Post by fearnot on Nov 1, 2022 14:56:14 GMT -5
Something Unknown Seems to Blast Earth With Radiation Every Thousand Years or So
Then God said,
“Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens
to separate the day from the night,
and let them be for signs
and for seasons
and for days and years
Genesis 1:14
Solar flares were once thought to be responsible for historical spikes in the Earth's radiation levels.
But a new study suggests that those spikes of radiation may not be caused by solar flares as once believed,
seemingly meaning that something much more powerful —
and still unknown to us —
"There's a kind of extreme astrophysical phenomenon
that we don't understand
and it actually could be a threat to us,"
Benjamin Pope, coauthor of the study and astrophysicist
at the University of Queensland
may have been responsible instead.
According to Pope, there have been six known Miyake events
in the past 10,000 years,
with the latest having occurred in 993 CE. Until now,
they were believed to be caused by severe solar storms
that typically occurred at the 11 year peak of sunspot activity in the solar cycle.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/something-unknown-seems-to-blast-earth-with-radiation-every-thousand-years-or-so/ar-AA13xKOD?li=BBnb7Kz
Two things about this are interesting to me:
One thing that immediately interested me
is that the 'sun' is actually Dr. Jason Lisle's expertise.
Jason is a Christian Astrophysicist
(one of the few
Christian Astrophysicists :)
There are only several hundred Astrophysicists in the US.
I would love to hear his take on this!!!
I imagine he will speak about it sometime
He did however do a short-ish interview about the James Webb telescope
Oh No I forgot the 2nd thing of interest...
but well there is a 3rd thing I found interesting...
The Astrophysicist mentioned in the main article above (Dr. Benjamin Pope)
reflected on this event happened 6 times in 10,000 years.
Now that is interesting since most young earth Creationists
( like Dr. Lisle...
and well...
me too LOL)
estimate the universe to be approximately 6,000 years old.
Pope does not mention it happening before that time...
Oh I remember the 3rd thing about this that caught my attention!!!
It reminded me of Revelation during the tribulation:
8The fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun,
and it was given to it to scorch men with fire
9 Men were scorched with fierce heat;
and they blasphemed the name of God
who has the power over these plagues,
and they did not repent so as to give Him glory.
Revelation 16:8,9