J. Marvin Herndon

Biography:

Dr. J. Marvin Herndon is a highly trained scientist who just happens to also be a truly "out-of-the-box" thinker. He was trained as a physicist and holds a Ph.D. in Nuclear Chemistry. He was also the hand-picked beneficiary of knowledge from two aging world-master scientists, who had themselves been trained by world-master scientists. Dr. Herndon is known as the originator of the idea that the Earth might have at its center a five-mile-wide natural nuclear reactor, called the georeactor, which is the energy source for the geomagnetic field. In 2002, Discover magazine featured his work and suddenly the scientific community began to take notice. For thirty years, Dr. Herndon has been on a path of discovery that he often refers to as a "logical progression of understanding." Along that path he has had important insights and has made major discoveries in planetary science and, especially, about the Earth.

Past Shows:

	Earth, Geophysics & the Solar System
	Monday March 6, 2006

Maverick geophysicist Dr. J. Marvin Herndon shared his latest scientific findings related to the formation of the Earth and the Solar System, and also touched on such topics as the earth's core and global warming.According to his theory, the Earth was once a huge Jupiter-like planet that was stripped of its gaseous elements (and thus greatly reduced in size) by solar activity. Recently discovered exoplanets, similar to Jupiter in size, have been found orbiting close to their stars, and this could be evidence for his theory, rather than the explanation that they "wandered" closer in.Herndon reviewed his conception of the earth's core as a 5-mile wide nuclear reactor. This core is the energy source that powers the geomagnetic field which serves to deflect plasma bombardments away from the planet, he said. He also commented that global cooling is something far worse than global warming, citing the period of 1450-1850, when the "Little Ice Age" took place, bringing huge storms an ... More
Host: George Noory

	Earth as Power Source
	Saturday March 15, 2003

Geophysicist J. Marvin Herndon (nuclearplanet) who has called the Earth a gigantic natural nuclear power plant, was Barbara's guest this Saturday night. He discussed his research into the feasibility of a nuclear fission reactor at the center of our Earth. ... More
Host:

	Richard C. Hoagland / J. Marvin Herndon
	Wednesday July 24, 2002

First Hour Update of NASA EventsHerndon has researched the feasibility of a nuclear fission reactor at the center of the Earth as the energy source for the geomagnetic field and described a natural mechanism that would lead to variations in energy production and thus variations in the geomagnetic field. ... More
Host: Art Bell