath of the attacks
of 9/11/2001, news stories regularly raised the awful specter of terrorists
using either 'dirty bombs' or small suitcase nukes. We endured these stories
for almost two years, and then they mercifully disappeared from our news. Now,
such stories are back.
Recent global instability in the Arab
world means that risks of an uncontrolled spread of materials and the demand
for them could be on the up again. As the use of nuclear technology widens and
spreads to relatively poorly-secured areas, such as hospitals, the task for
potential terrorists could become easier, according to the IAEA officials. The
sophistication of technology available to terrorists is also possibly rising,
though impossible to accurately monitor until they are caught.
What is the answer to this
"terrible" problem?
"There is still a lot of work to
do,” summed up Flory, ahead of a worldwide nuclear summit that will begin in
The Hague next week. World leaders from 53 countries are expected to call for
more international action to help prevent radical groups from obtaining atomic
bombs.
The globalists constantly have five
disasters in play and of course the answer to their global disasters and
problems is international action. The five global disasters in play are:
1) Global Warming / Global Cooling /
Global Climate Change
2) Global Terrorism
3) Global War
4) Global Economic Disaster
5) Global
Virus Pandemic
The dirty bomb and proliferation of
nuclear weapons newest global 'threat" would fall under "Global
Terrorism", one of the most fundamental of created crises designed to
frighten people into accepting a global dictatorship. Let us now examine why we
should not need to fear a terrorist attack using any kind of a nuclear device.
When and if a nuclear terrorist attack
does occur, all Americans must know that American officials working on behalf
of the Illuminati, committed the terrorist act, just as they carried out the 9/11
attacks.
"If an internal nuclear attack ever
occurs in this country without a major failure of our satellite
assets...perhaps we should rethink just who the enemy really is..."
These opening words are shocking, and
they are intended to be. The writer wanted all of us to know that America has
the technical capability to stop any terrorist in his tracks if he ever dares
try to sneak nuclear weapons into this country. Let us now review the rest of
the story.
As you have probably heard from the major
news networks, there is some concern about the so-called portable nuclear
devices developed by the old USSR. Their former head of the KGB has confirmed
the existence of 150 portable devices: 100 of which are presently unaccounted
for, none of these devices are missing; we know exactly where these devices are
located at any given point in time.
This is not classified but this is how I
know this information. A series of satellites were put into orbit in 1989 and
subsequently that carried special sensor devices that can detect high-velocity
spin-off particles from enriched uranium.
These particles are essential for nuclear devices. Due to the small size
and velocity of these particles, no amount of shielding can block them not even lead or subterranean
bunkers. Radiation hazards from these particles are minimal due to limited
quantity. Our satellites are
fool-proof in detecting and pin-pointing the locations of enriched uranium
throughout the world. This type of work is called hyper-spectral analysis and I worked this mission for the U.S. Army.
The mask is now off the stories that Bush
and Blair lied to us about. We invaded Iraq based on a lie.
This deception is so very great that we
are seeing Jesus' prophetic warnings that one of the hallmark characteristics
of the End of the Age would be unparalleled and deceptive lying. Matthew 24:6-8
and 24:24 are coming true on a daily basis in our daily news. Friends, the End
of the Age is upon us.
The original lies from the attacks of
9/11/2001 are being repeated again. We must remain vigilant to debunk this
propaganda lie with the truth. As Jesus promised, "Know the truth, and the
truth shall make you free".Below is a video of the Cupid Drone that shoots a 80,000 volt taser at its target; it is going to be living hell during the "Great Trib".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgt9ElQZ-cc
Friends, the story below is truly the Bible tells us that in the "End Times" people will be cold -hearted and lack compassion for their fellow human beings. Aborted babies are being
incinerated and used to heat hospitals in the United Kingdom. The news caused
authorities to issue an instant ban on the "totally unacceptable"
practice.
At least 15,500 aborted or miscarried babies were classified as clinical waste and subsequently incinerated, with some being used to heat English hospitals, Britain's Channel 4 revealed in its "Dispatches" series documentary that will air Monday night.
According to the report, as many as 10 employees at England's National Health Service admitted to having burned the fetal remains that had been mixed with rubbish, with two others employees saying that the aborted or miscarried bodies were used in the country's "waste-to-energy" plants to generate power for heat.
