donlucchese
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- Mar 23, 2011
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wakuu nimetoka kureceive txt kutoka kwa rafiki yangu akiniambia inabidi nizime simu kwanzia sa 0030 mpaka 0330 kuavoid hizo rays. is it true?
Tonight 12:30 am to 3:30 am cosmo rays entering earth from mars. So switch off your mobile at night. Don't keep your cell with you & put it away while you are sleeping because they are too much dangerous rays: NASA informs BBC NEWS. Pls spread this news.
The message above is clearly some kind of a HOAX. I don't know why people are circulating panic messages such as this to disturb the lives of other people. From what I have read, this message has already been circulating since 2008 and it suddenly reappeared today, 6 April 2012. I even received a text message and saw wall posts containing the same fake
information.
Meanwhile, I also did check the NASA and BBC news today to see if they really published something like this. Fortunately, NASA never said such a thing and will probably never make such a statement as Mars does produce any electromagnetic rays.
Anyway, there are several reasons to say that this information is untrue.
First, Mars could not emit harmful radiation because it is not a star. Cosmic rays are emitted by stars. i.e bodies that are undergoing nuclear reactions that is fusion (as occurs in our sun) or fission (as occurs in nuclear reactors). Mars is neither. It is a planet that just reflects sunlight. It cannot emit cosmic radiation.
Next, with regards to these rays the earth's atmosphere is capable of taking care of them so no need to worry. The magnetosphere absorbs and protects us from the sun's harmful radiation. Whatever remains is too feeble to affect any thing as far as earth.