Misc

ISS astronauts photograph red sprite above thunderstorm.

I have little confidence that fraudulent scientists will pay to get their work validated in independent labs.  The whole point is to publish fraudulent stuff. These are pseudo-scientists. On the other hand, if honest scientists do this, it may provide a serious negative stigma to those who don't, and their work may be ignored. Overall I'm unimpressed with this plan. If we really want honest science, we need to end government's funding of it.

This is pretty awesome.

Enjoy it while it lasts.

NASA scientists once again surprised, this time by star formation in galaxy.

"But this is the size, type and age of galaxy that shouldn't be producing stars at such a rapid pace, said the authors of a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature."

"There's another strange thing about this galaxy. It's fairly mature, maybe 6 billion years old. Usually, this kind "don't do anything new… what we call red and dead," McDonald said in an interview. "It seems to have come back to life for some reason."

Because of that back-to-life situation, the team of 85 astronomers has nicknamed the galaxy cluster Phoenix, after the bird that rises from the ashes. The galaxy that is producing the stars at a rate of two per day is the biggest and most prominent of many galaxies there."

I used to think only weathermen could keep their jobs despite being wrong all the time. Now I realize NASA scientists can too.

The Indian government also wants to look its people and promote the phony glory of the state by sending a spaceship to Mars.