The report also found that parents who lost children early on in their pregnancy were not consulted by hospital staff as to what would happen to the unborn baby's remains, and received consultation that frequently lacked compassion.
UK Health Minister Dr. Dan Poulter called the practice "totally unacceptable,".
"That is why I have asked Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS medical director, to write to all NHS hospital trusts, to make it clear that it must stop now," Poulter said.
"While the vast majority of hospitals are acting in the appropriate way, that must be the case for all hospitals and the Human Tissue Authority has now been asked to ensure that it acts on this issue without delay," Poulter added with regards to the treatment of parents.
English actress and former Britain’s Got Talent star Amanda Holden, who took part in the documentary, was taken aback by what the investigation unearthed,
At least 15,500 aborted or miscarried babies were classified as clinical waste and subsequently incinerated, with some being used to heat English hospitals, Britain's Channel 4 revealed in its "Dispatches" series documentary that will air Monday night.
According to the report, as many as 10 employees at England's National Health Service admitted to having burned the fetal remains that had been mixed with rubbish, with two others employees saying that the aborted or miscarried bodies were used in the country's "waste-to-energy" plants to generate power for heat.
The report also found that parents who lost children early on in their pregnancy were not consulted by hospital staff as to what would happen to the unborn baby's remains, and received consultation that frequently lacked compassion.
UK Health Minister Dr. Dan Poulter called the practice "totally unacceptable,".
"That is why I have asked Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS medical director, to write to all NHS hospital trusts, to make it clear that it must stop now," Poulter said.
"While the vast majority of hospitals are acting in the appropriate way, that must be the case for all hospitals and the Human Tissue Authority has now been asked to ensure that it acts on this issue without delay," Poulter added with regards to the treatment of parents.
English actress and former Britain’s Got Talent star Amanda Holden, who took part in the documentary, was taken aback by what the investigation unearthed,
"I was shocked
at some of the discoveries I made during filming," Holden said in a
preview clip. "The mothers I spoke to said that despite the best
intentions of individual nurses and doctors, they sometimes felt that hospitals
weren’t as compassionate as they should be towards them."
Between 2011 and 2013, the "waste to energy" facility at Ipswich Hospital, reportedly incinerated 1,101 fetuses, while Addenbrooke’s in Cambridge, one of the nation's leading hospitals, incinerated 797 babies below 13 weeks gestation at their own "waste to energy" plant, the Telegraph noted. According to the newspaper, the mothers had been told their aborted or miscarried babies were going to be "cremated."
Despite ongoing talks and negotiations between Iran and the West over the Iranian nuclear program, Israel is taking no chances. Based on recent statements by senior military officers, a whopping amount of at least 10 billion shekels ($2.89 billion) has been set aside by Israel for a potential unilateral military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities in 2014.
Between 2011 and 2013, the "waste to energy" facility at Ipswich Hospital, reportedly incinerated 1,101 fetuses, while Addenbrooke’s in Cambridge, one of the nation's leading hospitals, incinerated 797 babies below 13 weeks gestation at their own "waste to energy" plant, the Telegraph noted. According to the newspaper, the mothers had been told their aborted or miscarried babies were going to be "cremated."
Despite ongoing talks and negotiations between Iran and the West over the Iranian nuclear program, Israel is taking no chances. Based on recent statements by senior military officers, a whopping amount of at least 10 billion shekels ($2.89 billion) has been set aside by Israel for a potential unilateral military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities in 2014.
The information comes from three Knesset members who attended
joint committee hearings on Israel Defense Forces (IDF) plans held in January
and February. This decision effectively retains the same budgetary allocation
made in 2013 for the possible strike, and reflects the determination of the
Israeli government not to be bound by the interim accord that was reached
between Iran and the Western nations. And as second-round talks on a permanent
accord resumed over the past few weeks in Vienna, Austria, Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has continued to reiterate this viewpoint: “…letting
Iran enrich uranium would open up the floodgates…That must not happen. And we
will make sure it does not happen.”
The Israeli government decision is based on the stated need to
ensure its self defense, even as it becomes clearer that the U.S is not going to
lead the campaign against Iran or to be a dependable ally for a military
solution against Iran.
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said, “Israel will do what it must
to defend itself…We thought that the one who needs to lead the campaign against
Iran is the U.S…we (now) have to behave as if we can only rely on
ourselves…Weakness certainly does not pay in the world, no one can replace the
U.S. as the world's policeman. I hope the U.S. will come to its senses."
