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Mariëtte Le Roux, 16 October 2017
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| An image from the Paranal Observatory in Chile shows the galaxy NGC 4993, about 130 million light-years from Earth, where a collision of two neutron stars has just been detected by scientists |
For the
first time, scientists have witnessed the cataclysmic crash of two ultra-dense
neutron stars in a galaxy far away, and concluded that such impacts forged at
least half the gold in the Universe.
Shockwaves
and light flashes from the collision travelled some 130 million light-years to
be captured by Earthly detectors on August 17, excited teams revealed at press
conferences held around the globe on Monday as a dozen related science papers
were published in top academic journals.
"We
witnessed history unfolding in front of our eyes: two neutron stars drawing
closer, closer... turning faster and faster around each other, then colliding
and scattering debris all over the place," co-discoverer Benoit Mours of
France's CNRS research institute told AFP.
The
groundbreaking observation solved a number of physics riddles and sent ripples
of excitement through the scientific community.
Most
jaw-dropping for many, the data finally revealed where much of the gold,
platinum, uranium, mercury and other heavy elements in the Universe came from.
Telescopes
saw evidence of newly-forged material in the fallout, the teams said -- a
source long suspected, now confirmed.
"It
makes it quite clear that a significant fraction, maybe half, maybe more, of
the heavy elements in the Universe are actually produced by this kind of collision,"
said physicist Patrick Sutton, a member of the US-based Laser Interferometer
Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) which contributed to the find.
Neutron
stars are the condensed, burnt-out cores that remain when massive stars run out
of fuel, blow up, and die.
Typically
about 20 kilometres (12 miles) in diameter, but with more mass than the Sun,
they are highly radioactive and ultra-dense -- a handful of material from one
weighs as much as Mount Everest.
'Too
beautiful'
It had been
theorised that mergers of two such exotic bodies would create ripples in the
fabric of space-time known as gravitational waves, as well as bright flashes of
high-energy radiation called gamma ray bursts.
On August
17, detectors witnessed both phenomena, 1.7 seconds apart, coming from the same
spot in the constellation of Hydra.
"It
was clear to us within minutes that we had a binary neutron star
detection," said David Shoemaker, another member of LIGO, which has
detectors in Livingston, Louisiana and Hanford, Washington.
"The
signals were much too beautiful to be anything but that," he told AFP.
The
observation was the fruit of years of labour by thousands of scientists at more
than 70 ground- and space-based observatories on all continents.
Along with
LIGO, they include teams from Europe's Virgo gravitational wave detector in Italy,
and a number of ground- and space-based telescopes including NASA's Hubble.
"This
event marks a turning point in observational astronomy and will lead to a
treasure trove of scientific results," said Bangalore Sathyaprakash from
Cardiff University's School of Physics and Astronomy, recalling "the most
exciting of my scientific life."
"It is
tremendously exciting to experience a rare event that transforms our
understanding of the workings of the Universe," added France Cordova,
director of the National Science Foundation which funds LIGO.
The
detection is another feather in the cap for German physicist Albert Einstein,
who first predicted gravitational waves more than 100 years ago.
Something
'fundamental'
Three LIGO
pioneers, Barry Barish, Kip Thorne and Rainer Weiss, were awarded the Nobel
Physics Prize this month for the observation of gravitational waves, without
which the latest discovery would not have been possible.
The ripples
have been observed four times before now -- the first time by LIGO in September
2015. All four were from mergers of black holes, which are even more violent
than neutron star crashes, but emit no light.
The fifth
and latest detection was accompanied by a gamma ray burst which scientists said
came from nearer in the Universe and was less bright than expected.
"What
this event is telling us is that there may be many more of these short gamma
ray bursts going off nearby in the Universe than we expected," Sutton said
-- an exciting prospect for scientists hoping to uncover further secrets of the
Universe.
Among other
things, it is hoped that data from neutron star collisions will allow the
definitive calculation of the rate at which the cosmos is expanding, which in
turn will tell us how old it is and how much matter it contains.
