Galactic Dust Storm Enters Solar System~Terra from the Cosmos too?!

[jus_the_facts]

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994021

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Galactic Dust Storm enters Solar System


17:20 05 August 03

NewScientist.com news service

The Sun's shifting magnetic field is set to focus a decade-long storm of galactic dust grains towards the inner Solar System, including Earth.

The effect this will have on our planet - if any - is unknown. But some researchers have speculated that sustained periods of cosmic dust bombardment might be related to ice ages and even mass extinctions.


The data come from the galactic dust grains impacts detected by DUST, an experiment on the ESA/NASA mission Ulysses, which was launched in 1990. The measurements, collected by ESA scientist Markus Landgraf and colleagues at the Max-Planck-Institute in Heidelberg, show that three times more galactic dust is now entering the Solar System than during the 1990s.

The effects of space dust on the Earth are currently unknown, but hotly debated. Every year, about 40,000 tonnes of cosmic debris fall onto the Earth, much of it creating meteors.

Some researchers have suggested recently that high dust inputs into the Earth's atmosphere, sustained for centuries or longer, could be responsible for ice ages and mass extinctions.


.....just galactic dust bunnies...or terra from the cosmos? :evilgrin:

[Warpy]

1. The only rational response to this catastrophe

...is to invoke the immortal words of Quentin Crisp: "Never sweep. After four years the dust doesn't get any worse."

[DavidDvorkin]

2. No, no. The proper response is

"This calls for a tax cut!"



http://www.dvorkin.com

[jus_the_facts]

6. .....OR......it got stir'd up by Clinton's Penis somehow.....

:evilgrin:

[Robb]

3. "40,000 tonnes of cosmic debris every year"

Ah. So I'm not gaining weight, it's just the earth is becoming more massive, and subsequently the gravitational forces acting on me are increasing.

Thank goodness. Wait'll I tell the wife.

[rogerashton]

4. Ice ages?

So, that will take care of global warming. See, W* was right all along, God is on our side and She wants us to burn all the petrochemicals we feel like buring.

[damnraddem]

5. See, this shows why it's OK that it's not my fault that my house is dirty.

It's the universe's fault. "Bad, bad universe -- you've tracked dirt all over my house!"

[jus_the_facts]

7. this calls for a new and improved *SUPER Space Swiffer*

....available NOW! Preffered by 9 out of 10 NASA employees!:D

[GAspnes]

8. how about a

"Solar-size 3M SpaceDust Filter"?

I saw an ad for one last night; just $100,000,000,000, but on sale this week for only $99,999,999,998.88! at Wal-Mart.

(Delivery, launch prep and launch, Shuttle services and generators extra. Not available on all planets. Some restrictions apply. Not for use in damp environments. Some shrinkage may occur during installation. Consult your astrophysicist before use. Do not use in conjunction with other SpaceDust(tm) products. All rights reserved. All lefts, too.)

[jus_the_facts]

9. Bwahahahahahahahaha......

.....that's PRICELESS! :D

[GAspnes]

10. thanks

[jus_the_facts]

11. that's really funny stuff....

.....laughing again now! :7

[thermodynamic]

12. 'twas nice knowing you...

so much for my idea of morals, wanna have some good sex before we all die? :evilgrin: