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Posted On: The Twilight Zone at 50!
at 09/30/2009 4:22pm

was better science fiction. Some of their stories were incredibly moving. I suppose the former series was more ... more(+)

a_lost_packet_ wrote:I loved the Twilight Zone. Great episodes, every one!

One thing I think was a strong suit of the Twilight Zone was that it was often a type of morality play. They also often were allegorical, dealing with topical issues of the day.

In short, they were like Star Trek. There is something immensely powerful about a story that has something to teach you instead of merely being entertaining. While the Twilight Zone was definitely interested in making good stories, a lot of them were more than that.

I liked The Twilight Zone, but I thought The Outer Limits was better science fiction. Some of their stories were incredibly moving. I suppose the former series was more accessible to the average TV viewer, but the latter was more satisfying to hard-core science fiction buffs, IMO. close(-)

By crazyeddie
Joined: 11/15/2007

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Commented on: Magnetic Fields Guide Star Birth
at 2009-09-30 16:08:19

Forgot to post the link to the actual paper, which is titled:

Anchoring Magnetic Field in Turbulent Molecular ... more(+)

Forgot to post the link to the actual paper, which is titled:

Anchoring Magnetic Field in Turbulent Molecular Clouds.

http://arxiv.org/abs/0908.1549

Note on page 16 how the matter/temps are the most concentrated where the magnetic fields are strong and well organized. That's a good visual to understand the raw data.
In a dusty plasma environment like that, the magnetic fields totally dominate, over gravity, the motion and condensing of ionized gas (plasma) and micron sized dust particles. Until more mass has sufficiently concentrated in the denser area's, much later in the process, gravity probably has little, if anything, to do with what's going on at this stage. It doesn't make any sense to say that magnetic fields inhibit gravitational collapse, when the matter is densest/hottest where the fields are the strongest, and the most diffuse/coolest where the fields are weakest. If they were actually inhibiting collapse by gravity, the distribution of matter should be the opposite of what is observed, dense/hot in weak fields, diffuse/cool in strong fields...but it's not like that at all.
In planetary systems, the total force of gravity on the system is comparable, and often stronger than that of electromagnetism. close(-)

By solrey
Joined: 11/13/2008