April 1, 2020 Zeus forges his lightning bolts. Jupiter is the largest planet, clearly visible in the early April morning sky It is so large that all of the other planets could fit inside its 1.77 X 10^15 cubic kilometer volume. Jupiter rotates in about 10 hours, causing its diameter…
Scientific research into the Sun’s effects on life on Earth has yielded results that may surprise you. Over a century ago, the Soviet-era scientist Alexander Chizhevsky conducted exhaustive studies demonstrating an apparent correlation between solar activity and prominent historical events and societal changes. Today, geomagnetic effects on Earth’s biology, and…
March 31, 2020 Do convection currents and vibrating magnetic field lines create the dynamic phenomena observed on the Sun? According to the thermonuclear fusion model of the Sun, hydrogen in its core is crushed with so much force that it is converting to helium, releasing tremendous amounts of energy. The…
March 30, 2020 In an Electric Universe, galaxies evolve because large-scale plasma discharges form Birkeland currents. To those familiar with ideas like electricity in space, the cosmos appears to be interlaced with electric circuits made up of energized filaments at every scale. At the largest scale, there are electromagnetic loads in…
The philosophical branch of epistemology explores the limits of human knowledge — not just the quality of “facts” and data, but our very ABILITY to know. Thunderbolts contributor Mel Acheson leads us on another epistemological adventure, this time asking the most fundamental question of all: What is Reality? SOURCE ARTICLE…
March 27, 2020 Winston Bostick March 5, 1916 – January 19, 1991 Dr. Winston H. Bostick was born in Freeport, IL. He earned acclaim as a plasma pioneer, and is discussed in many Pictures of the Day. He attended the University of Chicago, where he earned a Ph.D in physics,…
March 25, 2020 Supernova remnants are not governed by gravity. Many Pictures of the Day point-out that astronomers find connections between supernova remnants (SR) and the rest of the galaxy. Bipolar SRs, in particular, arrange themselves non-randomly. Most SRs are double-lobed, meaning that twin emissions erupt from each side of…
The groundbreaking field of electric universe geology is vibrant with new possibilities. Standard geology proposes that the primary forces that have shaped planetary surfaces are periodic impacts, volcanism, and wind and water erosion over eons of time. However, on every rocky body in the solar system, from our planet all…
March 24, 2020 Electrons and positrons are formed in lightning bolts. Lightning is a plasma that creates powerful electromagnetic pulses across a wide range of frequencies. Thunderheads may be several thousand cubic kilometers in extent, yet all of that stored electrical energy travels down a discharge channel no wider than…
March 23, 2020 The Sun does not power itself. “Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the Sun.”— John Lennon The Solar Dynamics Observatory was launched from Cape Canaveral on February 11, 2010. SDO’s mission is to observe the Sun in a variety of wavelengths,…
