Oct 08, 2012 Did this ancient site experience a catastrophic end? Tiwanaku, or Tiahuanaco in Spanish, is a ruined citadel occupying almost 10 square kilometers in the Bolivian Andes at an altitude greater than 3800 meters. Carbon-14 dating methods suggest that the site is no more than 3700 years…
Oct 05, 2012 The Cassini-Solstice mission discovered that there might be more rings around Saturn than can be seen with telescopes. “It seems almost incredible that such a ring of cosmic dust should be able to exist for ever, so to speak, without other governing forces than gravitation…” —…
Oct 04, 2012 The Sombrero galaxy appears to be a giant elliptical galaxy with an embedded disk. One of the most significant contributions to plasma cosmology comes from Dr. Anthony L. Peratt, a plasma physicist and protégé of the Nobel laureate Hannes Alfvén. Peratt studied plasma formations in the…
Researchers using the Hubble telescope have spotted an “astounding” grand-design spiral galaxy – astounding, they say, because it shouldn’t exist. Based on the galaxy’s estimated age of 10.7 billion years, according to conventional theory, it should not display such complexity of form. In this presentation, we discuss whether astronomers’ methods for dating galaxies are…
Oct 03, 2012 Thermonuclear fusion reactions from deep in the core are said to drive the Sun. Hypothetically, how does the Sun produce heat and light enough to sustain life on Earth at a mean distance of 149,476,000 kilometers? According to spectrographic analysis, the Sun is composed primarily of hydrogen…
Oct 02, 2012 New studies suggest that the origin of the strongest cosmic rays is still mysterious. Cosmic rays are energetic ions from space that arrive in the Sun’s local neighborhood traveling at extremely high velocities. About 90% of all cosmic rays are single protons, or hydrogen nuclei, followed…
Oct 01, 2012 Are comets “dirty snowballs”? Comet 2012 S1, an object approximately three kilometers in diameter, is presently inside the orbit of Jupiter. It is “remarkably bright” according to astronomers, although it is still millions of kilometers from the Sun. Since it is so bright already, it has been…
Sep 28, 2012 Astronomical research in the virtual realm instigates foregone conclusions. “It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress.” — Friedrich Hayek The most important issue separating the Electric Universe from conventional views is that evidence based…
Sep 27, 2012 (This TPOD first ran on April 20, 2012) More nails in the dark matter coffin. Dark matter is supposed to be what holds the Universe together. However, modern telescopes are not able to see it because it does not interact with luminous matter, except gravitationally. Since…
Sep 26, 2012 Did sulfurous compounds from ancient volcanoes help warm up Mars and form the now extinct Martian oceans? Speculations about the existence of liquid oceans on Mars have been around for centuries. The Mars Science Laboratory, known as Curiosity, is currently seeking evidence for that conjecture. Images…
