Astronomers have just doubled the tally of “dark comets” — strange bodies that look like asteroids but move like comets, with no visible tail to explain their mysterious acceleration. Could they be quietly charged fragments from a turbulent solar past, as the Electric Universe suggests? Here’s a thought-provoking look at how these silent travelers might fit into a very different model of our cosmic neighborhood.
Revisiting the Deadliest Fire in U.S. History Through the Lens of Ancient Catastrophe and Cosmic Interference On the night of October 8, 1871, the small town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, became the epicenter of the most devastating fire in American history. While the Great Chicago Fire has long overshadowed its deadly twin, the Peshtigo Fire claimed
We live in a world of algorithms, automation, and ultra-precision—but sometimes, the greatest discoveries still happen by chance. Earlier this month, I wrote about the growing fascination around 3I/ATLAS, a newly discovered interstellar comet and only the third confirmed object from beyond our solar system to wander into ours. Theories have swirled—some grounded in physics,
Earlier this month, I wrote about the thrilling discovery of a new interstellar comet: C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), now officially designated 3I/ATLAS, making it only the third known object from outside our solar system to be tracked as it passes by. For astronomy lovers like me, it was already a rare gift—a cosmic message-in-a-bottle from deep
“Not only will it get a global picture of reconnection in the magnetosphere, but it’s also going to be able to statistically study how reconnection depends on the state of the solar wind.” — John Dorelli, NASA TRACERS Scientist On a quiet Wednesday morning, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 roared to life above California’s Pacific coast, launching
The dominant scientific narrative asserts that the universe is expanding, galaxies are racing away from us, and redshift is the smoking gun proving it all. But what if that assumption is flawed? What if redshift isn’t what we think it is? Wal Thornhill, a pioneering voice in the Electric Universe (EU) movement, proposed just that—a
On July 16, 2025, a 7.3-magnitude earthquake rattled Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. Though powerful, the damage was minimal. A few shelves rattled. A tsunami warning briefly flashed across screens before being downgraded. Anchorage was untouched. Kodiak’s sirens were silenced before high tide. Life resumed. But that quiet quake reminded me of something I’ve been thinking—and writing—about
Fusion reactors vs. SAFIRE: Different paths to the stars—and why Red Sky readers should care The Dream of Endless Energy For over 70 years, scientists have been trying to replicate the power of the Sun on Earth. The idea is dazzling: fuse lightweight atoms like hydrogen into helium, release immense energy, and produce no carbon
Twenty-five years ago today, the Sun reminded us who’s really in charge. It was Bastille Day, July 14, 2000—a date more often associated with French revolution than solar fury. But on that day, at the peak of Solar Cycle 23, the Sun erupted with a solar flare so powerful that even the Voyager spacecraft—billions of
We Just Flew Through the Sun’s Atmosphere—and Lived to Tell the Tale On December 24, 2024, something extraordinary happened. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe dove just 3.8 million miles from the Sun’s surface—closer than any spacecraft has ever dared—and captured images so vivid, so intimate, they have left scientists and skywatchers alike breathless. This week, those
When the Sky Burned: A Short Film Last week, Carol and I stumbled across a compelling short film on YouTube called Burning Sky, created by a small but visionary channel named Daily Odyssey. Clocking in at just over seven minutes, this AI-animated sci-fi tale left a big impression—not just for its visual artistry but for
It began one quiet evening when Carol and I sat down to watch the 1951 sci-fi classic When Worlds Collide. The premise—a rogue planet on a collision course with Earth—was familiar, not just in its cinematic tension, but because it echoes the very heart of the novel I’m writing, Red Sky. What struck us most
Posted by Tim on RedSkyStory.com Something thrilling happened this week—and I didn’t have to leave my armchair to witness it. A brand-new comet has just been discovered, and it’s not just any comet. This one is an interstellar visitor, meaning it’s not from around here. Literally. It’s from outside our solar system. Comet C/2025 N1
A Star About to Explode: The Rebirth of T Coronae Borealis By Tim Malone | RedSkyStory.com Any day now, something rare and beautiful will unfold in the night sky—something so bright, so surprising, and so full of cosmic drama that it once convinced medieval monks they were witnessing a heavenly sign. Meet T Coronae Borealis,
—and why you might want to start, too 1. Two Handy Resources Site What you get Spaceweather.com A free, easy-to-scan homepage that updates every day with live solar data, aurora maps, and short news blurbs. SpaceweatherAlerts.com A paid service (texts / emails) that pings you the moment something big happens—think of it as a weather
On April 13, 2029—yes, a Friday—an asteroid the size of the Eiffel Tower will pass so close to Earth that it will fly beneath our orbiting satellites. Its name is Apophis, and the near-miss will be visible to the naked eye across parts of the globe. For a few days, it will shine as one
