The Cenaclu Crew

Finally, our Astronomers have already found a place outside the solar systme where we could have a firm place to stand – the only problem is that it is broiling hot.

As our scientists search for life outside our planet, they have found more than 300 planets outside the solar system. The only problem is that they can’t be proven to be solid up to this time or what the scientists call gas balls. Our scientists have long figured that a planet needs a solid surface to rest on if life begins on it and finding one outside our own is indeed a big deal.

“We basically live on a rock ourselves,” said one of the discoverers of the said planet, Artie Hatzes, Hatzes is the director of the Thuringer observatory in Germany. “It’s as close to something like the Earth that we have found so far. It is just a little too close to its sun.” explained Hatzes.

Too close that the temperature of its surface is exceeding 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit, way too toasty to sustain life. The planet circles its star in just a matter of 20 hours, compared to Mercury, the planet nearest our sun which completees its solar orbit in 88 days.

In the meantime, experts suggest that parents limit the use of mobile phones by their children. A report by the Independent group of Experts on Mobile Phones, in Britain, led by Professor Sir William Stewart, explained that children have nervous system that are still developing. Therefore, if cellular phones are harmful, children will suffer more damage from exposure to radiation.

The same report, however, also concluded that with the research available so far, there is probably a biological effect from mobile phone emissions, but there is no conclusive evidence of an adverse effect on humans. The report suggests that a further review be done in three years’ time.

Play it Safe

So it all boils down to “you know the risk, so take it or leave it”. According to one expert, the public can choose to adopt cautionary measures.

First, use common sense. For example, there is really no need for long stretches of time. They can switch to another pone when they are not on the move.

Another bit of advice is to not use the phone with a hands-free kit, thus making it transmit out of your pocket. This way, your phone has to work harder than it is designed to, to transmit signals – generating more radiation close to your body.

“When mobile phones are operating at full power – this only happens about 10% of the time – there could be slight biological effects,” says another expert. “There are some people who report symptoms from using cellular phones, but we are very uncertain that they are derived from the radioactive frequencies.”