Ya'alon made these comments with reference to the crisis in the
Ukraine as an example of declining U.S. influence globally, given that Russian
President Vladimir Putin seems unimpressed with President Obama's warnings.
The latest round of talks involves the European Union, Iran and
top diplomats of the six ‘P5+1’ powers(U.S., U.K., France, Russia, China and
Germany) working towards brokering a permanent accord by July.
Iranian media reported that officials with the Iranian delegation
said this round of talks will focus on how much uranium enrichment Iran will be
permitted as part of a final accord, along with the future of the heavy water
plant at Arak and the lifting of sanctions. As usual Iranian Foreign Minister
Mohammed Jawad Zarif said that Iran is not seeking nuclear weapons
and said the West’s suspicions will threaten Iran’s national security. Zarif
said Iran must convince the West that it is not seeking nuclear arms, based on
an unpublicized fatwa ostensibly written by supreme leader Ali Khamenei
forbidding production of nuclear weapons.
A Nimitz class aircraft carrier and the fake Iranian carrier |
The fake aircraft carrier |
Iran is constructing a large-scale replica of a U.S. military aircraft
carrier, complete with fake U.S-style airplanes, near the southern port city of
Bandar Abbas.
The mock super-carrier seems to have been modeled off of an American
Nimitz-class (CVN 68) carrier, down to the number “68″ painted on the flight
deck, though its intended use remains a mystery.
According to one U.S. official, the mock-up is more akin to a
Hollywood set than an actual warship.
The U.S. government does not believe the carrier is functional, or
that Iran is even capable of building an aircraft carrier.
The purpose of the fake carrier is unknown, perhaps Iran is planning
to destroy it in a propaganda move. The Iranian government has blown up target
barges in the past and aired the footage on its state-run media.
Nimitz-class carriers are the centerpiece of U.S. naval forces, and
the largest warships in the world. Few countries have nuclear-powered carriers
in their fleets.
The revelation that Iran is constructing this mock carrier comes at a
potentially pivotal moment in U.S.-Iranian relations.
Back in November, negotiations between Iran and a coalition of
countries that includes the United States brought about an interim agreement
over Iran’s nuclear program. Iran agreed to roll back parts of the program in
exchange for an end to certain economic sanctions.
Negotiations on a larger deal are ongoing.
On Thursday, in a message to the Iranian people to commemorate the
Persian new year, Obama said he is “committed to diplomacy” with Iran.
But amid the softened rhetoric, there is lingering mistrust in both
countries.
In January, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that
the Obama administration has been mischaracterizing the terms of the agreement.
Hezbollah flag |
On 25
March the situation in Israel got a little more tense and a little more
uncertain. An IDF patrol was attacked in the Golan Heights, and Israel struck
back. Such events are fairly common, sadly, but this one could spell the
beginning of a new chapter in the history of the Middle East. Developments are
still unfolding, but signs point not only to the erosion of the extended period
of quiet between Syria and Israel, but also a significant change in the
convoluted relationship between Damascus and Hezbollah.
Some background: Hezbollah was founded in 1982 by a group from inside Iran's Revolutionary Guard, together with Lebanese Shiite Clerics, the majority of whom received their religious instruction in the city of Qom, in Iran.
From its inception, the group received a frosty reception from the elder Assad, Hafez al-Assad (Bashar's late father). In fact, Hafez actually nurtured the rival Shiite Amal movement, and in 1987, sent tanks and other assets to fight Hezbollah directly.
These days, it seems that times, and circumstances have changed. With the passing of the elder Assad in 2000, his son Bashar has moved increasingly closer to Hezbollah. The younger Assad has actively armed the Shiite organization with every sort of rocket, missile, and weapon he can, in order to strengthen Syrian deterrence against hated Israel. Before the onset of the civil war, Bashar's assumption was that although Syria might be unable to reclaim the Golan Heights directly, Hezbollah could underscore the price of not reaching an accord with Damascus on that matter.
For years Bashar has assisted Hezbollah with training and equipment, always careful not to supply the group with sensitive weapons that would risk Israeli ire and wrath. This policy resulted in a huge supply of missiles, produced for Hezbollah but stored in secret locations around Syria, ready for the decisive moment (escalation vs. Israel), when it came.
