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The story of a chance magnetar discovery

essreich wrote 4 days ago: Astronomers looking to capture the death of a gas cloud have stumbled across something else — … more →

Tags: astronomy, Magnetar, supermassive black hole

Stellar Evolution #2 - Main Sequence

richardbyers wrote 1 week ago: Introduction Last chapter focused on the first stages of the stellar lifetime, if you want to read t … more →

Tags: Stellar Evolution Series, Astrophysics, astronomy, Physics, Space, NASA, universe, Science, Telescope

IceCube snares extragalactic neutrinos

essreich wrote 3 weeks ago: Two ultra-high-energy neutrinos captured by the South pole detector probably came from outside the G … more →

Space station results deepen antimatter enigma

essreich wrote 1 month ago: The first results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer fall short of evidence for dark matter, I rep … more →

Tags: particle physics, alpha magnetic spectrometer, International Space Station

My Stars and Body

John MacKenzie wrote 2 months ago: The globular star cluster Messier 55 in the constellation of Sagittarius. My Stars and Body The amaz … more →

Tags: Poem tweets, New Poems, Science, Art is theft, Epistemology, Poetry, Atheism, Religion, Space

The Certainty of Extraterrestrial Life

astroscientist wrote 2 months ago: For thousands of years humans have dreamed of visitors from another world, descending upon us from t … more →

Tags: astronomy, keplar, quantum mechanics, Extraterrestrial life, Science Fiction, Superstring Theory, Astrobiology, Science, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Time Travel: Is it Possible?2 comments

astroscientist wrote 2 months ago: The question we must first ask ourselves is, what kind of time travel do we have in mind? There are … more →

Tags: astronomy, Science Fiction, Superstring Theory

Velikovsky's Mistakes2 comments

Angiras wrote 2 months ago: Velikovsky’s Contributions The purpose of this article is not to repeat the ‘scientific … more →

Tags: astronomy, Bible, catastrophism, Hindu Mythology, mythology, paradigm shift, Planetary Science, Velikovsky

My Favourite Cemetery; and Plan Your Own Funeral with Aaron Freeman

John MacKenzie wrote 2 months ago: Stone angel in Ross Bay Cemetery, Fairfield, Victoria, BC—photographer unknown. We’ve en … more →

Tags: Science, Memory, Epistemology, Astrophysics, cemetery, Funeral, death, spring, Science

NASA's NuSTAR Helps Solve Riddle of Black Hole Spin

astroscientist wrote 2 months ago: PASADENA, Calif. — Two X-ray space observatories, NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope … more →

Tags: astronomy, Science, Astrophysics, NASA

The Light of Other Suns1 comment

John MacKenzie wrote 2 months ago: “The Pillars of Creation,” in the Eagle Nebula. I much prefer the light of other suns, a … more →

Tags: New Poems, Science, Poetry, Chemistry, Astrophysics, Poetry, Science, New Poems, Chemistry 2

Pushing the Limits

Neil F. Comins wrote 3 months ago: W.H. Freeman One of the challenges I like most in creating ‘what if?’ worlds is taking a situation t … more →

Tags: What If Questions, astronomy, the moon, Planet Earth, Astrophysics, the moon, planet earth 2, Neil F. Comins, What if the Moon Didn't Exist

The Attraction of Asking and Exploring ‘What if?’

Neil F. Comins wrote 3 months ago: (NASA/GSFC/ASU) In the normal scheme of things there are two kinds of books: fiction and non-fiction … more →

Tags: What If Questions, astronomy, the moon, Planet Earth, Astrophysics, the moon, planet earth 2, Astronomy (2), Neil F. Comins

Atlantis (Updated)2 comments

Angiras wrote 5 months ago: Atlas When one looks into the texts of all the cultures of the ancient world, the picture painted is … more →

Tags: Anthropology, archaeology, Atlantis, Bible, catastrophism, Egyptian myth, Hindu Mythology, mythology, paradigm shift

Has Curiosity Killed a Paradigm?2 comments

Angiras wrote 5 months ago: A bizarre sequence of statements from the chief scientist of the Curiosity Mars Rover mission, has c … more →

Tags: catastrophism, Egyptian myth, paradigm shift, Planetary Science, Curiosity carbon, Curiosity Rover, Curiosity soil sample, fractionation of carbon isotopes on Mars, Life On Mars

The Stench of Truth Images2 comments

Angiras wrote 5 months ago: The purpose of this post is to provide images to supplement my radio interview on Cyclic Catastrophi … more →

Tags: Anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, Avesta, Bible, catastrophism, Egyptian myth, Geology, Hindu Mythology

Stellar Evolution #1 - Star Birth

richardbyers wrote 6 months ago: Stars have fascinated humans for millenia, however it wasn’t until the last century or so that … more →

Tags: Stellar Evolution Series, Astrophysics, astronomy, Physics, Space, NASA, Stars, universe, Science

Juno Will Explain the Origin of the Solar System6 comments

Angiras wrote 8 months ago: NASA Juno Mission The NASA Juno mission, due to arrive at Jupiter and begin a year of data collectio … more →

Tags: astronomy, catastrophism, paradigm shift, Planetary Science, Sun, methane gas hydrates, solar system cosmogony

Juno Will Prove Earth Origin (update)1 comment

Angiras wrote 9 months ago: Earth’s Explosive Birth The earth was born out of a high energy impact on Jupiter, which initi … more →

Tags: astronomy, catastrophism, mythology, paradigm shift, Planetary Science, Rig Veda, juno, NASA Juno Mission


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