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According to a new report, the latest data from the NASA space probe Voyager 1 has left scientists “without a working model for the outer solar system.” As the spacecraft reached what may be the outer boundary of the solar system, the solar wind had come to an inexplicable “standstill.” This was…
Scientists working with the VLA telescope recently discovered something very “surprising” — two bright radio spots in the globular cluster M22, which they interpret as proof of two small “black holes.” But the discovery does not fit with the expectations of black hole theorists. From http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2012/m22/: “We didn’t find what…
Astronomers today are puzzled by a star that by conventional wisdom should not exist. Scientists who have studied the star’s elemental composition discovered a stunning paradox – the star is made almost entirely of hydrogen and helium, leading astronomers to believe it is the oldest star ever observed, and the closest…
Outside of the earth, the Sun is the most heavily studied body in the solar system. Yet almost all of the Sun’s features present major quandaries for solar physicists. But now, an expert on “Design of Experiment” methodologies, Monty Childs, is heading up a project to demonstrate how an electrified…
Researchers using the Hubble telescope have spotted an “astounding” grand-design spiral galaxy – astounding, they say, because it shouldn’t exist. Based on the galaxy’s estimated age of 10.7 billion years, according to conventional theory, it should not display such complexity of form. In this presentation, we discuss whether astronomers’ methods for dating galaxies are…
In the history of comet science, the most critical moment for the electric comet model was the evening of July 4, 2005. That was when a projectile from the Deep Impact probe struck the comet Tempel 1. The result was a stunning confirmation of key predictions by Wallace Thornhill and…
Researchers working with data from the Planck satellite have detected an intense form of radiation called synchrotron radiation from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy – requiring an acceleration of charged particles to energies never imagined by textbook astronomy of the 20th century. Their conclusion: colliding particles of dark…
With the successful landing of the Mars rover Curiosity, NASA scientists will have new opportunities for discovery on the Martian surface. But will investigators be willing to question longstanding assumptions?
Yet another “mystery” surrounding the Sun: scientists working with the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) have observed that the Sun is far too perfectly round. Centrifugal forces in a rotating ball of gas should make the Sun wider at its equator than along its axis – that’s the requirement of the…
This little video segment is part of our experimental project development. At times a Skype interview works reasonably well, but sound quality can be unpredictable and video quality even more so. We’ve chosen to move ahead—imperfectly—because communicating information to a growing audience is the logical priority. Put the emphasis on essential…