The civil war in Syria has changed the game. It used to be the case that Syria saw Hezbollah as a net cost...a burden. Now it seems that it is the other way around. When Bashar's government began to falter under the rebel onslaught, he requested assistance from Hezbollah. That group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah flatly refused. It was only under pressure from Iran's supreme leader that the group ultimately complied, and since then, Hezbollah has committed itself to the curious task of saving President Bashar Assad.
The operation has been a success so far. Victories have come since the group's involvement, but it has also not been without cost, mostly in the form of support. Hezbollah formerly enjoyed widespread support across the Middle East. Now, in a significant shift, they have become al-Qaeda's favorite target in the region.
The biggest boon, however, has been that the Assad regime is now completely dependent on Hezbollah for its continued existence.
On its own, the Syrian Army has proved completely incapable of dealing with the rebel threat. Assad needs Hezbollah's continuous involvement, and since Nasrallah began getting involved, the tide has indeed been turning. There is now a “clear corridor” along the Lebanese border for Assad, and rebel supply lines have been disrupted.
Gone is the old Syrian perception that Lebanon was its playing field. In the new reality, Hezbollah increasingly sees Syria as its playing field, and recently Hezbollah has demanded, and begun to receive those aforementioned missiles that Syria had been storing. Assad now allows the group to operate anywhere it chooses, including the Golan Heights.
Some background: Hezbollah was founded in 1982 by a group from inside Iran's Revolutionary Guard, together with Lebanese Shiite Clerics, the majority of whom received their religious instruction in the city of Qom, in Iran.
From its inception, the group received a frosty reception from the elder Assad, Hafez al-Assad (Bashar's late father). In fact, Hafez actually nurtured the rival Shiite Amal movement, and in 1987, sent tanks and other assets to fight Hezbollah directly.
These days, it seems that times, and circumstances have changed. With the passing of the elder Assad in 2000, his son Bashar has moved increasingly closer to Hezbollah. The younger Assad has actively armed the Shiite organization with every sort of rocket, missile, and weapon he can, in order to strengthen Syrian deterrence against hated Israel. Before the onset of the civil war, Bashar's assumption was that although Syria might be unable to reclaim the Golan Heights directly, Hezbollah could underscore the price of not reaching an accord with Damascus on that matter.
For years Bashar has assisted Hezbollah with training and equipment, always careful not to supply the group with sensitive weapons that would risk Israeli ire and wrath. This policy resulted in a huge supply of missiles, produced for Hezbollah but stored in secret locations around Syria, ready for the decisive moment (escalation vs. Israel), when it came.
The civil war in Syria has changed the game. It used to be the case that Syria saw Hezbollah as a net cost...a burden. Now it seems that it is the other way around. When Bashar's government began to falter under the rebel onslaught, he requested assistance from Hezbollah. That group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah flatly refused. It was only under pressure from Iran's supreme leader that the group ultimately complied, and since then, Hezbollah has committed itself to the curious task of saving President Bashar Assad.
The operation has been a success so far. Victories have come since the group's involvement, but it has also not been without cost, mostly in the form of support. Hezbollah formerly enjoyed widespread support across the Middle East. Now, in a significant shift, they have become al-Qaeda's favorite target in the region.
The biggest boon, however, has been that the Assad regime is now completely dependent on Hezbollah for its continued existence.
On its own, the Syrian Army has proved completely incapable of dealing with the rebel threat. Assad needs Hezbollah's continuous involvement, and since Nasrallah began getting involved, the tide has indeed been turning. There is now a “clear corridor” along the Lebanese border for Assad, and rebel supply lines have been disrupted.
Gone is the old Syrian perception that Lebanon was its playing field. In the new reality, Hezbollah increasingly sees Syria as its playing field, and recently Hezbollah has demanded, and begun to receive those aforementioned missiles that Syria had been storing. Assad now allows the group to operate anywhere it chooses, including the Golan Heights.
This
“green light” to go and do as it pleases could pose serious problems to Assad
when the civil war finally ends, should Hezbollah opt to remain in Syria. Using
their position and freedom to move, they could opt to take revenge against
Israel, as, in fact, they began trying to do today.
It should be noted that Assad has something of an interest in punishing Israel as well, and making that nation pay for striking Syrian or Hezbollah targets. Still, the potential complications for Assad from the attack in the Golan are much more serious than they are for Hezbollah. At a time when his military is already reeling, the last thing he needs is an escalation with Israel.
