This photon cloud is what I was talking about in a different thread. If there high enough of a density of this cloud, it can collapse our magnetic field. I am not saying this is necessarily "bad" in the big picture, I just see it as positive energies bringing in the new.
I decided since I have mentioned this twice without verifying my information, and it appears I should have. If TN's post is correct and I was thinking of helium ions, not photons, focusing into a stream onto the earth. It is considered "harmless" though.
Note that I trimmed this quote a LOT since it was an extremely long post. Please refer to the original post if you want to see it in better context.
I decided since I have mentioned this twice without verifying my information, and it appears I should have. If TN's post is correct and I was thinking of helium ions, not photons, focusing into a stream onto the earth. It is considered "harmless" though.
(09-17-2011, 12:27 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: [...]
But Ophiuchus?
Modern astronomers don't divide the sky the same way ancient astronomers did. According to modern star maps, the sun cuts through a 13th constellation, Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer, between Nov. 30th and Dec. 17th. Astrologically speaking, if you were born between those dates you're no longer a Sagittarian, you're an Ophiuchi! But that's another story....
This story is about what really happens when the sun enters the zodiac's 13th house: An interstellar wind hits our planet.
It's a helium-rich breeze from the stars, flowing into the solar system from the direction of Ophiuchus. The sun's gravity focuses the material into a cone and Earth passes through it during the first weeks of December. We're inside the cone now.
"There's no danger to anyone on Earth," says space physicist George Gloeckler of the University of Maryland. "The helium breeze is a thousand billion billion times (1021 times) less dense than Earth's atmosphere. It cannot penetrate to the surface of our planet." Nevertheless, astronomers are keen to study it.
The breeze is a telltale sign of what lies outside the solar system. Interstellar space, the "void" between the stars, is not empty. It's filled with gigantic clouds of gas and dust. These clouds are the birthplace of stars and planets; they're also the debris left behind when stars explode. The solar system is running into one. Astronomers call it the Local Interstellar Cloud. The sun's magnetic field holds much of the cloud at bay, but some of the cloud's gas does penetrate--hence the breeze.
Above: The Sun's gravity deflects the interstellar helium breeze and causes it to pile up downstream from the sun. This concentration is helpful to spacecraft observing the wispy-thin flow. Credit: American Scientist. More
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Note that I trimmed this quote a LOT since it was an extremely long post. Please refer to the original post if you want to see it in better context.