✨ The Mystery and Message of a Nova On June 25th, 2025, a star exploded in the southern constellation Vela, becoming visible to the unaided human eye—a sudden, brilliant light in the night sky where none had been before. Named V572 Velorum, this celestial newcomer wasn’t a supernova, the death of a massive star, but
Gravity’s cosmic billiards, alternative electric skies, and why it matters for Red Sky 1. A headline that buries the lede The New York Times piece, “This Is Not the Way We Usually Imagine the World Will End,” digests a new Icarus paper showing that a slow-moving, massive star brushing past our solar system billions of
Like David Mitchell from Red Sky When most kids look up at the stars, they make wishes. David Mitchell made charts. By age four, he was memorizing constellations. By ten, he was building solar flare models after the Quebec blackout knocked out half of Canada’s grid. By thirty-four, he held a PhD from MIT, ran
Early Life and Education Wallace William Thornhill was born on May 2, 1942, in Melbourne, Australia. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Physics and Electronics from the University of Melbourne in 1964. Though he began postgraduate studies, he soon grew disillusioned with the lack of intellectual curiosity and openness in mainstream academia, particularly in
“We must learn to listen to what the ancients were telling us—not with condescension, but with respect. They were not inventing stories. They were bearing witness.”—David Talbott A Young Man with Questions Born in 1942 in Portland, Oregon, David N. Talbott came of age in a time when science was triumphant. Rockets reached the moon,
For thousands of years, people of faith have looked skyward for signs of divine communication. Among Bible believers, a brilliant comet streaking across the heavens has never been just a natural spectacle—it’s often seen as a heavenly message, a portent, a warning. Why is that? And why do so many believers—especially those steeped in the
Earlier today, Fox News published a fascinating article about a new discovery made using the powerful ALMA radio telescope in Chile. Astronomers observed Comet C/2014 UN271, the largest comet ever recorded—an icy behemoth 85 miles wide—releasing jets of carbon monoxide near the orbit of Neptune, some 17 AU from the Sun. This is a big
How David Talbott’s vision of a forgotten sky shaped my story of cosmic reckoning. If you’re one of the early readers of Red Sky, you already know that my story blends ancient myth, alternative cosmology, and modern catastrophe fiction. While the novel doesn’t attempt to prove any scientific theory, I do draw heavily from a
Most people don’t read novels because of the science—they read because of the story. If you ask readers why they remember their favorite books, they usually say it’s because of the characters: the people they cared about, the tension in their relationships, the moments of transformation, or the adrenaline-pumping action. Whether it’s a sweeping fantasy
Exploring The Electric Sky by Dr. Donald E. Scott “The universe is not a silent place. It hums with electricity.”— Dr. Donald E. Scott, The Electric Sky If you’ve been following the journey of Red Sky, you already know that this isn’t your average sci-fi story. It’s grounded in real, if controversial, theories—ideas that challenge
Every story has its beginning, though some beginnings are more mysterious than others. For Red Sky, the spark was a short fictional narrative titled “A Strange Thing Happened”, which appeared as a sort of prologue or introduction in the original 1981 hardcover edition of And the Moon Shall Turn to Blood by Anthony E. Larson.
A Modern Cosmology Rooted in Forgotten Currents “We live in an electric world… yet astronomy is stuck in the gaslight era.”— Wal Thornhill, physicist, co-founder of the Thunderbolts Project Electric lights blaze in our cities. Currents travel invisibly across continents. Plasma ignites in neon signs and lightning storms. But what if this electrical activity doesn’t
There’s a haunting clarity that comes with final words. When someone speaks knowing the end is near, the usual filters drop away. That’s what makes Anthony E. Larson’s Last Lecture so unforgettable. He didn’t rage against the dying of the light. He looked up. He reminded us to look up too. If you haven’t encountered
The Volynsky Hypothesis Prepared for Presentation at the American Astronomical Society (Fictional) Submitted by: Dr. Emmanuel “Manny” VolynskyAffiliations: Independent Scholar, Mythohistorical Researcher, Former Visiting Fellow – Stanford Center for Plasma Studies Abstract This hypothesis proposes that the Earth is currently entering a high-risk window of celestial interaction with a massive, electrically active rogue planetary body—designated
The Prophetic Voice of Stephen Hawking Bridging the Cosmos of Science and Speculative Fiction Few modern scientists have captured the public imagination quite like Stephen Hawking. Though bound to a wheelchair and robbed of speech by ALS, Hawking’s mind soared across the galaxies—and deep into time itself. His bestselling book, A Brief History of Time
Part One: Velikovsky’s Cosmic Faith Why would Immanuel Velikovsky—a man trained in psychology, not physics—risk ridicule by proposing that electromagnetic forces, not gravity, caused planets to careen through the solar system and nearly destroy Earth? Why cling to a vision so thoroughly dismantled by experts like Carl Sagan? Because for Velikovsky, Worlds in Collision wasn’t
In 1950, a Russian-born psychoanalyst named Immanuel Velikovsky published a book that sent shockwaves through the scientific and academic world. Titled Worlds in Collision, the book proposed that ancient myths, legends, and historical records from cultures around the globe were not mere symbolic stories—but eyewitness accounts of planetary catastrophes involving Venus, Mars, and Earth. The
