Mar 23, 2018 Kristian Birkeland’s work is often overlooked. Oh, it was wild and weird and wan, and ever in camp o’ nights We would watch and watch the silver dance of the mystic Northern Lights. And soft they danced from the Polar sky and swept in primrose haze; And…
Of all the entrenched beliefs that took hold in 20th-century science, few have proved less successful than the dirty snowball hypothesis of comets. The discovery of rocky and complex comet nuclei was an explicit prediction of the electric comet theory, which has proposed for decades that comets are neither dirty…
March 22, 2018 Phenomena on Earth, as well as in deep space, share similar characteristics. “I have always believed that astrophysics should be the extrapolation of laboratory physics, that we must begin from the present Universe and work our way backward to progressively more remote and uncertain epochs.” —…
A Brief History of Unicorns The Death of Stephen Hawking U = NiC + OrN / g(0) By David Drew aka The Soupdragon The death of Stephen Hawking made headline news worldwide. Tributes poured in for the ‘inspirational’ British physicist — best known for his work with Black Holes and Relativity…
Mar 21, 2018 What causes the cloud bands and high winds on Jupiter? NASA launched the Juno mission on August 5, 2011. Its primary science goals include analysis of Jupiter’s massive plasmasphere, along with electromagnetic influences throughout the Jovian system. Jupiter radiates more energy than it receives from the Sun,…
March 20, 2018 Computer simulations cannot correctly model supernova explosions. Contemporary astrophysical models of stellar evolution rely on the mechanical action of cold gas collapsing from gravitational impetus. Stars are seen as whirling vortices of compressed matter heated to fusion temperatures by pressure, alone. Clouds of gas and dust…
Mar 19, 2018 Does gravity bind the edges of galaxies into a disk? Galaxies should be denser in their nuclei and gradually fade into hazy boundaries, yet many of them exhibit rims of tightly knit stars. Some galaxies possess coherent structures like arms or bars that are almost solid-looking….
Since at least the mid 20th century, witnesses around the world have reported hearing a puzzling, consistent humming sound with no identifiable physical source. For decades, a majority of media attention has focused on the so-called Taos Hum, the mysterious buzzing sound heard by many in the desert of Taos,…
Mar 16, 2018 Comets are not made of ice and mud. Accepted astrophysical theories would never lead astronomers to consider X-rays from comets. Comets are supposed to be dirty snowballs, gradually melting away as they approach the Sun. However, as previously written, both the Giotto and Deep Impact missions…
We have made major discoveries that contemporary science cannot explain at this time. Go to www.safireproject.com and we invite your constructive comments and thoughts as we journey through some of the most profound plasma phenomena ever seen before. To all who have contributed – a most sincere thanks. The SAFIRE…
