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		<title>By: kts</title>
		<link>http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/18/ten-mysteries-of-the-solar-system/comment-page-3/#comment-59488</link>
		<dc:creator>kts</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Could the atmosphere of the sun be heated by the suns own microwaves? They heat stuff real nicely here on earth, lol.  Could it be too that the Nebula theory is wrong and that the sun produces the comets from CME&#039;s. Seeing that the solar system is moving through space, precession of the equinox, then in order for planets, asteroids, comets etc., to keep up with the sun they had to of originated from it. Plus after reading the article on what came first SGR.A., or the stars in the galaxy, the BH did, then where did all the stars come from if they were not here before the BH? Conclusion, the BH made the matter which make up the stars, the Mayans did refer to the BH as the tree of life.  Then when NASA sent Cassini to spectrograph the rings of Saturn they found them to be older nearer to the planet and younger further away.  Another mystery that current theories cannot explain. 
I was the one who predicted that the rings would be younger further away. Seeing how the Nebula theory cannot explain the new found data then it again, must be wrong. I have an interesting idea that explains why the rings are younger further away. If my idea is right then evidence can be found in the age of the planets, Mercury being the oldest planet and Pluto the youngest. If this if found, I can&#039;t find it anywhere on the net, then how can the Nebula theory go about explaining that?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Could the atmosphere of the sun be heated by the suns own microwaves? They heat stuff real nicely here on earth, lol.  Could it be too that the Nebula theory is wrong and that the sun produces the comets from CME&#039;s. Seeing that the solar system is moving through space, precession of the equinox, then in order for planets, asteroids, comets etc., to keep up with the sun they had to of originated from it. Plus after reading the article on what came first SGR.A., or the stars in the galaxy, the BH did, then where did all the stars come from if they were not here before the BH? Conclusion, the BH made the matter which make up the stars, the Mayans did refer to the BH as the tree of life.  Then when NASA sent Cassini to spectrograph the rings of Saturn they found them to be older nearer to the planet and younger further away.  Another mystery that current theories cannot explain.<br />
I was the one who predicted that the rings would be younger further away. Seeing how the Nebula theory cannot explain the new found data then it again, must be wrong. I have an interesting idea that explains why the rings are younger further away. If my idea is right then evidence can be found in the age of the planets, Mercury being the oldest planet and Pluto the youngest. If this if found, I can&#039;t find it anywhere on the net, then how can the Nebula theory go about explaining that?</p>
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		<title>By: George Manos</title>
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		<dc:creator>George Manos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you could drill a hole thru the center of the earth and and line it with a pipe drop
 a ball from eather end the ball would make a bungie stop in the center of the earth 
 within the pipe. 

  Lets say we drill that hole thru the earth between the center and the crust again line 
  it with the same pipe. 

 example from new york to Las angeles.

  Just like the pipe lined hole thrue the center of the earth
  you standing at one end I at the other we could make visual contact.

 We both would be looking down hill. We each dropped a ball in the drilled hole the balls 
 would bounce togeather and stay trapped in the middle. although it a straight line

  We take that same pipe and lay it on the edge of the earth the ball would settle to the 
 center of the pipe closest to the crust of the earth.

 I call the settling spot the (V) of gravity

 This is how I feel the moon is in the gravity (V) of the earth The moon and the earth 
 in the (V) of the sun and all planets in the (V) of some other bodies and all in the (V)
 of each other with one master (V)

 All metors are falling somewhere. This could be how spacecraft get around they have 
 discouverd how to ride the (V) highway

 Say now we could take the center out of the middle of the earth, Like pitting an avacado
 without desterbing the outer layer. Question would the cintrifical forse of the spinning 
 earth keep your feet planted so you could walk the unside of the orbe. 

 OR: would you float helpelessly in the center of the pitted avacado.

 Is the universe like a pitted avacado? Think about it, it acts like one.

 Go to your garage and weld a handle in the center of a pipe. so you can spin the pipe. 
 Now insert a marbel and spin the pipe. The marble would fly out of one end or the other
 of the pipe.

 Take that same pipe and marble into space and spin the pipe and I think you&#039;ll find that 
 the marble finds the center of the pipe and stays there as long as the pipe is spinning.

