The (Not So) Brave New World

Before we start ridiculing anyone who believes in aliens, UFOs or strange phenomena and before people buy into the Islam versus Christianity, Russia, ISIS, Terrorism scenarios and start supporting wars and killings for religion, money and oil, let's take a look at where we live. Our Planet Earth. Earth has a population of over 7 billion people and around 9 million different known species of plant and animal life. Our Solar System Earth is the third planet from the sun in our solar system. This system is made up of 8 major planets, over 180 known moons and 5 recognised dwarf planets. Our solar system is also constantly visited by asteroids, comets and other celestial bodies from the far reaches of our galaxy. Our Galaxy Our solar system is part of the Milky Way Galaxy, a spiral galaxy that contains at least 100 billion Suns. It is accepted that many of these Suns will have their own "solar system" of planets, moons and other bodies orbiting t...

Our moon still retains many mysteries that science does not explain. Although science proposes many theories, they fail to answer all the anomalies identified. The theory that it was once part of Earth was proven false once moon rocks were analysed. That it formed from left over debris from Earth's formation was also disproved as the greater magnetic field would always attract the debris, thus leaving nothing from which the moon could form. Evidence also exists to suggest that the moon is far older than Earth. Another popular scientific theory is that the moon was somehow "captured" by the Earth’s gravitational attraction but no evidence exists to support this theory. Isaac Asimov, summarised it best - "It’s too big to have been captured by the Earth. The chances of such a capture having been effected and the moon then having taken up nearly circular orbit around our Earth, are too small to make such an eventuality credible." Our moon is the only ...