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Supernova debris found on Earth
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| 02 November 2004
| Mark Peplow
Posted on 11/24/2004 1:22:08 PM PST by Phsstpok
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To: Phsstpok
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posted on
11/24/2004 2:42:13 PM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(Pass Tort Reform Now! Make the bottom clean for the catfish!)
To: Phsstpok
There was a rock...the monkey got cold...and it evolved because it needed to build a fire. Well Halleluiah! They proved the theory. No more debate necessary.
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posted on
11/24/2004 2:57:11 PM PST
by
Giliad
(Ouside of a dog a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.)
To: Batrachian
In stellar fusion, the process isn't a straight "straight" to iron, but other
lighter atoms fuse creating cobalt, nickel, zinc, etc, are created, but not in quantities
anywhere near the amount of iron.
To: Luke
I agree. It is impossible to date anything with any type of isotope unless you have something that you can prove was made at the date you are looking at. A million years, a billion years or 50 years... it does not make any difference unless you already have a sample that was also made at that time. This is all intellectual BS.Not true. Looking at the daughter product ratios gives the initial date and isotope composition.
To: Batrachian
I have never understood one aspect of the primordial dust cloud theory of planetary formation.
This may be a really stupid question, but why are various elements contained in deposits and veins? I don't see any reason why iron, uranium, gold and other mineral atoms would gravitate toward each other. I would think that elements would be fairly evenly mixed.
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posted on
11/24/2004 3:34:59 PM PST
by
kennedy
("Why would I listen to losers?")
To: evets
For sure, God did it. Those of us who study physics, chemistry, etc., are simply teasing out the rules of the mechanism He set up to do so.
46
posted on
11/24/2004 4:05:42 PM PST
by
RonF
To: kennedy; RadioAstronomer
I'm pretty sure that all matter has gravity. The larger, or more dense, the mass, the more gravity it has. But I'm just a plumber, so let's ask the main man himself ... Mr. Radio.
47
posted on
11/24/2004 4:45:15 PM PST
by
Gumption
To: kennedy
What you have to realize is that the ore deposits as we find them today are not just as they where right after the planet formed. They're the result of billions of years of geological activity. They've been moved around by plate tectonics, mixed and melted by magma, and shuffled and reshuffled over and over again since the planet first formed.
I'm not a geologist, but I think heavy metals tend to gravitate towards each other in the semi-liquid mantle of the planet because they have similar densities, and so tend to move around in the slow convection currents of the mantle in similar ways.
In short, what you see now reflects not the primordial dust cloud that the Earth formed from, but an Earth molded by billions of years of geological activity.
To: RadioAstronomer
Nope!
Not without a confrimation ...such as a hammer with an inscription that tells us that this hammer was made in Nashville, Tennessee by the Thor Iron Works on 2 August 1914 AND you've got the ironworker that made that particular hammer testifying on oath that he indeed made that particular hammer on that date.
If a rock is a billion years old... you've got to have another sample of rock that you can prove to be a billion years old. Otherwise... there is not a word of truth in it.
49
posted on
11/24/2004 5:30:32 PM PST
by
Luke
To: Thinkin' Gal
Howdy, TG! Long time!
You make a good point. Catastrophism on the moon, on Mars, on Jupiter and now a supernova. But catastrophism on earth? Can't be, because it would disturb uniformitarian sleep.
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posted on
11/24/2004 5:57:21 PM PST
by
Dataman
To: Phsstpok
51
posted on
11/24/2004 5:59:37 PM PST
by
Redcloak
("FOUR MORE BEERS! FOUR MORE BEERS! FOUR MORE BEERS!" -Teresa Heinz Kerry)
To: Redcloak; Redleg Duke
It's Bush's fault. Redleg Duke, meet Redcloak.
Redcloak, meet Redleg Duke.
52
posted on
11/24/2004 6:14:44 PM PST
by
Phsstpok
(often wrong, but never in doubt (HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL))
To: Phsstpok
The Earth Sun you me everything IS Supernova debris.
To: PatrickHenry
Jeez, did I miss a new physics revolution? I thought every element over an atomic number of 26 was evidence of super-nova activities...
54
posted on
11/25/2004 7:31:31 PM PST
by
balrog666
(The invisible and the nonexistent look very much alike.)
To: balrog666
Nevermind, I should have read on. /Emily Litella mode
55
posted on
11/25/2004 7:36:21 PM PST
by
balrog666
(The invisible and the nonexistent look very much alike.)
To: balrog666
I thought every element over an atomic number of 26 was evidence of super-nova activities ... Barbarian! Every element is a miracle. Doncha know anything?
56
posted on
11/25/2004 7:54:51 PM PST
by
PatrickHenry
(See the List-O-Links for evolution threads at my freeper homepage ... if you dare!)
To: balrog666
Jeez, did I miss a new physics revolution? I thought every element over an atomic number of 26 was evidence of super-nova activities... This article isn't going to win any awards for scientific accuracy in reporting.
To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach
58
posted on
10/17/2005 11:33:51 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
To: rockrr
Could someone let me know when it gets to eBay?Any element with an atomic number greater than iron is supernova debris.
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posted on
10/17/2005 11:37:45 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy, and Bush is no conservative)
To: hadaclueonce
"It represents an experimental triumph and a milestone in this field," says Brian Fields, an astrophysicist from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He argues that the result marks the birth of a completely new area of research, which he calls "supernova archaeology" BS is right.....its called Grant Trolling.
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posted on
10/17/2005 11:42:44 AM PDT
by
add925
(The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
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