 Sorry about the spelling Hope you can read dislexeia

  My thoughts, Thanks 
  George Manos</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you could drill a hole thru the center of the earth and and line it with a pipe drop<br />
 a ball from eather end the ball would make a bungie stop in the center of the earth<br />
 within the pipe. </p>
<p>  Lets say we drill that hole thru the earth between the center and the crust again line<br />
  it with the same pipe. </p>
<p> example from new york to Las angeles.</p>
<p>  Just like the pipe lined hole thrue the center of the earth<br />
  you standing at one end I at the other we could make visual contact.</p>
<p> We both would be looking down hill. We each dropped a ball in the drilled hole the balls<br />
 would bounce togeather and stay trapped in the middle. although it a straight line</p>
<p>  We take that same pipe and lay it on the edge of the earth the ball would settle to the<br />
 center of the pipe closest to the crust of the earth.</p>
<p> I call the settling spot the (V) of gravity</p>
<p> This is how I feel the moon is in the gravity (V) of the earth The moon and the earth<br />
 in the (V) of the sun and all planets in the (V) of some other bodies and all in the (V)<br />
 of each other with one master (V)</p>
<p> All metors are falling somewhere. This could be how spacecraft get around they have<br />
 discouverd how to ride the (V) highway</p>
<p> Say now we could take the center out of the middle of the earth, Like pitting an avacado<br />
 without desterbing the outer layer. Question would the cintrifical forse of the spinning<br />
 earth keep your feet planted so you could walk the unside of the orbe. </p>
<p> OR: would you float helpelessly in the center of the pitted avacado.</p>
<p> Is the universe like a pitted avacado? Think about it, it acts like one.</p>
<p> Go to your garage and weld a handle in the center of a pipe. so you can spin the pipe.<br />
 Now insert a marbel and spin the pipe. The marble would fly out of one end or the other<br />
 of the pipe.</p>
<p> Take that same pipe and marble into space and spin the pipe and I think you&#039;ll find that<br />
 the marble finds the center of the pipe and stays there as long as the pipe is spinning.</p>
<p> Sorry about the spelling Hope you can read dislexeia</p>
<p>  My thoughts, Thanks<br />
  George Manos</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ian,
Great article mate and as &#039;Ignoramus&#039; said in one of the posts, &quot;Thanks for keeping the sensationalism out of the article&quot;.

Most of the article about Deep Space are either written in a sensational way or sci-fi way. We need this kind of factual articles which makes us think.

Thinking and expressing your thoughts about deep space or any space theory/ objects the way you think should be appreciated as there are no concreate theory/ies for the space yet, thus these thoughts help us to further debate and explore.

I think to our generation the object that can reach to the farthest of the space and phenomemon will be our thought.

Keep thinking and sharing your thought.

And Ian, all the best mate and waiting to rea more from you.


- Mike</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ian,<br />
Great article mate and as &#039;Ignoramus&#039; said in one of the posts, &#034;Thanks for keeping the sensationalism out of the article&#034;.</p>
<p>Most of the article about Deep Space are either written in a sensational way or sci-fi way. We need this kind of factual articles which makes us think.</p>
<p>Thinking and expressing your thoughts about deep space or any space theory/ objects the way you think should be appreciated as there are no concreate theory/ies for the space yet, thus these thoughts help us to further debate and explore.</p>
<p>I think to our generation the object that can reach to the farthest of the space and phenomemon will be our thought.</p>
<p>Keep thinking and sharing your thought.</p>
<p>And Ian, all the best mate and waiting to rea more from you.</p>
<p>- Mike</p>
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		<title>By: Thomas Kent</title>
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		<dc:creator>Thomas Kent</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Until scientists recognize the fact that the sun is really an electrified plasma ball, they will continue to be puzzled by its behavior.

The whole universe is powered more by electricity than by gravity.  The inverse square law that gravity operates by prevents greater interaction by this force. Electrical energy is not confined to this reductionist law.

We live in an electric universe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Until scientists recognize the fact that the sun is really an electrified plasma ball, they will continue to be puzzled by its behavior.</p>
<p>The whole universe is powered more by electricity than by gravity.  The inverse square law that gravity operates by prevents greater interaction by this force. Electrical energy is not confined to this reductionist law.</p>
<p>We live in an electric universe.</p>
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		<title>By: Garison</title>
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		<dc:creator>Garison</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think a few of these mysteries can be solved just by stretching the brain a little.  (Sorry, Attila Gel, bu it is possible.)

