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I think that chart is for NEOs estimated to be >~1 km in diameter ("large", I guess); there is another chart at that site which shows the total number of objects being discovered, per year, is still high, and rising. There's a bit of squishiness in the definitions ... size is (often? nearl...

Speculation - if Dark Matter is reality and consists of a nearly infinite number of undetectable or nearly undetectable tiny particles it will almost certainly be affected by the heat of galaxies and stars. A form of 'dark matter' is already known, but it is 'hot' rather than 'cold' (it is, however...

The Electro-Magnetic Radiation Pressure (EMRP) Gravity Theory © Engineer Xavier Borg - Blaze Labs Research Abstract This paper aims at providing a satisfying theory for the yet unknown mechanism for gravity... That's as far as I need to get to write this off. No responsible or respectable scientist...

Hello All, I think I read Chris's answer to mean that there are no theories on DM. There are observations and a number of facts possibly but not enough along some hypotheses to support a theory. Rigorous, repeatable testing in all aspects af an idea is needed to become theory. And a theory, as we a...

Not that I believe in an Electric Universe Theory but...Consider this: The Universe on a micro scale (relatively speaking of course), Galactic scale, can not readily transfer electrons due to the vast distances between normal matter particles that could carry the charge. I don't know what you mean ...

Nereid - I mean no disrespect to you by this post. Copyright laws and therefore people copyrighting material allow limited reproduction of copyright material. I was not aware that posting copywriten material on the forum in accordance with copyright laws is not 'allowed', as I thought the forum tri...

Blazelabs - a page from - which seems to be science and which seems at first glance to support the recently proposed idea which proposes that when all known factors are taken into account 'something unknown' is pushing against spacecraft as they travel through space .. (the Pioneer anomaly?) The El...

Nereid - you say you don't consider Plasma Cosmology to be science. I ask What is Science? From an online Science Dictionary. Science is the study of the natural world through observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explations. Give me an example! Physi...

Nereid, Suppose, for a moment, that you, Sputnick, were a forum mod; how would you make such decisions? Sputnick to Nereid - :shock: This figure is one which is wearing good quality reading glasses to assist in the vast study of what astronomy is - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia You searched...

Nereid, "I consider PC to be non-science, for reasons I have already stated. Ergo, there is no place for it here, in this forum, on this board." That's the problem then, that you are in a position where you have a delete button and will use it to censor those who believe PC to be science ...

Commenting on the late addition [...] On a personal note - I think your desire to engage in a discussion of 'why Plasma Cosmology is non-science' is because you enjoy debate heated to stellar temperatures .. and I think that is why people won't take up your discussion .. they don't need a meltdown o...

Chris - part of what I perceive to be a problem with your perception is that you are grouping yourself with others who you consider to be the 'all' - when they are only part of the 'all'. I think you meant "Nereid" Your quote - "This certainly is interesting, but how well does it ali...

One more comment for Chris and (Nereid also?) Chris says, "In the case of dark matter, we believe in it because of our observations of its gravitational interaction with other matter. Our understanding of gravity is as good as our understanding of the electromagnetic force. I see no reason to ...

Nereid - comparing an electron to Dark Matter or the Big Bang is a stretch. I agree, it's certainly "a stretch"! But if your only comment on the matter is what I quoted earlier, I'm sure you'd agree it's not a stretch at all. Electrons are well enough known to have thousands of commercial...

Sorry Chris, but Dark Matter (whether it exists or does not exist) was a term 'invented' to possibly explain some observed effects. Like the Big Bang itself, you and apparently most astronomers have taken hold of a possibility and given it a religious conversion to fact. Doing so is not science. Sp...

Hello, Bugmaster! all the images are so lovely and the site fills me with joy every day. But why, why, why do you allow the descriptive text to stretch the width of the browser window? This is a very simple HTML fix, and would be so much easier to READ. THANK YOU for all the good stuff though... We...

Thanks; let's see if applying what's covered there works ... If you've made some changes, they aren't doing the trick. Same behavior. Do you have persistent logins enabled, and those cookie paths all set to bb.nightskylive.net? OK, try now ... and let me know if it's still giving you problems. Also...

G'day from the land of ozzzzz Looking athe the image http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081104.html When galaxies collide, they pass through each other -- their individual stars rarely come into contact. Clouds of interstellar gas and dust become condensed, causing a wave of star formation to move out fro...

Thank you Neried for your tolerance. I will do my best to be civil, not promote books etc, or post links. Today's apod poses another electrical solution to another 'puzzle'. Why the glow at Jupiter's poles in infrared light. It is the electrical activity at Jupiter's poles in conjuction with the ma...

Thanks; let's see if applying what's covered there works ... If you've made some changes, they aren't doing the trick. Same behavior. Do you have persistent logins enabled, and those cookie paths all set to bb.nightskylive.net? Sorry, I wasn't clear ... No changes made yet, and unlikely to be made ...

Chris, bystander, apodman, and anyone else who is experiencing this problem: please first try clearing the cookies in your browser, and closing and restarting it; it may also be necessary to restart your PC. Please also click on the link, at the bottom of your phpBB screen, "Delete all board c...

Thanks for posting this bug. I'll set about addressing it shortly, but I would ask you to please be patient as phpBB3 works quite differently than phpBB2, in many ways. If anyone reading this has experience with phpBB3, knows what's likely happening, and can suggest how to fix it, please send me a ...

The "Electric Universe" (EU) idea has been posted, or directly referenced, in this forum many times. As far as I know (AFAIK), this is the first instance since the BB software upgrade and move to a new server, and there is already at least one more. Such EU ideas - also often called "...

Thread split; tangential discussion moved to here.

There's another thread, in this forum, that I'd encourage you to participate in Sputnick. It goes under the inelegant title of " Café posts split from Stormy Lagoon Nebula (19Oct) ", and a post you wrote is contained in the OP. In any case, I urge you to concentrate on the specific observa...