Comet Plunges into the Sun
A comet plunged into the sun early this month. Traveling at 600 kilometers per second through the hot corona of the sun, it is clear that the object could not
Galactic Flares and the Climate
There are quite a number of theories related to cosmic radiation that we may soon be able to test now that there has been a galactic flare at the center of
Galactic Flaring
It has long been known that the center of galaxies are prone to flaring, with huge outbursts of radiation. However, such flaring has not been reliably observed in our
Electrons as Glue
The proton-electron model of the atom described in my book on physics has no neutrons in the nucleus. Instead, there are protons with electrons acting as glue to keep everything together. I have no special reason to choose this model…
Black Holes
The hypothetical black holes that are currently presented as science facts suffer from the same theoretical weaknesses as neutron stars, only more so. The observational evidence we have for their existence can just as well be explained from an electromagnetic…
Neutron Stars
Modern science is riddled with theories that are presented as facts to the general public. As Mark Twain put it: "There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of…