Published on March 4, 2008.
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The third issue of Subliminal Statements grapples with phenomena in the solar system.

In our first and second issues, Subliminal Statements examined the earth’s crust from atop it, and below. Our third issue in this series looks at what lies above our earth’s crust by focusing on the different celestial bodies in the solar system our earth inhabits.

When looking at the interior world in our last issue, we discovered a region of our planet full of variety and saturated with meaning. That the earth is made of matter in such different forms – a complex atmosphere, a rocky crust with numerous layers, a solid mantle, and a highly pressurized nickel-iron core – is integral to what gives it such a rich and interesting surface life. Every planet in our solar system has a differentiated composition, as do many other celestial bodies: asteroids, kuiper belt objects, moons, and more.

Differentiated Bodies examines the objects in our solar system with differentiated composition: from planets like earth, to the legions of asteroids with rocky surfaces and a crystalline once-molten cores.

The articles in this issue tell us stories about a variety of celestial phenomena and demonstrate how these things effect us. What do we see when we look at the sky, and how does the differentiation of celestial bodies impact our own differentiated bodies and minds. What changes do these differentiated bodies enact in us?

Contents

• “The Beginning of Time,” on comets, love and gravity between the planets, and the moral implications of the solar system, by writer and sound artist Alexis Bhagat,
• “That Which Is Being Missed,” an editorial on the state of our planet by musician Brute Force,
• “Core-Mantle Interaction,” on how minerals travel between the strata of the earth, by geochemist Leslie Hayden
• “Fallen Astronaut Voted Favorite,” on items left by humans in the solar system, by SP reporter Heidi Neilson,

And lots more.