This Week in the Electric Universe
May 18, 2009 Comet Crystals
Comets are said to be composed of “dusty ices.” Why have crystalline structures that require high temperatures been found in them?
May 19, 2009 Cold Dust Or Glowing Plasma
Rather than frigid clouds of dust and gas, spiraling filaments suggest electric currents in space.
May 20, 2009 Vanishing Rings
Saturn’s rings will soon disappear from view. What force created and sustains them?
May 21, 2009 So Hot You’re Cool, So Cool You’re Hot
Clouds of ionized gas and dust in space are not heated up by gravity, they are compressed by electrical forces and emit synchrotron radiation.
May 22, 2009 Magnetic Monsters
Extreme magnetic fields in space are said to be caused by the high-speed rotation of neutron stars. One of many cases where a theory is built on the incorrect assumptions of another theory.
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