A picture and essay from the perspective of the Electric Universe.
Feb 24, 2015 New observation techniques increase galactic field mapping accuracy. The LOw-Frequency ARray, (LOFAR) is a radio interferometer, or radio telescope, made up of several observing stations in Europe. Signals received at the various observing stations are digitally integrated into a phased array, which is a collection of dipole…
Feb 23, 2015 Wind does not blow through the cosmos. According to a recent press release, “winds” from a supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the center of galaxy PDS 456 are distorting the shape of the galactic structure. An electric current in plasma generates a magnetic field that will…
Feb 18, 2015 Do convection currents and vibrating magnetic field lines create the dynamic phenomena observed on the Sun? In the electric model of stars, the Sun is a positively charged electrode in a circuit, while the negatively charged electrode is located far beyond the planetary orbits. The…
Feb 17, 2015 Charged plasma surrounds the Solar System. Electric Sun theory presupposes that the Sun is a glowing anode, or positively charged electrode. Its oppositely charged cathode is invisible, a “virtual cathode,” called the heliosphere that exists billions of kilometers from its surface, where a “double layer” isolates…
Feb 16, 2015 Fusion reactions from deep in the core are said to drive the Sun. “I am aware that many critics consider the stars are not hot enough. The critics lay themselves open to an obvious retort; we tell them to go and find a hotter place.”…
Feb 13, 2015 The “dusty snowball” theory of comets needs attention, since there are crystals that need high temperatures to form in the matrix of at least two. Recently, the composition of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P/C-G) was discussed in the scientific press. It is only in the last few months…
Feb 12, 2015 Comets are not the only objects with tails. Since comets and their characteristics are in the news, it is good to remember that not all objects with tails are comets. Venus, for example, possesses a filamentary comet-like tail that stretches for millions of kilometers. Indeed, at its…
Feb 11, 2015 Rather than clouds of frigid dust and gas, twisted filaments suggest electric currents in space. Temperatures near absolute zero show up in the infrared image in blue false color in the image at the top of the page. The Eagle nebula is an active “star nursery”…
Feb 9, 2015 Plumes of water vapor from Enceladus are not caused by friction. Saturn’s moons are difficult explain when conventional ideas about the composition and age of the Solar System are considered. They vary in composition, orbital inclination, size, and mass. With 62 moons now identified, and 53 of…
Feb 05, 2015 More electric biology. A previous Picture of the Day described the way that some single-celled organisms make use of charge exchange in order to drive their flagella. Rather than the conversion of ATP, they move protons along special cellular structures, converting that flow of electric charge into…