Let&#039;s imagine that some while ago -- 65 million years or so, long before Pluto was demoted -- there were ten planets: five rocky worlds, a few gas giants, and an ice ball.

Then, one day, without warning (because there was no one around to see it) something slammed into the fifth planet.  It might have been a rogue planet, or a big ice ball, or it may have been the planet&#039;s own unstable nature.

Whatever the cause, the fifth planet was all but disintegrated.  Chunks flew in all directions: one may have sideswiped what is now Mars, carving out the southern hemisphere; one may have reversed the spin on Venus; another might have knocked Uranus on its ear; and a sizable one killed the dinosaurs on Earth (while yet another still draws tourists to Australia).

In time, the inner planets drifted outward to fill the void.  Earth went from unbearably hot to temperate.  Formerly temperate Mars became icy.  The debris spread out until it completely encircled the sun.  (In the fantasy version of this story, the Martians recognized their plight, and moved all of their belongings to Earth.)

Since all of the planets were formed in essentially the same way, this theory makes more sense to me than the prevailing notion that one of the planets simply forgot to form.

-garison</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think a few of these mysteries can be solved just by stretching the brain a little.  (Sorry, Attila Gel, bu it is possible.)</p>
<p>Let&#039;s imagine that some while ago &#8212; 65 million years or so, long before Pluto was demoted &#8212; there were ten planets: five rocky worlds, a few gas giants, and an ice ball.</p>
<p>Then, one day, without warning (because there was no one around to see it) something slammed into the fifth planet.  It might have been a rogue planet, or a big ice ball, or it may have been the planet&#039;s own unstable nature.</p>
<p>Whatever the cause, the fifth planet was all but disintegrated.  Chunks flew in all directions: one may have sideswiped what is now Mars, carving out the southern hemisphere; one may have reversed the spin on Venus; another might have knocked Uranus on its ear; and a sizable one killed the dinosaurs on Earth (while yet another still draws tourists to Australia).</p>
<p>In time, the inner planets drifted outward to fill the void.  Earth went from unbearably hot to temperate.  Formerly temperate Mars became icy.  The debris spread out until it completely encircled the sun.  (In the fantasy version of this story, the Martians recognized their plight, and moved all of their belongings to Earth.)</p>
<p>Since all of the planets were formed in essentially the same way, this theory makes more sense to me than the prevailing notion that one of the planets simply forgot to form.</p>
<p>-garison</p>
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		<title>By: Vezice</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vezice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gosh, I love a good mystery! And here we have ten of themâ€¦and you&#039;re just scratching the surface. The more we learn, the less we know, the less we know, the greater our curiosity. It&#039;s a blessed cycle designed right into us. And when I contemplate the universe, I&#039;m always left with the idea that the Universe knows exactly what it is doing, and all we can do is stare in wonder and play with this grand puzzle to our heart&#039;s content. Thanks for a fantastic article. What a great way to start my day!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gosh, I love a good mystery! And here we have ten of themâ€¦and you&#039;re just scratching the surface. The more we learn, the less we know, the less we know, the greater our curiosity. It&#039;s a blessed cycle designed right into us. And when I contemplate the universe, I&#039;m always left with the idea that the Universe knows exactly what it is doing, and all we can do is stare in wonder and play with this grand puzzle to our heart&#039;s content. Thanks for a fantastic article. What a great way to start my day!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Mandar</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mandar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great Article Ian !!!</description>
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		<title>By: Dr. K</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dr. K</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gosh, I love a good mystery!  And here we have ten of them...and you&#039;re just scratching the surface.  The more we learn, the less we know, the less we know, the greater our curiosity.  It&#039;s a blessed cycle designed right into us. And when I contemplate the universe, I&#039;m always left with the idea that the Universe knows exactly what it is doing, and all we can do is stare in wonder and play with this grand puzzle to our heart&#039;s content.   Thanks for a fantastic article.  What a great way to start my day!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gosh, I love a good mystery!  And here we have ten of them&#8230;and you&#039;re just scratching the surface.  The more we learn, the less we know, the less we know, the greater our curiosity.  It&#039;s a blessed cycle designed right into us. And when I contemplate the universe, I&#039;m always left with the idea that the Universe knows exactly what it is doing, and all we can do is stare in wonder and play with this grand puzzle to our heart&#039;s content.   Thanks for a fantastic article.  What a great way to start my day!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Todd Sieling</title>
		<link>http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/18/ten-mysteries-of-the-solar-system/comment-page-2/#comment-30087</link>
		<dc:creator>Todd Sieling</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great writeup, Ian. Each of these was meaty enough to be its own blog post, and makes for a perfect morning read.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great writeup, Ian. Each of these was meaty enough to be its own blog post, and makes for a perfect morning read.</p>
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		<title>By: mike</title>
		<link>http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/18/ten-mysteries-of-the-solar-system/comment-page-2/#comment-30083</link>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, Nikola Tesla was responsible for the Tunguska Explosion.  Perhaps the South Pole region is colder than the North Pole region because salt water is a better conductor then earth.  MOK</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, Nikola Tesla was responsible for the Tunguska Explosion.  Perhaps the South Pole region is colder than the North Pole region because salt water is a better conductor then earth.  MOK</p>
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		<title>By: Chris</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ummm... Maybe I&#039;m missing something, but maybe the Voyager probes acceleration towards the Sun is caused by the Sun&#039;s gravity??? Sorry but it just kinda jumped out at me when I read that</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ummm&#8230; Maybe I&#039;m missing something, but maybe the Voyager probes acceleration towards the Sun is caused by the Sun&#039;s gravity??? Sorry but it just kinda jumped out at me when I read that</p>
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		<title>By: VivianL</title>
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		<dc:creator>VivianL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>These are great mysteries of God. Praise Him!</description>
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		<title>By: butane bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>butane bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Physicist Nikola Tesla was responsible for the Tunguska Explosion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Physicist Nikola Tesla was responsible for the Tunguska Explosion.</p>
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		<title>By: Marco Fitz</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marco Fitz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>PS: awesome article!</description>
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		<title>By: Syed h.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Syed h.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very interesting and informative article.</description>
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		<title>By: Marco Fitz</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marco Fitz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>why can&#039;t see the Oort Cloud with the Hubble Telescope?

