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...
opinion by mgmirkin | 26 wks ago | updated 26 wks ago 476 views | 50 recommendations | 11 comments
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...
opinion by mgmirkin | 32 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago 457 views | 68 recommendations | 9 comments
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...
opinion by mgmirkin | 1 year ago | updated 40 wks ago 1010 views | 29 recommendations | 15 comments
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...
created by mgmirkin | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1025 views | 62 recommendations | 22 comments
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?...
opinion by mgmirkin | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1308 views | 43 recommendations | 25 comments
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...
created by mgmirkin | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1353 views | 24 recommendations | 17 comments
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...
created by mgmirkin | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1723 views | 25 recommendations | 8 comments