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Subject: UFO UpDate: AUFORA Update 06.12.96
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 12:52:27 -0600
To: watanabe@acs.ucalgary.ca, AUFORATag1@acs.ucalgary.ca
From: praetor@spots.ab.ca (AUFORA News Update)
Subject: AUFORA Update 06.12.96
AUFORA News Update
Wednesday, June 12th, 1996
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In this Edition:
* Amino Acids May Exist in Space.
* Closest Planetary System Discovered
* Solar System to Enter Interstellar Cloud
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AMINO ACIDS MAY EXIST IN SPACE
Astronomers announced at a meeting of the American
Astronomical
Society that they have evidence may prove that amino acids can exist
in space.
Using radiotelescopes, astronomers at the University of
Illinois at
Champaign-Urbana detected traces of acetic acid in space in the
Sagittarius B2 cloud. Acetic acid, which gives vinegar its taste and
odour, can form simple amino acids when combined with ammonia, which
is already known to exist in interstellar space. Amino acids are
essentially the building blocks of life.
"With the discovery of acetic acid, it is very plausible that
simple amino acids do exist in space," said Dr. Lewis E. Snyder,
director of the university's Laboratory of Astronomical Imaging.
Even more complex molecules have been found before in
interstellar
space. Many researches speculate that important biological molecules
could form in space.
Other researchers go as far as to say that such biological
molecules could have seeded Earth with life. This theory is known as
panspermia.
"In 100 years, it may be appreciated that we are looking at
part of
the answer here in astrochemistry, and that molecules arriving from
space on comets and asteroids perhaps were important catalysts for
starting life in the solar system," commented Snyder.
Related Information:
http://ume.med.ucalgary.ca/aufora/news/updates/041496.
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CLOSEST PLANETARY SYSTEM DISCOVERED
Astronomers have discovered another planetary system. This
one is
located around the star Lalande 21185.
However, this discovery is particularly intriguing, as Lalande
is
the 4th closest star to us, located only 8.1 light-years away from our
sun.
The four other planetary systems are located between 35 and 50
light-years away from us.
Lalande itself is a red dwarf star. One planet orbiting
Lalande is
larger than Jupiter and is orbiting at approximately Saturn's distance
(a 30-year orbit). The other planet is a much smaller body with a
5.8-year orbit. It is located at approximately the distance from the
sun to the Mars-Jupiter asteroid belt.
However, it is unlikely that either planet will be hospitable
to life. However, the astronomer who reported this, Dr. George
Gatewood, has
come under fire because there are some doubts regarding his results,
and they are yet to be confirmed by other astronomers.
In any case, it is clear that we quickly determining the
likelihood
of a planetary system being developed. Such data would be useful for
things such as the Drake Equation - the greater number of planetary
systems, the higher the probability that more planets will be
hospitable to life.
Current instruments used to find planetary systems are only
able to
find planets the size of Jupiter, which skews results. New detectors
are being built by NASA to detect smaller planets.
"It's too soon to tell how common planetary systems are," said
Dr.
David Black. "We need to survey at least 1,000 stars, which will be
done in the next decade. Then we would get a statistical basis for
estimating the occurrences of planetary systems."
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SOLAR SYSTEM TO ENTER INTERSTELLAR CLOUD
For the last 5 million years, our solar system has been
passing
through a region of space which is relatively empty. However, we are
now expected to pass through an interstellar cloud in 50 000 years.
The cloud is expected to be a million times as dense as the
space
in the solar system now.
"There will be an encounter," said Jeffrey Linsky. "We don't
know
when or exactly how the Earth will be affected."
Such as cloud would affect the solar wind, and perhaps
compress the
heliosphere.
Additionally, weather on Earth may be affected. Earth's
magnetic
field may be altered, and our atmospheric chemistry changed.
Some researchers have suggested that previous ice ages have
been
caused by our movement through an interstellar cloud.
Priscilla Frisch notes that interstellar clouds may have an
impact
on the existence of life. Passage through interstellar clouds would
create unstable conditions on planets, and may prevent the formation
of fragile life.
"Without stability in the local stellar environment, I doubt
there
could be stable planetary climates hospitable to life," she said.
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AUFORA News Update Issue 06.12.96
News, Information, Facts from the world of UFOlogy
To subscribe send e-mail to: watanabe@acs.ucalgary.ca
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Contents Copyright (c) 1996 The Alberta UFO Research Association
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Anomalous Images and UFO Files
http://www.linex.com/ufo
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SOLAR SYSTEM TO ENTER INTERSTELLAR CLOUD
For the last 5 million years, our solar system has been passing
through a region of space which is relatively empty. However, we are now
expected to pass through an interstellar cloud in 50 000 years.
The cloud is expected to be a million times as dense as the space
in the solar system now.
"There will be an encounter," said Jeffrey Linsky. "We don't know
when or exactly how the Earth will be affected."
Such as cloud would affect the solar wind, and perhaps compress the
heliosphere.
Additionally, weather on Earth may be affected. Earth's magnetic
field may be altered, and our atmospheric chemistry changed.
Some researchers have suggested that previous ice ages have been
caused by our movement through an interstellar cloud.
Priscilla Frisch notes that interstellar clouds may have an impact
on the existence of life. Passage through interstellar clouds would create
unstable conditions on planets, and may prevent the formation of fragile
life.
"Without stability in the local stellar environment, I doubt there
could be stable planetary climates hospitable to life," she said.
____________________
AUFORA News Update Issue 06.12.96
News, Information, Facts from the world of UFOlogy
To subscribe send e-mail to: watanabe@acs.ucalgary.ca
AUFORA Web: http://ume.med.ucalgary.ca/aufora/
AUFORA News: http://ume.med.ucalgary.ca/aufora/news/news.html
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Contents Copyright (c) 1996 The Alberta UFO Research Association
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