"With
these observations we are not just learning what happens when neutron stars
collide, we're also learning something fundamental about the nature of the
Universe," said Julie McEnery of the Fermi gamma ray space telescope
project.
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I then went to channel and gather more understanding. I asked: What is this structure of enormous gamma ray emitting lobes, that the NASA's Fermi Telescope Finds reveals are in our Galaxy? What is the relevance or meaning of this for me and others exploring the expansion of consciousness? Here is what I received from Archangel Michael and Naeshira:
"Enormous waves of high frequency light enter the Earth’s atmosphere. Interacting with lower vibrating waves to form higher frequency gamma rays. Gamma rays are typically thought of as destructive to living cells; however gamma rays with their high frequency/short wavelength are unusually compatible with crystal, (as opposed to carbon structures). Thus, they are highly effective at bringing high-frequency energies into your experience in a new way.
Radiation from gamma rays in your atmosphere is increasing in a parallel movement as your cells becoming increasingly converted from carbon to crystalline in structure. This allows for vast quantities of high-frequency energy to permeate and elevate the overall collective energy field of Earth plane." (Read whole article)
" .. Things You Don't Expect – Gamma Energy
There is another thing that is related that is yet to be understood by science. There are other sets of instructions to Gaia, which come from a place you don't expect. There's a lot of energy hitting the earth, a tremendous amount in the form of gamma energy. Science wonders where it's coming from, but it remains elusive. They realize that it's cosmic and coming from space. The truth is that it's coming from the center of the galaxy, but it appears to be coming from everywhere. That's because the main attribute of this kind of energy is that it is not 3D. Therefore, it has quantum [multidimensional] attributes that do not carry a "location" or place of origin with it. This is difficult to explain, but things in a true quantum state are everywhere, entangled in a universal soup of being "one" with everything. Therefore, you can't say "it comes from there." There is precedent in science for this, so it is not all that strange to a physicist reading this..... " Read more .....
“ .... Let me give you another hint about the mechanics of your Universe. We've talked about gamma-ray activity for almost a decade. We told you to "look for intense gamma-ray activity." We told you that when you see it, you'll know that there's creation going on - something special happening. Now we identify this as dimensional shift. It's always accompanied by powerful gamma rays, specifically of extreme high intensity. This is an attribute of dimensional shift, and also tells you that something is happening. You see this at the edge of your galaxy, and you know that something is changing there. It's a "mini-big bang," if you want to use your own terms. It's part of a constantly changing Universe, one that's moving in a push/pull fashion. ....”
"... SB: All right. Well, thank you, Lord. That has as much to do with a discussion of consciousness as it does with morality. So I do appreciate that.
Turning to our main subject today, can you help us understand the many changes happening to the human body? Are we crystalline at base yet, or still carbon? What can we expect in regard to our DNA strands coming back on line, and a larger number of chakras becoming operational?
AAM: Now, what I say to you — and I give this proviso because each of you is unique, so I speak in generalities of the collective — but you are understanding that there is a bandwidth here.
So when I speak generally, I am not speaking about those who are fully, completely, blissfully anchored in the higher realms, and I am not really speaking about those who are tenaciously clinging to the old 3rd.
But, by and large, your form is primarily crystalline.
There are still some, hmm, what we would call atoms, of carbon. If you think of your bodies as the many layers that you have, but we are talking about a physical body — and this is important for you to understand — think of it this way: that the crystalline overlay, the replacement, the re-gridding, the structure of who you are, is already there.
Now, if you think of it as a construct or even a thermometer, some of you are still at the base of your spine; some of you are at your cervical area; some of you are still very low in your root. But by and large the crystalline form is there and in place, with residual carbon.
The DNA has already been reactivated, and it is coming again on line, not as one switch, but bit by bit by bit. And you are assisting as well with that. And there are qualities that you are bringing to the forefront with your 13 strands of DNA.
Similarly, your chakras are being activated and opened. It is still important to not forget or not ignore the daily practices that have been in place to assist these transitions for thousands and thousands of years. …”
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