Apocalypse:
Jupiter and its Moons Prepare
Nuclear Winters For Earth
Inexplicable phenomena take place on Jupiter, the largest planet of the
solar system. The gas giant has been quiet for hundreds of years. However,
two new red spots have been formed in its atmosphere over the recent three
years. Each spot is five or ten times bigger than the Earth.
Mysterious phenomena take place on one of its largest
moons, Europa, too. Its ice-heavy poles shifted 90 degrees and changed their
places with the equator in May of the current year.
Jupiter is the only planet in the solar system which has
the thermonuclear reaction happening in its depths. This process of the
planet is similar to that of stars, although Jupiter produces a lot less
energy as a result of the process. Needless to say that the solar
system may suffer a tremendous explosion in the event something goes wrong
inside its biggest planet. The blast wave will reach Earth and destroy every
living organism on it.
The Jupiter disaster develops according to the scenario
described in Arthur Clarke’s Space Odyssey epic. In Clarke’s novels, Jupiter
becomes a star as a result of a thermonuclear reaction, which triggers the
development of life on its moon, Europa.
In addition to that, St. Petersburg-based scientist
Eduard Drobyshevsky said that the planet’s another giant moon, Callisto, may
experience drastic changes too. The ice shell of the moon may
explode, the scientist believes. Gigantic pieces of the ice shell will fall
down on Earth, exterminating all forms of life.
Scientists say that massive ice shells of other moon-like
natural satellites of giant planets (Saturn and Jupiter) have exploded
before. Many short-period comets were formed as a result of such
explosions.
“Imagine this. Our Moon is enveloped in ice, the
thickness of which is 800 kilometers. This is what a typical massive natural
satellite like Jupiter’s Callisto looks like. It is dirty ice, which
conducts electric current because all of this moves in the magnetic field,
in the magnetosphere of a giant planet. Ice is a very good conductor,
especially if it is dirty. Electrolysis of ice occurs as a result,”
Drobyshevsky told RIA Novosti.
Drobyshevsky said that one of such ice explosions took
place about 10,000 years ago, when the ice shell of Saturn’s moon – Titan –
exploded. The explosion resulted in the creation of Titan’s atmosphere,
Saturn’s ice rings and several short-period comets.
Jupiter’s satellite, Callisto, has the oldest ice shell
among all natural satellites of all planets of the solar system. The shell
has not exploded before and can thus be saturated with hydrogen and oxygen –
the products of ice electrolysis. Consequences of their detonation can be
fatal for planet Earth.
“Callisto is a lot closer
than Titan. The explosion of its shell will lead to nuclear winters on
Earth. It will be a horrible disaster for the biosphere”
Drobyshevsky said.
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