The Phantom Planet: Is Planet Nine Real, or Just Another Red Sky? What if an invisible planet—a true rogue—has been silently lurking in the farthest reaches of our solar system, subtly tugging on the orbits of icy objects with its unseen gravity? What if it’s the missing piece to understanding the architecture of our celestial
EPIC Vision In July 2015, a camera one million miles from Earth captured something extraordinary: the Moon passing in front of our vibrant, cloud-streaked planet. The image, taken by NASA and NOAA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the DSCOVR satellite, offered an awe-inspiring view of our cosmic neighborhood. Suspended between Earth and the Sun
Most people have no idea the Sun is talking. Not in words, of course—but in waves, flares, and storms. Every day, it sends out a stream of invisible signals that shape life on Earth in ways most of us never see—or even believe. But thanks to a remarkable new mission called PUNCH, NASA is finally
Phase 1 — Silent Approach (Decades to Years Before Discovery) A rogue planet entering from deep space—possibly from the Kuiper Belt or beyond—would be extremely difficult to detect at first. Such an object might be: Extremely dark, cold, and non-reflective (like a brown dwarf or low-albedo planetoid). Emitting little to no visible light, making it
Why I Watch the Sky | Manny Volynsky They’ll say I’m mistaken. That I’ve confused symbolism for science, myth for metaphor, prophecy for poetry. Let them. Because I know what I’ve seen. I know what I’ve studied. And I know what I feel rising in my bones every time I look at the sky —
From Rocky Belts to a Fiery Edge When you hear about comets, meteors, or mysterious belts of space debris in Red Sky, you’re not just reading fiction — you’re tapping into real, awe-inspiring science. Our solar system is far more dynamic and layered than most people realize. Let’s break it down so the next time
How to Read Viral Space Headlines With Discernment Every week — sometimes almost daily — headlines appear in your social feeds, news aggregators, and push notifications declaring: “NASA Detects Massive Earth Anomaly Expanding Rapidly” “NASA Warns of Huge Solar Flares Causing Blackouts on Earth” “Scientists Say Superflare May Endanger Civilization!” “Asteroid On Potential Collision Course
Exploring Competing Theories of Cosmic Visitors Every few years, headlines announce the arrival of another visitor from the far reaches of the solar system—a new comet, a fiery intruder, an ancient body awakened by its long fall toward the inner sun. To some, it’s a fascinating celestial event. To others, it rekindles old fears of
(Sungrazers, Solar Physics, and Cosmic Catastrophe Edition) In my previous post, 10 Astronomers Every Rogue Planet Enthusiast Should Know, I introduced some of the most influential pioneers whose work laid the foundation for understanding planetary motion, gravitational dynamics, and cosmic catastrophe. In this follow-up, we turn to a second set of astronomers and scientists whose
(If You Care About Rogue Planets, Cosmic Catastrophes, and the Drama of the Heavens) If you’re serious about understanding how a rogue planet might disrupt the solar system—and how scientists like my fictional characters David Mitchell and Manny Volynsky would argue over such events—then you must be familiar with certain towering figures in the history
The Sun Shall Be Darkened, and the Moon Turned to Blood For centuries, people have puzzled over the ancient words of the prophet Joel: “The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.” (Joel 2:31) It’s an ominous image—one that echoes
What Science Says About Rogue Planets Approaching Earth As many of you know, I’ve had a lifelong fascination with astronomy, astrophysics, and the strange, powerful forces that govern our universe. Though my formal education took me into engineering — a path I chose so I could get to work faster — I’ve never lost my
When the Rolling Worlds Return Throughout history, prophets, poets, and seers have spoken of a day when the very fabric of this earth will be shaken—not metaphorically, but literally. The idea that pieces of this planet were once broken off, carried away, and will one day return has occupied a curious niche in Latter-day Saint
Discovery, Detection, and Response to Celestial Threats For centuries, humans have looked to the heavens in wonder. But in the modern era, we also look with scientific urgency—watching for any object that might pose a threat to life on Earth. Whether it’s a fast-moving asteroid, a long-period comet, or even the hypothetical arrival of a
A Radical Hypothesis Behind Red Sky When readers eventually reach the later chapters of Red Sky, they will encounter scenes depicting vast planetary transformations caused by catastrophic plasma discharges — entire canyons etched, mountain ranges scarred, and planetary surfaces reshaped in mere hours. To some, these may seem like the most speculative, perhaps even fantastical,
In this post, we explore the surprisingly wide — and often controversial — influence of Immanuel Velikovsky across both LDS and broader Christian scientific communities. Velikovsky’s radical catastrophist theories challenged prevailing scientific orthodoxy and sparked intense debate for decades. What makes his reception particularly fascinating is how some LDS writers found in his work a
Was Carl Sagan on a crusade to destroy Immanuel Velikovsky? Some have speculated that their conflict was rooted in personal or even religious differences. But the truth is far more revealing—and relevant today. In this post, we explore what drove Sagan to engage so forcefully with Velikovsky’s controversial theories about Venus, myth, and ancient catastrophe.
