A picture and essay from the perspective of the Electric Universe.
Nov 1, 2014 INTEGRAL has observed intense gamma-ray emissions from the Cygnus X-1 star system. Cygnus X-1 is thought to be a stellar binary with one companion object a black hole and the other a blue supergiant known as HDE 226868: one of the strongest X-ray sources ever detected. The…
Oct 30, 2014 So far, no dark matter candidates have been detected. Dark matter, as previous Picture of the Day articles report, is undetectable, except through its supposed gravitational interactions with luminous, or baryonic matter. Large, expensive experiments are currently investigating many aspects of its hidden qualities, including a search…
Oct 29, 2014 Recent solar observations support the electrical model. NASA launched the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) on June 28, 2013 in order to study the solar corona and help determine why it is far hotter than the Sun’s surface, or photosphere. New information from IRIS has identified…
May 05, 2014 The expansion of the Universe is said to be speeding up. In 1997, two teams of astronomers were studying Type 1a supernovae, when they found that there was “something wrong” with their data. By way of background, a supernova is conventionally described as a massive star…
Oct 27, 2014 Are there billions of rocky planets in the galaxy? “Are we alone in the Universe?” That is probably one of the earliest questions that people ask, after “where do we come from?” According to the European Southern Observatory (ESO), there could be planets galore in our…
Oct 24, 2014 If redshift equals distance calculations are incorrect, the Universe could be a much different looking place. “Of course, if one ignores contradictory observations, one can claim to have an ‘elegant’ or ‘robust’ theory. But it isn’t science.” — Halton Arp The speed of light is used…
Oct 22, 2014 Nebulae exhibit electrical characteristics. Previous Picture of the Day articles contend for an electrical interpretation of astrophysical observations. Every science journal describes nebulae like IC 1805 in terms of gases and “blowing” dust, along with “winds” created by “shock waves” from exploding stars. In many cases…
Oct 21, 2014 Could noctilucent clouds be part of Earth’s auroral phenomena? On April 25, 2007 NASA launched the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) spacecraft on a multi-year mission to study the highest visible clouds, otherwise known as polar mesospheric clouds, or noctilucent clouds. Although AIM’s primary mission…
Oct 20, 2014 Saturn’s moon Mimas exhibits a significant libration. In past Picture of the Day articles, several moons in the Solar System were analyzed in terms of their electrical connection with their parent bodies. In particular, the discovery that Jupiter’s moon Io and Saturn’s moon Enceladus are exchanging…
Oct 17, 2014 The Crab Nebula is surprisingly energetic. The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has detected several unidentified sources of intense gamma-ray emissions that are not seen in any other frequencies. NASA launched the telescope on June 11, 2008. Its primary mission is to detect high frequency electromagnetic waves…
