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    Question black holes

    The 'black hole' was invented to explain how the monstrous body of galaxies can rotate and drag their star families with them. Added to this was the 'dark matter' idea to explain how fast the outermost stars were whizzing around. So that's two dark invisble entities invented to explain the...
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    This Week In Space podcast: Episode 95 — Clean Energy From Space

    Interesting, practical talk by Mr Mankin. I'm not sure if John mentioned if these 'pizza box' transmitters will be geostationary? I assume that's the only way to keep the mlocked onto their receiver 'lakes'? There are a couple of downsides to microwave transmission. My time in the RAF taught me...
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    Shockwaves rocking the 'cosmic web' connecting galaxies seen for the 1st time

    Unfortunately this article reinforces the mechanistic mindset of astrophysics we have grown to expect. Shockwaves, ripples, gravity and Big Bang used to explain the Cosmic Web. What is actually being detected? There is a massive network of filaments connecting all galaxies which is emitting...