This rumor has been going around – virtually unchanged – for at least 8 years via email, text messaging, and social media. DON'T BELIEVE ! ITS A HOAX!
several considerations worth noting in the rumors going around.
- Planets do not emit cosmic rays. The website for the Goddard Space Flight Center states, “Most galactic cosmic rays are probably accelerated in the blast waves of supernova remnants.”
- Some have suggested that Mars could reflect cosmic rays, but even if that is true, it would certainly not be with any significant intensity, or produce surges in the manner described.
- Our atmosphere protects against most cosmic rays.
- The only likely effect of cosmic rays on cell phones would be related to satellite communication, as satellites can be affected by cosmic rays without the earth’s protective atmosphere.
- There is no evidence that cell phone batteries on earth are affected by cosmic rays.
