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Did you know that last week University of California Los Angeles
scientists suggested that the earth is the product of two planets crashing and
melding together? Sounds like something out of a science fiction
novel! It is believed that four and a
half billion years ago, the earth and a planet embryo, about the size of Mars,
named Theia clashed. The geochemist came
to this conclusion by studying oxygen
isotopes on the earth and the moon. The UCLA
team examined seven lunar rocks transported back to Earth by the Apollo
missions, as well as six volcanic rocks from Earth's mantle. They found
that both share identical chemical makeups; Theia was evenly dispersed
throughout both. "We don’t
see any difference between Earth’s and the Moon’s oxygen isotopes; they’re
indistinguishable," said lead researcher Edward Young.
It has always been speculated that Theia hit the earth, but it
was assumed that it side swiped the earth and hobbled off into space.
Now scientist feel that it had to be a full on collision in order for
Theia to be evenly scattered throughout the earth and the moon.
These new findings particularly fascinate me because in my
first novel, The First Chronicle of
Zayashariya: Out of Night, I wrote about a planet called
Neoearthmoon. It formed as the result of the earth and the
moon clashing together and forming a new planet.
Excerpt from The First
Chronicle of Zayashariya: Out of Night:
“Earth is no more. This planet, Neoearthmoon, and our sister
planet Neotsion were formed from the debris of the explosion of the Earth and
the moon. This phenomenon happened
thousands of years ago. One could say
that a miracle occurred, if you believe in miracles. Not many around here do. We believe that there is a logical
explanation for what happened. We just
have not found it yet,” Gredly said pretentiously.
“Explain further please,” Zayashariya urged, truly
interested in his tale. “I am not
familiar with the history.”
“When
the Earth exploded, the moon was destroyed along with it. The other planets in the solar system
remained intact and a new sun appeared.
It is a lot less powerful than the original sun that it orbits around and
a lot less warming, but it makes a more beautiful sunset. We got a few moons out of the deal too.” Gredly smiled. “Neoearthmoon and Neotsion were formed in a
supernatural amount of time. The debris
of Earth and the moon miraculously came together like a big clump of hot rock
and cooled instantly. All of the
elements needed on a planet in order for life to survive were present on the
new planets automatically. Overnight it
seemed that plants and animals evolved out of nothing. Everything happened as if a superhuman force
spoke it into being. Six days it took
for Neoearthmoon to come into being. Six
days! Can you believe it? To this very day, scientists cannot explain
how this miracle occurred. All they knew
was that they had a new planet to live on so they inhibited it. Scientists say that Neotsion did it all
within a day. Neotsion is a very
mysterious place. Only humans live
there. Not natural homosapiens but more
like supernatural humans, transformed into pure spirit beings.” He paused.
“It’s complicated. People say
that they are immortal. The atmosphere
of Neotsion will not allow others to enter it but they can exit the planet if
they wish to never return and to become mortal once more.” He took a deep breath. “A lot of myth and mystery surround that
place but I don’t believe the hype,” he said, rolling his eyes up and
sighing. Gredly looked into
Zayashariya’s attentive eyes and said, “Before the explosion, the technology of
mankind became so advanced that they began to travel through space. They found new lands to conquer and new
planets to inhibit. So the destruction
of the planet Earth did little to prevent the life of humankind from
striving. Most of them were gone before
the explosion anyway. They had found new
places to ruin, new people to harass.
Norps, our people, are descendants of Earthlings and Norpsongants.”
Of course it is scientifically impossible for the earth and moon to explode and a new sun to appear without causing gravity to go bonkers and not impacting space around them; but miracles are scientifically
impossible! J It gives me great joy to know that our world uncovers so many fascinating mysteries everyday.
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Sources:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/earth-consists-2-planets-formed-head-on-collision-article-1.2520101
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/earth-made-of-two-planets-fused-together-theia-ucla-study-edward-young/1/587871.html
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/earth-made-of-two-planets-fused-together-theia-ucla-study-edward-young/1/587871.html
This is a great read!I like how you integrated this news with a section of your book "Out of Night".
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