As ever, the problem is that it is nearly impossible to know Assad's mind. As he has shown, his decision making is complicated. Enigmatic. It is also possible that one of Assad's subordinates will simply take matters into his own hands, and do something that could lead to a further escalation with Israel, which in turn, could lead to a significantly wider conflict. At this point, it is just impossible to say which direction he will turn.
It should be noted that Assad has something of an interest in punishing Israel as well, and making that nation pay for striking Syrian or Hezbollah targets. Still, the potential complications for Assad from the attack in the Golan are much more serious than they are for Hezbollah. At a time when his military is already reeling, the last thing he needs is an escalation with Israel.
As ever, the problem is that it is nearly impossible to know Assad's mind. As he has shown, his decision making is complicated. Enigmatic. It is also possible that one of Assad's subordinates will simply take matters into his own hands, and do something that could lead to a further escalation with Israel, which in turn, could lead to a significantly wider conflict. At this point, it is just impossible to say which direction he will turn.
Our God has created an incredible solar
system. Below are 10 facts about God’s Solar System that I bet you did not
know.
1. The hottest planet isn’t closest to the
sun. Many people
know that Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, well less than half of the
Earth’s distance. It is no mystery, therefore, why people would assume that
Mercury is the hottest planet. We know that Venus, the second planet away from
the sun, is on the average 30 million miles farther from the sun than Mercury.
The natural assumption is that being farther away, it must be cooler. But
assumptions can be dangerous. For practical consideration, Mercury has no
atmosphere, no warming blanket to help it maintain the sun’s heat. Venus, on
the other hand, is shrouded by an unexpectedly thick atmosphere, about 100
times thicker than our own on Earth. This in itself would normally serve to
prevent some of the sun’s energy from escaping back into space and thus raise
the overall temperature of the planet. But in addition to the atmosphere’s
thickness, it is composed almost entirely of carbon dioxide, a potent
greenhouse gas. The carbon dioxide freely lets solar energy in, but is far less
transparent to the longer wavelength radiation emitted by the heated surface.
Thus the temperature rises to a level far above what would be expected, making
it the hottest planet. In fact the average temperature on Venus is about 875
degrees F, hot enough to melt tin and lead. The maximum temperature on Mercury,
the planet closer to the sun, is about 800 degrees F. In addition, the lack of
atmosphere causes Mercury’s surface temperature to vary by hundreds of degrees,
whereas the thick mantle of carbon dioxide keeps the surface temperature of
Venus steady, hardly varying at all, anywhere on the planet or any time of day
or night!
The night sky in 7 billion years when the Milky Way and Andromeda merge. Don't worry friends we won't be on the Earth. |
2. Pluto is smaller than the
USA. The greatest
distance across the contiguous United States is nearly 2,900 miles (from
Northern California to Maine). By the best current estimates, Pluto is just
over 1400 miles across, less than half the width of the U.S. Certainly in size
it is much smaller than any major planet, perhaps making it a bit easier to
understand why a few years ago it was “demoted” from full planet status. It is
now known as a “dwarf planet.”
3. George Lucas doesn’t know
much about “asteroid fields.” In many science
fiction movies, spacecraft are often endangered by pesky asteroid fields. In
actuality, the only asteroid belt we are aware of exists between Mars and
Jupiter, and although there are tens of thousands of asteroids in it (perhaps
more), they are quite widely spaced and the likelihood of colliding with one is
small. In fact, spacecraft must be deliberately and carefully guided to
asteroids to have a chance of even photographing one. Given the presumed manner
of creation, it is highly unlikely that spacefarers will ever encounter
asteroid swarms or fields in deep space.
4. You can make volcanos using
water as magma. Mention
volcanoes and everyone immediately thinks of Mount St. Helens, Mount Vesuvius,
or maybe the lava caldera of Mauna Loa in Hawaii. Volcanos require molten rock
called lava (or “magma” when still underground), right? Not really. A volcano
forms when an underground reservoir of a hot, fluid mineral or gas erupts onto
the surface of a planet or other non-stellar astronomical body. The exact
composition of the mineral can vary greatly. On Earth, most volcanoes sport
lava (or magma) that has silicon, iron, magnesium, sodium, and a host of
complicated minerals. The volcanoes of Jupiter’s moon Io appear to be composed
mostly of sulfur and sulfur dioxide. But it can be simpler than that. On
Saturn’s moon Enceladus, Neptune’s moon Triton, and others, the driving force
is ice, good old frozen H20! Water expands when it freezes and
enormous pressures can build up, just as in a “normal” volcano on Earth. When
the ice erupts, a “cryovolcano” is formed. So volcanoes can operate on water as
well as molten rock. By the way, we have relatively small scale eruptions of
water on Earth called geysers. They are associated with superheated water that
has come into contact with a hot reservoir of magma.
