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Earth's Cries Recorded in Space

Posted July 01, 2008 9:06 AM

From SPACE.com:

Earth emits an ear-piercing series of chirps and whistles that could be heard by any aliens who might be listening, astronomers have discovered. The sound is awful, a new recording from space reveals. Scientists have known about the radiation since the 1970s. It is created high above the planet, where charged particles from the solar wind collide with Earth's magnetic field. It is related to the phenomenon that generates the colorful aurora, or Northern Lights.

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07/02/2008 3:29 AM

The article writers entirely forgot about the Aurora Australis = "The Southern Lights", which is also spectacular.

All planets with a magnetic field, thus a magnetosphere, radiate these radio waves, and Jupiter, almost large enough in mass to become a star, radiates much more than all other planets in this solar system combined.

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07/02/2008 4:44 AM

Good for you, Sparky. Don't let anything eclipse you.

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