This Week in the Electric Universe
Apr 27, 2009 Dwarf Galaxies Pose Big Problems
The swarm of small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way are too few and out of place, according to astronomers.
Apr 28, 2009 Saturn’s Raging Storms
Cassini has detected immense hurricanes surging through Saturn’s atmosphere since it began observing the planet in February of 2004. What force energizes these tempests?
Apr 29, 2009 Space Tornadoes Cause a Stir
The idea of a giant radiant pillar rising up from the earth to the sky would have sounded too fantastic to be true – until recently.
Apr 30, 2009 The Sombrero Galaxy
An “accretion disk” of dark dust and gas surrounds this mighty collection of 400 billion stars. It is electrical energy that powers and shapes these features.
May 01, 2009 An Aristotelian Hangover
The astronomers responsible for the news feeds in our tabloids seem to have a profound disliking for the idea that the solar system, including the earth, has suffered catastrophic changes within the past few thousand years.
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