Astronomers Again Baffled by Solar Observations 299
SteakNShake writes "Once again professional astronomers are struggling to understand observations of the sun. ScienceDaily reports that a team from Saint Andrew's University announced that the sun's magnetic fields dominate the behavior of the corona via a mechanism dubbed the 'solar skeleton.' Computer models continue to be built to mimic the observed behavior of the sun in terms of magnetic fields but apparently the ball is still being dropped; no mention in the announcement is made of the electric fields that must be the cause of the observed magnetic fields. Also conspicuously absent from the press releases is the conclusion that the sun's corona is so-dominated by electric and magnetic fields because it is a plasma. In light of past and present research revealing the electrical nature of the universe, this kind of crippling ignorance among professional astrophysicists is astonishing."
The sun is... (Score:1, Informative)
capcha: mammal (Alrighty! Yet another song by TMBG.)
Re:whaa? (Score:5, Informative)
Crippling Ignorance (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Crank crackpottery (Score:5, Informative)
This is the crew that's calling modern astronomers crippled by ignorance? Excuse me while i die laughing...
Stop with the EU nonsense (Score:3, Informative)
Teach the controversy (Score:5, Informative)
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Re:whaa? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:whaa? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Crippling ignorance? (Score:5, Informative)
It's a crackpot theory.
-mazarin5, physicist
Re:Crank crackpottery (Score:3, Informative)
Re:whaa? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:whaa? (Score:2, Informative)
It is supposed to be a free-energy machine. Which is weird, because DePalma taught physics at MIT for 15 years. But it appears he came up with this N-Machine concept near the end or after of his teacher career. Anyways, here is the punchline of the wikipedia article:
"This single test failed to demonstrate the over-unity potential of the N-machine - most of the output energy being lost as heat - and the project was immediately dissolved."
Re:whaa? (Score:2, Informative)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrino_oscillation [wikipedia.org]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_neutrino_probl
As for the rest... dude, you're not only barking up the wrong tree, you're barking mad as well. Mass shield? Solid surface? Electrical comets? Give me a break.
Re:what is unscientific (Score:1, Informative)
what does the electric sun model predict that is in conflict with "mainstream" theory? This would be the perfect way to prove that it is correct and the fusion model is incorrect. Conversely, if there is no measurable difference between the models, then it becomes a matter of philosophy about which is the truth.