{"id":8386,"date":"2015-08-08T06:10:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T10:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=8386"},"modified":"2015-08-01T19:22:03","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T23:22:03","slug":"pluto-sends-planetary-scientists-back-thunderbolts-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=8386","title":{"rendered":"Pluto Sends Planetary Scientists Back &#8211; Thunderbolts Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, physicist Wal Thornhill continues his discussion of NASA\u2019s New Horizons mission to the dwarf planet Pluto. The mission has already provided a number of surprises for planetary scientists. The tiny planet\u2019s geological activity, its apparent age, the stunning features on its moons and more all defy many fundamental ideas in planetary science. As principal investigator Alan Stern recently stated, Pluto is \u201cgoing to send a lot of geophysicists back to the drawing board.\u201d But are these discoveries surprising from an Electric Universe perspective?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dwVBVg6vzqA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pluto&#8217;s atmosphere 5 times larger than models had predicted:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/under-plutos-hazy-sky-nitrogen-ice-glaciers-creep\/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/under-plutos-hazy-sky-nitrogen-ice-glaciers-creep\/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/under-plu&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Giant mountains on Pluto &amp; chasms on Charon:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mountains-on-pluto-chasms-on-charon-thrill-scientists\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mountains-on-pluto-chasms-on-charon-thrill-scientists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mountains&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>T-Bolts Patreon Campaign:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/user?u=180095&amp;ty=p\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/user?u=180095&amp;ty=p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/user?u=180095&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nSubscribe to Thunderbolts Update newsletter:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/ETy41\" href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/ETy41\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/eepurl.com\/ETy41<\/a><br \/>\nThe Thunderbolts Project Home:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.thunderbolts.info\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thunderbolts.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.thunderbolts.info<\/a><br \/>\nEssential Guide to the Electric Universe:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.thunderbolts.info\/wp\/eg-contents\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thunderbolts.info\/wp\/eg-contents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.thunderbolts.info\/wp\/eg-co&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thunderboltsproject\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thunderboltsproject\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thunderboltsp&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: @tboltsproject<br \/>\nElectric Universe by Wal Thornhill:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.holoscience.com\/wp\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.holoscience.com\/wp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.holoscience.com\/wp\/<\/a><br \/>\nElectric Universe T-shirts and Gifts:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-redirect-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.thunder-stuff.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thunder-stuff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.thunder-stuff.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, physicist Wal Thornhill continues his discussion of NASA\u2019s New Horizons mission to the dwarf planet Pluto. The mission has already provided a number of surprises for planetary scientists. The tiny planet\u2019s geological activity, its apparent age, the stunning features on its moons and more all defy many fundamental ideas in planetary science. As principal investigator Alan Stern recently stated, Pluto is \u201cgoing to send a lot of geophysicists back to the drawing board.\u201d But are these discoveries surprising from an Electric Universe perspective? Pluto&#8217;s atmosphere 5 times larger than models had predicted:\u00a0http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/under-plu&#8230; Giant mountains on Pluto &amp; chasms on Charon:\u00a0http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mountains&#8230; T-Bolts Patreon Campaign:\u00a0https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/user?u=180095&#8230; Subscribe to Thunderbolts Update newsletter:\u00a0http:\/\/eepurl.com\/ETy41 The Thunderbolts Project Home:\u00a0http:\/\/www.thunderbolts.info Essential Guide to the Electric Universe:\u00a0http:\/\/www.thunderbolts.info\/wp\/eg-co&#8230; Facebook:\u00a0http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thunderboltsp&#8230; Twitter: @tboltsproject Electric Universe by Wal Thornhill:\u00a0http:\/\/www.holoscience.com\/wp\/ Electric Universe T-shirts and Gifts:\u00a0http:\/\/www.thunder-stuff.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,4],"tags":[97,744,537],"class_list":["post-8386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-edu","category-future","tag-education","tag-pluto","tag-thunderbolts-project"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8387,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8386\/revisions\/8387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}