by Donald E. Scott from ElectricCosmos Website         The M1 Pulsar - X-ray Image by Chandra       There is a revolution just beginning in astronomy/cosmology that will rival the one set off by Copernicus and Galileo.   This revolution is based on the growing realization that the cosmos is highly electrical in nature. It is becoming clear that 99% of the universe is made up not of "invisible matter", but rather, of matter in the plasma state.   Electrodynamic forces in electric plasmas are much stronger than the gravitational force. Mainstream astrophysicists are continually "surprised" by new data sent back by space probes and orbiting telescopes. That ought to be a clue that something is wrong.   New information always sends theoretical astrophysicists "back to the drawing board". In light of this, it is curious that they have such "cock-sure" attitudes about the infallibility of their present models.   Those models seem to require major "patching up" every time a new space probe sends back data. Astrophysicists and astronomers do not study experimental plasma dynamics in graduate school. They rarely take any courses in electrodynamic field theory, and thus they try to explain every new discovery via gravity, magnetism, and fluid dynamics which is all they understand.    It is no wonder they cannot understand that 99% of all cosmic phenomena are due to plasma dynamics and not to gravity alone. When confronted by observations that cast doubt on the validity of their theories, astrophysicists have circled their wagons and conjured up pseudo-scientific invisible entities such as neutron stars, weakly interacting massive particles, strange energy, and black holes.   When confronted by solid evidence such as Halton Arp's photographs that contradict the Big Bang Theory, their response is to refuse him access to any major telescope in the U.S. Instead of wasting time in a futile battle trying to convince entrenched mainstream astronomers to seriously investigate the Electric/Plasma Universe ideas, a growing band of plasma scientists and engineers are simply bypassing them.   A new electric plasma-based paradigm that does not find new discoveries to be "enigmatic and puzzling", but rather to be predictable and consistent with an electrical point of view, is slowly but surely replacing the old paradigm wherein all electrical mechanisms are ignored.   Contents Introduction A Model of Interstellar Space Plasma - The Fundamental State of Matter Dark (Missing) Matter The Electric Sun Hypothesis Solar Neutrino Problem Stars Galaxies Solar System Red Shift Summary   Return to Temas / Libros-Tratados Return to The Electric Universe