by TS Caladan Could moons of a blown apart planet be among the Asteroids? Ceres and Pallas have been called “dwarf planets” because of their spherical shape among a vast belt of very IRREGULAR shaped shards or pieces between Mars and Jupiter. This was once a planet, a planet that orbited the Sun in a perfect ‘Bode’s Law’ position: the precise place for a planet to … [Read more...]
New Order to the Solar System
by TS Caladan What if one cosmic event explained the existence of comets, asteroids and also Kuiper Belt Objects? ‘New Horizons’ probe successfully completed a 9-year journey to Pluto and the scientific world is excited. But… Astronomers have not considered a remote possibility and yet a simple ‘theory’ or speculation that physicists could readily understand. Instead, … [Read more...]
The things that were, the things are, and the things that must shortly come to pass
…the things that were, the things are, and the things that must shortly come to pass… Copyright 2014 Kenneth and Joseph Compton "A star is gone! A star is gone! There is a blank in Heaven ... " So said the 19th century poet George Darley in his poem "The Fallen Star". Was this merely poetic imagery and metaphor, or could it have been based on some historic … [Read more...]