I just posted this comment over on the /space forum on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments ... _the_suns/
Redshift of Spectral lines in the Sun's Chromosphere
Discussion
Center-to-limb solar redshift has been observed for more than a century. This unusual redshift observation demonstrates that "plasma redshift" is a real cause of photon redshift, and it is an observed process that is taking place in plasma which is located inside of our own solar system.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005APS..APR.D1003G
After the red/blue-shift due to our Sun's rotation is subtracted from the data, there remains a puzzling center-to- limb redshift which incereases by a 3:1 ratio at the limb. This variation contrasts to the expected gravitational redshift that should be independent of center-to-limb position. The observed functional variation is consistent with a photon energy-loss mechanism in the Sun's ``plasma atmosphere.'' Several different energy-loss redshift mechanisms have been proposed including Compton, Plasma, pseudo-Raman, etc redshifts. Where possible, these proposals are quantitatively examined and critiqued. If the Sun's expected theoretical Gravitational redshift is subtracted form the data, there remains a puzzling Blueshift at the center which gradually transforms to a Redshift at the limb. The possible origins(s) of this complex behavior will be discussed including the Solar wind, convection Doppler-shifts, and the Wolf redshift mechanism. This important Solar center-to- limb redshift data can serve as a testing ground for some energy-loss (non-Doppler/Expansion) redshift mechanisms since the electron density vs altitude is known.
Various plasma redshift explanations for this phenomenon have been around for several decades.
http://www.newtonphysics.on.ca/chromosphere/
Furthermore, we even have laboratory confirmation of plasma redshift, including empirical evidence that the number of free electrons inside of the plasma is directly related to the amount of plasma redshift observed:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 2608000089
https://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10.1 ... 007.12.004
In recent years we've also discovered that our own galaxy, and presumable every galaxy is surrounded by hot plasma.
https://scitechdaily.com/chandra-shows- ... milky-way/
We've also learned over the decades that space is full of dust and plasma. Why then would we not presume that plasma redshift is the real cause of cosmological redshift?
A plasma redshift explanation for the redshift/distant phenomenon noticed by Hubble does not require any violation of conservation of energy laws, and it enjoys observational support within our own solar system, and laboratory support as well.
The post was around long enough for someone to comment on it, but within a few minutes the whole thread was removed. Never did I receive any message from the moderator or anyone else as to why the post was removed, or even notifying me that the post had been removed.
I was extremely careful not to mention anything electric, or anything to do with electricity in space. I focused specifically and exclusively on the plasma redshift issue.
Talk about being on a short leash.
Apparently it's not just electric universe theory that they're deathly afraid of, they're apparently afraid of empirical physics in general.
You don't have to be a genius to notice the fact that the mainstream is completely incapable of defending themselves against empirical physics and the application of empirical physics to space related topics. Essentially the thread that I posted was a debate between a static universe vs. an expanding universe, and an honest debate about the actual cause of redshift. It had nothing directly to do with electric universe theory per se, rather it was about the topic of plasma redshift. Chen's paper demonstrates that plasma redshift is a real physical process and he demonstrated that redshift is related to the number of free electrons in the plasma. Center-to-limb solar redshift demonstrates that known and demonstrated plasma redshift process inside of our own solar system.
Since 99+ percent of the universe is in the plasma state, there's no way in hell that plasma redshift doesn't happen *outside* of our solar system.
Wow. Talk about running scared. It's not even possible to have an honest conversation about any empirically demonstrated process that pokes holes in their metaphysical Frankenstrology model. How sad for them.
Think about the kinds of topics that the mainstream can't handle in open debate. They can't handle galaxy and planetary counter rotation debates They can't handle various observations related to solar physics, like plasma redshift, and their implications related to cosmology. They can't handle an honest solar physics debate at all in fact. They can't handle Chen's lab work. They can't handle Birkeland's lab work. They can't handle an honest debate about the existence or need of dark matter or dark energy. They can't handle an honest public debate on the topic of "magnetic reconnection".
There's almost no topic related to astronomy that the mainstream can defend in a fair, open and honest public debate. They're reduced to acting like frightened little children and silencing any and all honest discussion on nearly every important topic in astronomy. What does that tell you about their model when it can't handle open public discourse on any space related topic?
Sheesh.