5. The edge of the solar system
is 1,000 times farther away than Pluto. You might still
think of the solar system as extending out to the orbit of the much-loved dwarf
planet Pluto. Today we don’t even consider Pluto a full-fledged planet, but the
impression remains. Still, we have discovered numerous objects orbiting the sun
that are considerably farther than Pluto. These are “Trans-Neptunian Objects”
(TNOs), or “Kuiper Belt Objects” (KBOs). The Kuiper Belt, the first of the
sun’s two reservoirs of cometary material, is thought to extend to 50 or 60
astronomical units (AU, or the average distance of the Earth from the sun). An
even farther part of the solar system, the huge but tenuous Oort comet cloud,
may extend to 50,000 AU from the sun, or about half a light year – more than a
thousand times farther than Pluto.
6. Almost everything on Earth
is a rare element. The elemental
composition of planet Earth is mostly iron, oxygen, silicon, magnesium, sulfur,
nickel, calcium, sodium, and aluminum. While such elements have been detected
in locations throughout the universe, they are merely trace elements, vastly
overshadowed by the much greater abundances of hydrogen and helium. Thus Earth,
for the most part, is composed of rare elements. This does not signify any
special place for Earth, however. The cloud from which the Earth formed had a
much higher abundance of hydrogen and helium, but being light gases, they were
driven away into space by the sun’s heat as the Earth formed.
7. There are Mars rocks on
Earth (and we didn’t bring here). Chemical
analysis of meteorites found in Antarctica, the Sahara Desert, and elsewhere
have been shown by various means to have originated on Mars. For example, some
contain pockets of gas that is chemically identical to the martian atmosphere.
These meteorites may have been blasted away from Mars due to a larger meteoroid
or asteroid impact on Mars, or by a huge volcanic eruption, and later collided
with Earth.
8. Jupiter has the biggest ocean
of any planet. Orbiting in
cold space five times farther from the sun than Earth, Jupiter retained much
higher levels of hydrogen and helium when it formed than did our planet. In
fact, Jupiter is mostly hydrogen and helium. Given the planet’s mass and chemical
composition, physics demands that way down under the cold cloud tops, pressures
rise to the point that the hydrogen must turn to liquid. In fact there should
be a deep planetary ocean of liquid hydrogen. Computer models show that not
only is this the largest ocean known in the solar system, but that it is about
40,000 km deep – roughly as deep as the Earth is around!
9. Even really small bodies can
have moons. It was once
thought that only objects as large as planets could have natural satellites or
moons. In fact the existence of moons, or the capability of a planet to
gravitationally control a moon in orbit, was sometimes used as part of the
definition of what a planet truly is. It just didn’t seem reasonable that
smaller celestial bodies had enough gravity to hold a moon. After all, Mercury
and Venus have none at all, and Mars has only tiny moons. But in 1993, the
Galileo probe passed the 20-mile wide asteroid Ida and discovered its one-mile
wide moon, Dactyl. Since then moons have been discovered orbiting nearly 200
other minor planets, further complicating the definition of a “true” planet.
10. We live inside the sun. Normally we
think of the sun as being that big, hot ball of light 93 million miles away.
But actually, the sun’s outer atmosphere extends far beyond its visible
surface. Our planet orbits within this tenuous atmosphere, and we see evidence
of this when gusts of the solar wind generate the Northern and Southern Lights.
In that sense, we definitely live “inside” the sun. But the solar atmosphere
doesn’t end at Earth. Auroras have been observed on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
and even distant Neptune. In fact, the outer solar atmosphere, called the
“heliosphere,” is thought to extend at least 100 A.U. That’s nearly 10 billion
miles. In fact the atmosphere is likely teardrop shaped due to the sun’s motion
in space, with the “tail” extending tens to hundreds of billions of miles
downwind.
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