An Active Hurricane Season
This year’s hurricane season looks like it may go down in history as one of the most active ones on record. This is by many seen as proof that global warming
Cyclones and Galaxies
Cyclones on Earth and spiral galaxies in space have several features in common. Similarities Both have spiral arms extending from centers that are hotter than their surroundings. Close to their centers, their arms rotate almost as fast as the centers…
Galactic Super-Waves
When studying the ice core measurements of Greenland and the Antarctic, we notice an interesting pattern. Earth’s climate appears to repeat in great cycles of about 120.000 years.
Extraterrestrials
When we think of extraterrestrials, we tend to think of little green men in flying saucers. However, no intelligence is needed to travel between planets and solar systems. There is a whole range of organisms that can do this. The…
Planet Wide Dust Storm on Mars
A dust storm is raging on Mars, and it is now so huge it is encircling the whole planet.
This rare occurrence comes at a time when Earth is seeing
Earth’s Magnetic Field
In one of his EU lectures Dr. Gerald Pollak makes the suggestion that the atmospheric jet stream of our planet may be an important contributor to its magnetic filed.
The jet stream is
Sunspot Cycles
Ever since Galileo’s time, we have monitored the Sun closely. One thing that has been carefully registered is the number of sunspots visible at any given time.
What has been noted is
Magnetic Fields of Planets
Current understanding of planetary magnetic fields is that they are the products of what is loosely termed dynamo currents.
Below ground currents
In the case of our own planet
The One Theory Fallacy
Most people will agree that there's only one reality. We may have different views of it. We may disagree on the facts. But there can only be one theory that's 100% correct. Reality is coherent. So, there can be but…
Planetary Alignments
There was a rare planetary alignment on March 7 this year. As expected, nothing out of the ordinary happened on that day. So, everybody had another chance at mocking the astrologers and mystics for their beliefs. However, there might be…