Reinventing the Universe
“Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show:
But wonder on, till truth make all things plain.”
William Shakespeare
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
My name is Jerrold Thacker and I have had an ongoing
interest in astronomy for over 65 years. During that time, after countless
hours of research, I have become convinced that the universe is very much
different than the picture astronomers would have us believe.
I consider myself to be an Astronomical Devil’s
Advocate!
This web site will explain some of what I believe to be
wrong in today’s astronomy and plausible alternate explanations for everything
I think is wrong.
This web site is designed to briefly discuss various topics
and then provide a link to more detailed information on each. As it could take
a long time to wade through all the links provided, I suggest you bookmark this
page and come back to it from time to time.
I would also appreciate your passing this website address to others if
you find it interesting.
Enjoy the journey. If you peruse some or most of the topics
below and still believe what astronomers are telling us, then I have failed my
purpose. Please feel free to contact me with your comments and observations.
Note: Since my book “The Path Less Traveled” (see www.jerroldthacker.com) was published in 2015 I have come to the
realization that the redshift of distant objects is not due to “tired light”
and instead is caused by the deflection of light by neutron stars. The
redshifted objects we observe are optical illusions and the Hubble law is invalid. This website has been updated in March, 2016
to reflect this new explanation.
Links to More Information
1.
THIS SECTION COULD CHANGE 100 YEARS OF ASTRONOMY! Celestial objects
with a redshift greater than z > .0017 are optical illusions. This includes Quasars, Galaxies and
Supernovae. The observed redshift is a
local function due to deflection of light rays by neutron stars and is not
related to distance. The Hubble law is invalid and redshift has nothing to do
with distance. See Redshift.
2.
3.
Einstein
stated numerous times that light loses velocity in the presence of a
gravitational field. This has been
proven experimentally many times, and is called the Shapiro effect. The
importance of this very important effect of gravity on light has largely been
ignored by the scientific community.
This section provides an introduction to the effect of gravity on light. For more information, see The Shapiro Effect.
4.
Studies of
high-redshift SN 1a supernovae which seem to show that the universe is
expanding, that this expansion is accelerating, and this is caused by “Dark
Energy” are disputed. Three Astronomers who studied this effect were awarded
the Nobel prize in 2011. The effects observed can be explained in a much simpler ways.
Space may not be expanding or accelerating at all and there may be no
dark energy. For more information, see The
Myth of an Accelerating Universe.
5.
The
deflection of light by gravity is greater than predicted by Einstein. A minor correction to Einstein’s equation
provides an improved estimate. For more
information, see Deflection Correction.
6.
Current estimates of
the distance to stars are seriously flawed, and stars are much nearer than
previously thought, with the closest just a few light weeks away. This is a fascinating section which could change just about
everything we thought we knew about stars. For more information, see Distance to the Stars.
7.
Nearly
50% of the stars observed are doubles. The chance of this being random is very
low. We show that double stars, including most binary systems are the result of
the deflection of starlight by gravity. For more information, see Double Stars and Gravity.
8.
Many, if not most, of the star images we see in the heavens
are not real—they are optical images. See Stars as Optical Illusions.
9.
Pulsars may not be
rotating neutron stars. They may be
really pulsating black holes. For more information,
see Pulsars.
10. This section addresses the recent CERN experiment which
seemed to show that neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light. I contend that neutrinos travel at the
speed of light, and that the measurement of the speed of light is
underestimated due to the effect of gravity on light. For more information, see Neutrinos.
11.
The
sun may be a pulsar. Interesting
observations you may not know about the sun. For more information, see The Sun may be a Pulsar!
12. The cosmic background radiation (CBR) is not
proof of a Big Bang. There was no big bang, and the CBR does not have the
characteristics that it should have if there was a big bang. For more information, see Cosmic
Background Radiation.
13. I present a
speculative new concept about gravity, and how gravitational forces are
concentrated in neutrons, including some intriguing observational results that
might indicate I am on the right track. See New ideas about gravity.
14. I use information we have gained to present an intriguing
new concept of how the planets of the solar system evolved over time. This section explains things about the solar
system that have plagued astronomers for ages.
For more information see The Solar System
Contact me with your comments. I respond to all e-mail. JThacker@msn.com.