Physicist Wal Thornhill joins us to discuss astronomers’ claim that comet collisions, occurring every six seconds for the last ten million years, explains the mysterious cloud of carbon monoxide molecules surrounding the star 49 CETI. See also Wal’s timely new Thunderblog, Science’s Looming Tipping Point.
Nov 20, 2012 Images of Mercury reveal an unusual blend of mineral compounds in its surface structure, as well as a thin atmosphere. The planet Mercury is 4878 kilometers in diameter. The moons Ganymede and Titan are both larger, while Earth’s moon is slightly smaller. Mercury orbits the Sun at…
It is essential in these exuberant times to pay critical attention to both the observational constraints and to the basic mathematical laws, with a clear sense of what is solid theory and what is only unsupported speculation. This seeming platitude is offered here without jest, because at the present time…
Our Sixth EU Scholarship Winner: Alec Pruett Alec James Pruett was born on December 1, 1998 in Findlay, Ohio. In July of 2000, he and his family moved to Greenwood, Indiana. Alec has lived in Greenwood ever since with his loving mom and dad. He also has a Labrador-mix dog…
Nov 19, 2012 “Planetary nebulae are glowing shells of gas around white dwarfs,” according to the standard explanation. This is a better description of dogma than of the image. “Astronomers have long debated how these symmetric jets could be created,” the press release continues. “Stars are spherical”; the jets not…
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Please note: the schedule is subject to change without notice. Thursday, January 3 9:00 AM Pre-conference events and select interviews throughout the day 12:00 PM Registration Desk Opens 5:00 EU2013 Scholars Welcome Dinner, Gallery Room, Private 6:30 Social Hour 7:30 – 9:30 Welcome by Master of Ceremonies Bill…
For over six years, Steve Smith’s extraordinary output of original Thunderbolts Pictures of the Day has provided an invaluable learning tool for inquirers into the electric universe. As Managing Editor of the TPOD, Steve has authored over 700 original articles, all written in clear, compelling language that is both understandable…
Our Fifth EU2013 Scholarship Winner: Kurt Kung Kurt Kung is a PhD student at the University of Washington in Seattle. He was a trained electrical engineer and worked on microwave antenna and analog circuit design. Prior to joining University of Washington, he participated in the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)…
Nov 16, 2012 Areas of Mars larger than Texas are wrenched and twisted, with deep canyons and sharp fissures, yet they are scoured clean of rocks and dust. In previous Thunderbolts Picture of the Day articles about the areology of Mars, powerful electric arcs were theorized to have once impacted…
Nov 15, 2012 Problematic black hole physics is in the news again. In a recent press release from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer and the Pan-STARRS1 telescope in Hawaii, astronomers announced “direct evidence” for the existence of a supermassive black hole (SMBH) in another galaxy. The high frequency ultraviolet spectrum, as well…