sorry... my knowledge is limited... but i love science</description>
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<p>sorry&#8230; my knowledge is limited&#8230; but i love science</p>
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		<title>By: Adam</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi All

Just a few responses to John Kulick&#039;s mysteries

(1) Excess heat - Safir is right, as different models of gas giants produce different cooling timescales. The high pressure behaviour of hydrogen and helium is still largely a big blank. Also there might be other energy sources other than the initial gravitational collapse. Helium rain-out is one suggestion, another is natural fission reactors in the deep core.

(2) Angular momentum - most is in the planets, so the current puzzle is just how it was transferred from the collapsing Sun to the nebula disk. Magnetic coupling is one reasonable possibility - intense magnetic fields are seen in young stars and they might be sufficient. Another possibility is convection in the collapsing proto-solar cloud. Or the Sun formed separately and captured the planets from a fellow proto-star in their common birth nebula.

(3)The Inner Planets - formed without gaseous envelopes because of the bright early Sun. No mystery there. The real puzzle is how Hot Jupiters got to their current orbits, and that is explained by orbital migration, which was recently in the news. Another possibility is that captured planets on nearly hyperbolic orbits encountered retardation by a gas/dust disk which slowed them for capture, but dissipated before the planets circularised their orbits.

There&#039;s lots of mysteries, but there&#039;s also lots of theories on how they came about. The adventure of science is that there is so much yet to discover, and the work of science is developing experiments (lab or observational) to distinguish between all the good ideas available.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi All</p>
<p>Just a few responses to John Kulick&#039;s mysteries</p>
<p>(1) Excess heat &#8211; Safir is right, as different models of gas giants produce different cooling timescales. The high pressure behaviour of hydrogen and helium is still largely a big blank. Also there might be other energy sources other than the initial gravitational collapse. Helium rain-out is one suggestion, another is natural fission reactors in the deep core.</p>
<p>(2) Angular momentum &#8211; most is in the planets, so the current puzzle is just how it was transferred from the collapsing Sun to the nebula disk. Magnetic coupling is one reasonable possibility &#8211; intense magnetic fields are seen in young stars and they might be sufficient. Another possibility is convection in the collapsing proto-solar cloud. Or the Sun formed separately and captured the planets from a fellow proto-star in their common birth nebula.</p>
<p>(3)The Inner Planets &#8211; formed without gaseous envelopes because of the bright early Sun. No mystery there. The real puzzle is how Hot Jupiters got to their current orbits, and that is explained by orbital migration, which was recently in the news. Another possibility is that captured planets on nearly hyperbolic orbits encountered retardation by a gas/dust disk which slowed them for capture, but dissipated before the planets circularised their orbits.</p>
<p>There&#039;s lots of mysteries, but there&#039;s also lots of theories on how they came about. The adventure of science is that there is so much yet to discover, and the work of science is developing experiments (lab or observational) to distinguish between all the good ideas available.</p>
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		<title>By: Lupi</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lupi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mystery solved! God used a giant solar powered cordless screwdriver with an Allen (hexagonal) bit to get Saturn spinning. Be interesting to see if one is here when the ice caps melt. Hold on. There&#039;s somebody at the front door. Whoa! Guys! You&#039;re supposed to laugh, not burn me at the stake!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mystery solved! God used a giant solar powered cordless screwdriver with an Allen (hexagonal) bit to get Saturn spinning. Be interesting to see if one is here when the ice caps melt. Hold on. There&#039;s somebody at the front door. Whoa! Guys! You&#039;re supposed to laugh, not burn me at the stake!</p>
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		<title>By: 800HIghTech</title>
