December 2011 – Page 4 – The Thunderbolts Project™

2011 December (Page 4)

Essential Guide to the EU – Chapter 5
Plasma Sheaths, Cells, and Current-Free Double Layers

5.1 Plasma Temperature and Potential We have seen that temperature is a measure of the thermal energy of the particles in matter. More specifically, temperature is a measure of the kinetic energy of the particles’ random thermal motion. An electron has only 1/1840th the mass (approximately) of a proton, so…

Zero Mass Particles

Dec 02, 2011 Gamma-rays are said to be particles with no mass, yet possessed of extreme momentum. According to a recent press release, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has detected several unidentified sources of intense gamma-ray emissions that are not seen in any other frequencies. NASA launched the telescope (formerly…

A “Double” of the Milky Way

Dec 01, 2011 A nearby spiral galaxy in the southern sky looks like the Milky Way—except it is twice the size. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has put together an image of NGC 6744, a spiral galaxy that astronomers think looks a lot like our own Milky Way:…