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A joint project between NASA and Lockheed Martin resulted in the mission called IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) launched in 2008. Its purpose was to seek out and measure Energetic Neutral Atoms in the solar system. It did exactly that and as with many NASA projects it has been a…
The iconic image of astronomy—a giant rock hurtles through space and crashes violently into a planet. However, laboratory experiments into electrical discharge have reproduced common planetary surface features which defy conventional meteor impact theory. In 1994, when comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 approached Jupiter, and when Comet Siding Spring approached Mars…
Writer, poet, and discourse analyst, Ghada Chehade, illustrates why cosmology matters beyond science—and how it has precipitated tectonic cultural and ideological shifts that have shaped and defined the course of history. Cosmological shifts are a product of their time, and often grow out of and/or reinforce philosophical and socio-political…
Discovered in 1802 by Heinrich Olbers, Vesta has a diameter of 326 miles second only behind Ceres as one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt. It constitutes a staggering 9% of the mass of the belt and is the brightest asteroid visible from Earth. Contributor and EU…
Final episode of a four-arc special exploring the Polar Configuration. Ev Cochrane began his quest into comparative mythology scrutinizing ancient literary and astronomical texts mentioning Mars. He identified over 200 Martian motifs including dragon-slayer, eclipse agent, fire-god, and warrior. It emerged that Mars represented an awe-inspiring celestial form—prone to…
Independent researcher, Stuart Talbott, deconstructs the standard model of gravitational collapse and mass accretion to create stars over eons of time—versus—the EU model of the electromagnetic phenomenon called the Z-pinch, also known as the Bennett pinch, as the force governing the rapid formation of stars. Hannes Alfvén, who predicted…
Third of a special four-episode arc to explore the Polar Configuration. The Sumerians witnessed the appearance of Venus that saw the planet depart from its axial alignment within the polar configuration and wander about the axis. And so it is that comets are associated with the end of a…
In his previous show, Wal Thornhill, Thunderbolts Chief Science Advisor, predicted JWST discoveries that will fundamentally change the view of the big bang creation myth and the failed gravitational model of galaxies. For this second episode on the JWST, Wal describes the wide gulf between thermonuclear and electric star…
Second of a special four-episode arc to explore certain unique aspects of the Polar Configuration. Especially telling are traditions reporting that Zeus launched lightning-like fire from his ‘eye’. Aeschylus described the Greek Thundergod as “The jealous eye of God hurls the lightning down.” Comparative mythologist, Ev Cochrane, dissects the…
Ears ring, windows rattle, the dog hides under the bed. It’s thunder from an arc of electric discharge, or from a passing supersonic jet. Rub your feet on the carpet then touch a doorknob. You get a spark and hear a snap. Same thing—tiny scale. Think of the power…
