July 20, 2020 Is the Universe expanding? Maybe not. Stars are primarily composed of hydrogen, according to consensus ideas. Nuclear reactions are thought to convert that hydrogen into helium, initiating the energetic emissions that make life on Earth possible. When temperatures in average stellar cores reach about 100 million Kelvin,…
July 17, 2020 A new class of celestial object? Many astrophysical phenomena are “puzzling” to astronomers, Fast Radio Bursts (FRB), Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB), blazars, magnetars, black holes, etc. Now, some new mysterious observations are beckoning: ORCS, or Odd Radio Circles. None of the other previously discovered radio objects seem able…
July 16, 2020 Supernovae illustrate the same old problems. Type 1A class supernovae are important to consensus astronomers for two reasons: their light-curves, or graphs of their intensity over time, are considered to be so predictable that they can be used as cosmic measuring rods. Since redshift equals distance in…
July 15, 2020 Holes in theories. Previous Picture of the Day articles discuss many unusual formations on planets and moons. Craters, canyons, dunes, and many other features on Mars do not readily correspond to contemporary theories about their formation: crater rims with steep vertical walls and kilometer-deep canyons with no…
July 14, 2020 What ionizes the intergalactic medium? According to a recent press release, astrophysicists are puzzled by the extent of ionization in distant regions of the Universe. As the announcement states, after the newborn Universe cooled, hydrogen nuclei (protons) recombined with electrons into neutral atoms. Then, extreme ultraviolet light…
July 10, 2020 A lightning bolt is accompanied by a transverse electric discharge. On Earth, slow-motion video reveals that each lightning flash is a complex event. Multiple leader strokes descend from the clouds, while similar, less visible potential contacts rise from the ground. Once two points of contact are made,…
July 9, 2020 Remote globular clusters exhibit anomalous light frequencies. “I am very astonished that the scientific picture of the real world around me is deficient. It gives a lot of factual information, puts all our experience in a magnificently consistent order, but it is ghastly silent about all and…
July 8, 2020 The Sun resides within an electric shield. As written several times in the past, in an Electric Universe, the Sun lives within a positive space charge sheath with respect to the interstellar medium (ISM): it isolates itself in a cocoon of plasma. The Sun is an anode…
July 7, 2020 According to conventional thinking, gravity and acceleration cause stars and galaxies to produce radiation. Central black holes accelerate particles of dust, along with hydrogen gas, and are said to cause “jets” out of galactic nuclei. When a galactic jet encounters regions of increased density, collisions between particles…
July 6, 2020 Science journals often use terms like “blowing winds” created by exploding stars when they describe nebular formations. Nebulae are “star factories”, because consensus astronomers think that the X radiation they produce is due to fusion reactions initiated by gravitational attraction. Electric Universe theory proposes that plasma and…
