Original Post April 4, 2014 Bees can sense the electric fields generated by flowers Previous Picture of the Day articles discuss aspects of biology that rely on electricity. Whether it is the transportation of nutrients and electrolytic compound in and out of cells, or the motive action of bacterial flagella,…
Original Post March 31, 2014 What is lurking near the center of our galaxy? According this May 2013 article published in Nature, a “magnetized neutron star”, otherwise known as a “magnetar” is spinning at an amazing speed near the Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) region of the Milky Way. Sagittarius A*…
The Neutrino Legend and the Collapse of Particle Physics By Mathias Huefner Three big questions have preoccupied academic mainstream astrophysicists and particle physicists for decades: It is an idea that neutrinos could hold the key to unlocking the solutions to three central mysteries in astrophysics. Mainstream astrophysicists believe the universe…
Original Post March 19, 2014 Sulfur is abundant on Mars. “My hour is almost come, when I to sulphureous and tormenting flames must render up myself.” Hamlet: Act 1 Scene 5 — William Shakespeare According to the Electric Universe theory, diversity exists among the Sun’s planetary family because they…
Original Post March 13, 2014 Galactic magnetic fields were discovered more than 50 years ago. Astronomers continue to ask basic questions about galaxies: what generates their magnetic fields? What gives those fields their shape and their strength? Researchers using the latest computer simulations think they have found the answers….
Original Post February 24, 2014 How do supernovae relate to the Sun? On June 7, 2011 the Sun erupted with the largest plasma event yet recorded by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. SDO was launched on February 11, 2010 into a geosynchronous orbit, with plans for a five-year mission. It…
Original Post November 27, 2013 Not all the Southern Continent is frozen. It has areas like other deserts in the world: barren, dry and lifeless. Antarctica is known for being an ice-bound continent covered with glaciers and sheets of ice four kilometers deep. Its only long-term inhabitants are seabirds,…
Original Post November 19, 2013 How big is the Universe? How old is it? Today, cosmology is dominated by the Big Bang theory. The theory’s major premise is that there was once a void containing no matter, no space, and no time. For some reason not explained by the…
Original Post November 7, 2013 The Electric Universe hypothesis proposes that electricity lights the stars and forms the web of galaxy clusters in the Universe. But what is it? First, “electricity” is a catchall term that describes several different phenomena: piezoelectric, thermoelectric, and even bioelectric activity are all forms…
Original Post October 22, 2013 Some have suggested ancient technology glassified these Indus Valley ruins but electricity is a more plausible explanation. Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent region are thought to be the “birthplace” of civilization and the central focus for human culture dating back to the beginning of…
