Cygnus X-3. Tin Foil Hats Required...

[joal0503]

I realize this probably belongs in the "tinfoil hat, wayyy far out there" category...but its interesting...its stuff like this that intrigues me...not because its just a lot of information...but because it seems to be able to draw and infuse from a wide variety of subjects and sort of look at the possibility of a bigger picture...

im no master of the cosmos...but hoping to hear insight from people who do know something about these sorts of things...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_X-3

Cygnus X-3 is one of the stronger binary X-ray sources in the sky. Classified as a microquasar, it is believed to be a compact object in a binary system which is pulling in a stream of gas from an ordinary star companion. It is observed in X rays, gamma rays,[2] infrared, and radio,[3] with an orbital periodicity of approximately 4.8 h, among the shortest known at the time of its discovery.

It has also received attention because it is one of the few sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, with energies in the 100 - 1000 TeV range. Its most unusual aspect is the production of anomalous cosmic ray events in a proton decay detector deep in Minnesota's Soudan iron mine. These events have defied analysis and have led to questions about whether Cygnus X-3 is a standard neutron star or perhaps something more exotic, like a star made of quarks.[5]

Cygnus X-3 has distinguished itself by its intense X-ray emissions and by ultra-high energy cosmic rays. It also made astronomical headlines by a radio frequency outburst in September 1972 which increased its radio frequency emissions a thousandfold. Since then it has had periodic radio outbursts with a regular period of 367 days. These flares are of unknown origin, but they are exceedingly violent events. Naval Research Laboratory observations in October 1982 using the Very Large Array detected the shock wave from a flare; it was expanding at roughly one-third the speed of light.

Cygnus X-3 has an orbital period about its companion of only 4.79 hours. Intriguing underground events in the SOUDAN experiment in October 1985 included 60 anomalous muon events in a 3° cone around Cygnus X-3 with a precise period of 4.79 hours. If the association with Cygnus X-3 is confirmed, these events must either be due to neutrinos or some other very low-rest-mass, high-energy neutral particle of unknown nature, yet capable of producing muons via secondary interactions.

but then theres this:

http://www.andrewcollins.com/page/articles/thecygnusmystery.htm

excerpt:

COSMIC RAYS AND THE CYGNUS MYSTERY
Did Cosmic Radiation change evolution and kick-start religion?

In The Cygnus Mystery, Andrew Collins traces this astronomic lore back to 15,000 B.C., when Deneb, the brightest star in Cygnus, was the Pole Star. At that time, our Paleolithic ancestors practiced their religious rituals in caves deep in the earth - caves whose bird-imagery art, anthropologists have found, was the creation of shamans under the influence of hallucinogens that let them travel in visions outside this world. And in that same era, humanity underwent a change in physical and neurological makeup so fast it seemed to occur virtually overnight.

What caused this sudden leap forward? The Cygnus Mystery proposes that it was a dramatic rise in cosmic rays reaching Earth - and provides evidence that the rays, which left subatomic traces in those same deep caves, emanated from a binary star system known as Cygnus X-3. These findings, Collins explains, challenged the certainties of the scientific establishment - until, in 2005, a U.S. think tank went public with its own conviction that a binary system producing powerful jets of cosmic rays triggered a rapid acceleration in human evolution during the last Ice Age.

Drawing on archeoastronomy, astrophysics, and a dynamic understanding of spiritual wisdom, this groundbreaking work takes us to the heart of an ancient mystery and the front lines of a battle over the force that changed humanity's course.

my biggest issue with this...is that i am unable to find any sort of credentials or background regarding the author. it appears to be academic, or at least logically sound on the surface, but i have no idea if it truly is...is it just bullshit? can i finally just lay my head on my pillow and stop thinkign about shit like this?

 

[Cognisant]

It's baseless bullshit.

Hyperbole, speculation and conjecture are not "logically sound".

 

[joal0503]

It's baseless bullshit.

Hyperbole, speculation and conjecture are not "logically sound".

From Andrew Collins:

Dr Aden Meinel - a retired veteran of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who in the 1980s was responsible for the launch of space telescopes such as Hubble - told a packed audience of archaeologists and students that the high levels of Beryllium-10 in the Greenland and Antarctica ice cores were responsible for sudden changes in evolution in both animal and human life around 40,000-35,000 years ago. He also reported that he had been able to use the ice core evidence to determine the approximate coordinates for the source of the cosmic rays, and that these pinpointed a planetary nebula (a mass of glowing gas and cloud) known as the Cat's Eye in the northern constellation of Draco, the celestial dragon. This Meinel and his colleagues saw as the remnants of what was once a galactic binary system consisting of a super giant and a once active black hole that had spewed out jets of plasma, superheated ionized gas, at velocities close to the speed of light. These, he proposed, had crossed thousands of light years of space to reach the earth around 40,000 to 35,000 years ago, causing the changes in evolution witnessed at this time.

in corroboration:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aden_Meinel

sounds like a credible dude...

http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/science/20060607-9999-lz1c07meinel.html

from 2006

“Paleoanthropologists kind of gasp at the idea,” said Aden. “The idea of cosmic rays significantly affecting early hominids and other species is pretty dramatic, but there's some really compelling evidence to support the idea. It's a totally new factor to be considered.”...

“That's when we first became tempted to put two and two together,” said Aden. “If there was a large surge of cosmic rays, and there's good evidence that these rays can (cause mutations), the question becomes, did they help create new species of life?

“Our findings indicate that two very rare occurrences happened at roughly the same time, which suggests that how we've evolved might not be just slow, random mutation and natural selection. Maybe we are partly the product of cosmic radiation.”

...

Both say that much more research needs to be done, that the ice cores are just a clue. But Aden is optimistic that he and his wife have noticed something overlooked by others, something significant.

He recalls attending a conference at UC Berkeley in 1980 when Luis Alvarez, the Nobel physicist, and his geologist son, Walter, first proposed the theory that a massive asteroid impact 65 million years ago spurred the extinction of dinosaurs.

Though widely accepted now, the Alvarez' asteroid-impact theory was initially dismissed by many scientists as folly. Aden thinks his cosmic ray idea will also require time (and more proof) to become accepted.

“We're describing a creation event, the impetus behind new species emerging,” said Aden. “People who are well-established don't like to change their minds, and this requires a big change in thinking. That's why Marjorie and I like giving public lectures, especially to young people who are more likely to have open minds.

“I doubt either of us will be around to see how all of this works out. We just hope others will find what we've discovered exciting enough to pursue.”

i mean id agree. it seems like a lot of bullshit, and extrapolation...but its interesting to know such a mind was behind it...Ill have to dig into Meinel some more. Collins seems to have some things down, but his explanations Id agree arent what id consider to be evidence.

 

[joal0503]

various information ive found pertaining to the effect of cosmic radiation , its not much, as usual

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_threat_from_cosmic_rays


biological effects (lawlz it would make sense, were a damaged, neurotic, imperfect species of evolutionary misfit survivors)
http://www.nmdb.eu/?q=node/137

effect of fruit flies in space
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/bss/11/4/11_4_346/_pdf

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,932251,00.html
from 1941 lawlz


the problem im finding is a lack of data (surprise). its one thing to examine the effects in a space environment....but we know that cosmic rays have a substantially less 'dangerous' effect with our atmospheric protection...

god damnt. im not convinced either way...but its interesting fo sho.

 

[joal0503]

unrelated but fascinating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=DhcxffIENBU