Mercury's "Magnetic Tornadoes" and the Big Picture...

Well, it seems that Mercury and Earth aren't so dissimilar after all, at least in terms of their magnetospheric interactions with space. But, I wonder, when does anecdotal evidence cease being anecdotal and...

Electrical Tornadoes Power the Auroras!

All things old are new again... Hundred-year-old electrical science has finally come back into fashion! The latest results from the THEMIS satellite fleet leave no wiggle room. The auroras are powered by what...

Sun and Earth Electrically Connected By "Magnetic Portals"

It seems that solar and heliospheric astronomers / physicists are making great leaps and bounds in their understanding of our dynamic relationship with our local star (the Sun). Recent new observations by Cluster...

Earth's Atmosphere Losing a Few Oxygen Ions to Space. Plasma Cosmology Paper ...

One would like to think that modern science knows everything and understands all about near-Earth and deep space physical processes. But it's just not so. At least, it seems that papers explaining the actual...

An Argument for the Consideration of Electrodynamics in Cosmology

The force of gravity rules supreme according to the cosmological model currently in vogue. But is gravity actually the strongest force in nature and is it truly the only prime mover and shaker in the cosmos?...

A Fractal Distribution of Matter in the Universe May Topple the Big Bang. If ...

The Big Bang currently rules supreme in the sciences. But for how long can this flight of fancy survive in the face of mounting evidence to the contrary? A recent discovery threatens to overturn the tables in the...

It's Okay to Call the "Magnetic Flux Ropes" Found Connecting the Sun and Eart...

In science, we would like to think that there are no taboos and that all subjects should be available for research. Not so, unfortunately... What do the terms "cold fusion," "UFO," "Velikovsky" stir in the minds...

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