Category: Thunderblogs
A variety of editorial commentaries by in-house and guest contributors.
The Paths to Discovering Our Universe, Past and Present

The Paths to Discovering Our Universe, Past and Present By Annis Pepion Scott There are many paths to discovering the nature of our universe. Established members of the Electric Universe–Dave Talbott, Wal Thornhill, Don Scott, Ev Cochrane and Dwardu Cardona–have been focusing on different aspects of the nature of the…
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New Horizons Examines Pluto
Mohammad Reza Shafizadeh

It is with pride and enthusiasm that we present the story below of the young Iranian scientist, Mohammad Reza Shafizadeh. The Thunderbolts Project offered Mohammad a student scholarship to the EU2014 conference, and, after much work, he gained approval from the Iranian government to attend. Sadly, under the time constraints,…
How We Crossed Paths by Mike Heckrotte

As an Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineer, I subscribe to an email list forum for Product Safety and EMC Regulatory Compliance professionals. In 2009 there was an off-topic discussion about the electrical nature of tornados and one of the members suggesting Googling “Electric Universe.” I did so and came across The Thunderbolts…
The Electric Universe

The Electric Universe By Wal Thornhill We live in an electric world. Our cities are visible from space at night, blazing with electric lights. The electricity courses invisibly in the darkness over great distances along thin power lines. We find electricity indispensable. Nature does the same since all matter is…
Congratulations Rosetta, Shame About The Science…

Congratulations Rosetta, Shame About The Science… By Wal Thornhill Congratulations to the team responsible for the success of the Rosetta mission to comet 67 P Churyumov-Gerasimenko (henceforth 67 P). However, it’s a shame that scientists misled the engineers with their cherished story of icy comets, which resulted in an inappropriate design…
Will NASA Rewrite History?

Will NASA Rewrite History? A new report from NASA’s Cassini Space Mission to Saturn may prove to be a landmark for the study of electrical phenomena in the space sciences. The article, entitled, Cassini Caught in Hyperion’s Particle Beam, describes the Cassini spacecraft being “bathed in a beam of electrons” during a…
Rosetta Mission Predictions

The Rosetta Mission Predictions By David Talbott and Wallace Thornhill After a 10-year journey, Rosetta spacecraft has now reached Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. It looks like the mission is going to be a goldmine for us. Already one self evident prediction of the electric comet model has been confirmed: a spectacular, sharply ‘spark machined’ surface—just…