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Live UStream of annular solar eclipse-happening now

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May 20th Solar Eclipse...June 4th Lunar Eclipse...June 5th and 6th Venus Transits The Sun

Solar Eclipse of May 20 http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/ASE2012/ASE2012.html... more

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An amazing video from Cassini

And Voyager. These are still images put together in stop-action animation from Cassini... more

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Pakistani's 6th largest Newtonian Telescope - Mera Passion Pakistan

Okara: While most want to see the world, Asad Mahmood, from the small city of Okara,... more

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Huge full moon to brighten the sky Saturday night

If the skies are clear in your area Saturday night, you will be able to see an... more

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The Biggest Supermoon in Years is Coming Saturday Night

This Saturday evening, take a look at the night sky and you might see something... more

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Billions of habitable planets, right in our galaxy

(This artist’s impression shows a sunset seen from the super-Earth Gliese 667... more

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John Dobson: The Hippy That Made Astronomy Hip

The Dobsonian telescope named after it's inventor, John Dobson brought the... more

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Runaway planets ejected from galaxy at insane speeds

New evidence suggests that planets are being tossed out of the Milky Way at speeds... more

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Evolution Under a Temperamental Sun

Philadelphia Inquirer... . Monday, March 19, 2012 Evolution Under a... more

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Online Astonomy Course - What We Do | The Planetary Society

Online astronomy course

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Earth-like planet found in 'habitable' zone

Astronomers on Monday reported the discovery of an Earth-like planet outside the solar... more

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Your Fratoscope: December 4, 2011

The psychic frat boy predicts your future for the week!

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Electric Universe 2012—The Human Story

Electric Universe Conference to Kick Off January 6 in Las Vegas Annual Gathering... more

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Journey Of The Universe: a cosmic, Earth, human transformation

This film and book project is a collaboration of evolutionary philosopher Brian Thomas... more

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Artist making the invisible realities of climate change a tactile experience

Nathalie Miebach may not yet be a household name, but the Boston Massachusetts-based... more

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Happy Birthday, Carl Sagan

Today is the birthday of a great scientist and a great man. Carl Sagan instilled a... more

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Dark mode plasma phenomena exist on the Sun.

The image at the top of the page is the most detailed ever taken of the Sun's chromosphere. The smallest features are 130 kilometers in size. Each spicule is about 480 kilometers in diameter, with a length of 3200 kilometers. The largest measure as much as 8000 kilometers long. Although the light and dark regions are colorful, the colors were added in processing.

In the electric Sun hypothesis, the Sun is a glowing anode, or positively charged "electrode." The cathode is an invisible "virtual cathode," called the heliosphere. The heliosphere is at the farthest limit of the Sun's coronal discharge, billions of kilometers from its surface, where a "double layer" isolates the Sun's plasma cell from the galactic plasma that surrounds it. Galactic plasma is otherwise called the Interstellar Medium (ISM).

Electric forces occurring within the double charge layer above the Sun’s surface are responsible for the incredibly active plasma phenomena that we see. Since Electric Universe theory assumes that celestial bodies interact through conductive plasma and are connected by circuits, the Sun is also assumed to be electrically connected with the galaxy. The Sun can be thought of as an electrically charged object seeking equilibrium with its environment. However, it is not stable. The charges flowing into and out of the Sun can sometimes increase to the point where it releases plasma discharges called solar flares.

Conventional scientists see solar flares, or coronal mass ejections (CME), taking place when magnetic loops "reconnect" with each other, causing a short circuit. The so-called "magnetic energy" is said to accelerate gases into space. Although "magnetic reconnection" is a poorly constructed theory, it is the only explanation offered by heliophysicists.

The "solar wind" is a dark mode emission radiating from the Sun at approximately 700 kilometers per second. In a Universe governed by gravity, the Sun's heat and radiation pressure cannot explain how the charged particles that make up the solar wind accelerate past Venus, Earth and the rest of the planets. Prior to the discovery, no one expected such acceleration.

In an Electric Universe, there is an obvious explanation: electric fields in space. Since coherent charges flow through the Solar System, then it seems reasonable to conclude that the dark mode solar plasma is affected by the electrodynamic fields of the Sun and its planetary family.

Solar flares could be tremendous lightning bursts in that case, pushing plasma to near relativistic speeds. If the circuit that connects the Sun with the Milky Way extends for hundreds of thousands of light-years, massive amounts of electrical energy might be contained in such magnetically confined “transmission lines” feeding the solar anode.

According to the Electric Sun theory, flares, the hot corona, and all other solar phenomena result from changes in the electrical input from our galaxy. Birkeland current filaments slowly rotate past the Solar System, supplying more or less power to the Sun as they go. Arc mode, glow mode, and dark mode discharges are all influenced by those flowing currents of electric charge.

Stephen SmithDark mode plasma phenomena exist on the Sun. The image at the top of the page is... more

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Unmanned Cargo Ship Crashes on Its Way to the International Space Station

Skymania News... . Cargo ship crashes on way to ISS Posted by Paul... more

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So much really important news to follow, so many major issues to work on. Go outside tonight and tomorrow!

Perseids Meteor shower going on, out in the fresh air, in a sky near you. Sometimes... more

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