Pre-Announcement Media Coverage

[John Smith]

We are seeing so many remarkable pre-announcement pieces showing up, this is a place to post and discuss them. This one for example, is making discoveries sound 'ho hum' which a few months/years ago were heralded as amazing breakthroughs. Today for example: 

"Nearly Every Star Hosts at Least One Alien Planet"

http://news.yahoo.com/nearly-every-star-hosts-least-one-alien-plane...

When a month or so ago they were making a BIG deal about finding one planet in the sweet zone which could possibly support life, son they they say 25% of them could support life! Including mention of red dwarfs, etc. The Zeta predicted evidence continues to build up!

Here is another blog that relates, describing a wobble:

NASA Scientists "Discover" a Wobbly Planet!?

https://poleshift.ning.com/forum/topics/nasa-scientists-discover-a-...

[casey a]

Just to add on to the recent methane (which is usually produced by life) findings on Mars, this isn't exactly new & perhaps goes all the way back to the Viking landers from the 1970's. http://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/2pk9yy/just_a_reminder_that_... .

Basically, martian soil was soaked with nutrients. And then they observed an increase in carbon dioxide, as possible evidence of metabolism from life.

This finding was however, dismissed because #1) although organic compounds (not necessarily life) was common in comets and such, none was found in Mars back then (coverup?). And #2) there was no water on Mars, which we now have known for a while is untrue. And even just recently NASA talked about an ancient lake, as well as finding water along with ancient organic compounds.

On top of this Miller (the scientist) found the gas emanations to follow a daily rhythm. So for instance, all living matter follow  a daily cycle. We wake up, sleep following the pattern of the sun. Plants release & take in gases according to the sun's daily pattern. Just like that, Miller found gas emanations to follow a pattern that repeated every martian day. These were explained away as chemical reactions taking place. So they tried comparing it with organic & lifeless, chemical reactions that take place on earth, & the patterns followed that of living matter.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/04/120413-nasa-viking-...

Now NASA has to do an about turn, which isn't exactly an easy thing to do.

[casey a]

Are We Close to Discovering Planet X? Link

Russian Scientist Discovers Huge New Asteroid That Could Crash to Earth Link

[Starr DiGiacomo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_t2JE-yYqg&feature=youtu.be

NASA knows something Big is Coming

[casey a]

Maybe Humans Didn't Drive Mastodons To Extinction

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/03/humans-mastodon-extinction...

[casey a]

Traces Of Carbon In Mars Meteorite Stir Debate About Life On Red Planet

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/03/mars-meteorite-life-carbon...

[casey a]

New Mars head discovered. (Original picture was taken in 2005)

[casey a]

Backstory to post below:

'Alien life found above Derbyshire proves we're descended from extraterrestrials', say scientists (08 October 2014) Link

       "we think [the microscopic organisms] came from an aquatic environment, and the most obvious aquatic environment in space is a comet."

Microbial LIFE found living on the exterior of the International Space Station, say reports (21 August 2014) Link

[casey a]

Space agency attempted to steal evidence of extraterrestrial life, claims Sri Lankan politician (Oct. 29)

[Image: Anuradhapura meteorite samples showing complex biological structures. (Credit: Journal of Cosmology)]

http://www.openminds.tv/space-agency-attempted-steal-evidence-extra...

(The politician could have been politically motivated in his claims (who knows). But the report published by the Journal of Cosmology is whats interesting. It's not recent. It was published on February, 2013)

From wiki, "[the] team discovered fossilized diatoms (microscopic plankton) inside the meteorite as well as cells similar to those found in the Red rain in Kerala that fell in 2001" (Here is zetatalk on life found in the red rain.)

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The Journal of Cosmology had previously also published a paper by Richard Hoover (a retired NASA scientist) Re: proof of life found in meteors. Nasa, however formally distanced themselves from him & his paper (Huffpo Link & archive)

Here is a quote from the criticisms against Hoover

"Anyone can call himself (referring to Hoover) an astrobiologist. That doesn't make it so," said Pilcher, the Astrobiology institute director.

However, here is the kicker. NASA's own website details Hoover's extensive accomplishments in astrobiology. (NASA Link & archive).

The NASA news release was published in 2009, only 2 years before NASA decides to distance themselves from Hoover's allegations that life has been found on meteorites. How does NASA's Astrobiology Institue director not know of a well-accomplished fellow scientist's accolades?

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So where does this take us?

Two days ago a research team in partnership with the european space agency has revealed that DNA can survive a flight through space and re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. So, after going through the scorching heat that a meteor could go through, as well as traveling in space, the DNA samples placed on the outside of the rocket was still viable!!

Translation: Do no be surprised if you find living life in meteorites in the future. Are they anticipating what lies ahead?

[Ryan X]

Precursor explanation (cover up excuse) for satellite/power troubles ahead? Hard to say but interesting media release today:

1. Star Trek-like invisible shield protects Earth from 'killer electrons'
2. Earth is being protected by a 'Star Trek-style invisible shield': S...

• These 'killer electrons' whip around the planet at near-light speed
• If they hit Earth, they could knock out power grids and change its climate
• Shield was found 7,200 miles (11,600 km) above Earth in Van Allen belts
• Scientists are baffled as to how the shield formed, and how it works
• 'It's almost like these electrons are running into a glass wall,' said Professor Daniel Baker from the University of Colorado Boulder

[casey a]

NASA Thinks Life May Lurk Beneath Europa's (Jupiter's moon) Surface

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2014/11/23/nasa-thinks-life-ma...

Do aliens look like SHRIMP? Nasa researchers say tiny 'extreme shrimp' on sea bed could help hunt for extraterrestrial life 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2847878/Do-aliens-lo...

Its remarkable to see NASA open up to the possibility that extraterrestrial life may live in conditions "alien" to us. However, all of this could be a PR campaign in an attempt to gain funding. Or perhaps, given the interesting times ahead of us they still hope to look relevant?