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		<dc:creator>800HIghTech</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, that was indepth! Great article though, lots of information...some good theories in the comments too....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, that was indepth! Great article though, lots of information&#8230;some good theories in the comments too&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Brandon Abell</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brandon Abell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As for why the sun is &quot;hotter&quot; farther from the surface than at the surface -- well, temperature is a measurement of the kinetic energy of particles.  The massive gravity of the sun would tend to pull any gas molecules to its center.  This would compress the gas closest to the sun to such an extent that it has less kinetic energy (because there would be nowhere, relatively speaking, for the molecules to move) and is &quot;cooler.&quot;  The gas molecules away from the surface would have more freedom of movement and would show a higher temperature.

This is my theory. . .   But it seems logical to me.  :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As for why the sun is &#034;hotter&#034; farther from the surface than at the surface &#8212; well, temperature is a measurement of the kinetic energy of particles.  The massive gravity of the sun would tend to pull any gas molecules to its center.  This would compress the gas closest to the sun to such an extent that it has less kinetic energy (because there would be nowhere, relatively speaking, for the molecules to move) and is &#034;cooler.&#034;  The gas molecules away from the surface would have more freedom of movement and would show a higher temperature.</p>
<p>This is my theory. . .   But it seems logical to me.  <img src='http://www.universetoday.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Unbeliever</title>
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		<dc:creator>Unbeliever</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>what if Planet Nibiru has an influence with it&#039;s gravity, over the Pioneer probes, as it makes it&#039;s way towards Earth? this would explain both myster no. 2 and the doom theory.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>what if Planet Nibiru has an influence with it&#039;s gravity, over the Pioneer probes, as it makes it&#039;s way towards Earth? this would explain both myster no. 2 and the doom theory.</p>
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		<title>By: Ricardo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ricardo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great stuff, but what about the hexagon formation in Saturn&#039;s pole ?? Now that is freakin&#039; awesome...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great stuff, but what about the hexagon formation in Saturn&#039;s pole ?? Now that is freakin&#039; awesome&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Ignoramus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ignoramus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very good article Ian!
I am glad you seem to have abandoned the &quot;Sensationalist&quot; style.</description>
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I am glad you seem to have abandoned the &#034;Sensationalist&#034; style.</p>
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		<title>By: Safir</title>
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		<dc:creator>Safir</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Another mystery I&#039;d like to point out: What powers the gas giants? Afaik, all of them radiate more energy than they receive from the sun. It will remain a mystery until we figure out how their inner core works.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another mystery I&#039;d like to point out: What powers the gas giants? Afaik, all of them radiate more energy than they receive from the sun. It will remain a mystery until we figure out how their inner core works.</p>
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		<title>By: Lon Cohen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lon Cohen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry for the double post. The site timed out but posted the first comment anyway, which I tried to recreate from memory. Close...</description>
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