Stages of a star's death

packets R us — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:16:51 GMT

we can look for dark matter underground, but we die like rome, because we cant figure that crime comes from out kids...world is standing upside down-alt0134

Stages of a star's death

Chris Reeve, San Francisco, CA — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:56:15 GMT

Mainstream astrophysicists have been slow to recognize that these bipolar morphologies for these observations are typical of laboratory plasma z-pinches. The fact that they are noticing spirals only validates the idea because the spirals likely represent the Birkeland current filaments that are feeding these structures with electrical energy. Within this alternate view, these structures are not temporary explosions, but rather relatively permanent.

Of course, mainstream astrophysicists refuse to accept that space plasmas are electrical phenomenon (even though plasmas in the laboratory are electrical). They prefer to believe that plasmas act as fluids and respond to gravity because that's what they were taught in school. But, we increasingly see evidence that there are filamentary structures in the universe (like at some "black holes") that are simply too long for the light we're receiving to not be replenished with energy. X-ray generating particles, for instance, should only shine for 100 light years at most. When we see filaments that are 1,000 times longer than that -- and we do -- that means that our mainstream theories for how plasmas operate in space are completely broken. It suggests that plasmas in space are likely electrical, and that single realization has enormous consequences that we'll likely see unfold over the next few decades.

It would be wise for people to keep a very open mind about what you're seeing in these sorts of pictures, and remember that if you see a dumbbell type of shape in space, that that is what we already see plasmas doing in the laboratory when we excite them with large amounts of electrical charge.

Stages of a star's death

jtheriault, everett, wa — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:17:46 GMT

Packets! lay off that stuff willya? yer barely comprehensible.

Stages of a star's death

EC Hudson — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:06:59 GMT

saw the title, thought this was about Lindsay, Britney and Paris

Stages of a star's death

Guy S. Newell, Niles, MI — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:31:01 GMT

I always open conversations at cocktail parties with quotes from packets. It seems to be working, as I have two dates lined for next week. Thanks!!!

Stages of a star's death

D. Garwood, Hawaii — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:56:46 GMT

I have to share this - when I read the headline the first thing I thought was, "Not another article on Britney Spears!'. Thankfully it was not.

Stages of a star's death

Youve Gottobekiddingme — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:12:59 GMT

Yeah, those mainstream astrophysicists -- what a bunch of sellouts.

We need some underground astrophysicists... maybe that's what Packets was traying to say.

Stages of a star's death

Dave Anderson — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:51:51 GMT

Maybe Packets is really Brittany trying to google herself

Stages of a star's death

Brian Connelly, Honolulu, Hi — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:41:44 GMT

A true snap shot of how science and math are dying in this country; an article about the phases of dying stars draws one scientific response and a half dozen about Brittney Spears...sad, just sad.

I am glad it isn't about her, and the stuff Chris was talking about is a tad bit over my head but still interesting reading.

Stages of a star's death

Wesley, Orbis Tertius — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:37:34 GMT

Chris Reeve: If plasmas in space are ongoing electrical phenomena, does that mean they cannot be affected by gravity?

YouveGottobekiddingme: You can't pursue astronomy or astrophysics "underground," in either sense of the term. In the literal sense,it's simply impossible; in the figurative sense, you couldn't afford it.

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Stages of a star's death

James Sabol Rockledge FL. — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:05:09 GMT

Tonight over Florida at about 8pm,I saw what looked liked to be a star with a slight fuzz around it.Then I saw the fuzz around what appeared to be a star get much bigger while the light or star begin to dissipate. AT the same time I looked at it move very slowly in another direction in the universe. This was also witnessed by my kids,we all agreed we have never seen this happen before.Did we just witness the death of a star? p.s. it was directly over our heads moving very,very slowly to the northeast.