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Intense Solar Flare Captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoThe Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 10:22 p.m. ET on May 2, 2024. NASA’s Solar Dynamics...
What The Total Solar Eclipse Really Looked Like Exactly A Month Ago
Forbes· 3 days agoAfter a frenzy of excitement, the total solar eclipse of Monday, April 8, across Mexico, the U.S. and Canada has passed into history. Meanwhile, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine were said to have the worst chance of having clear skies.
The ISS may be more visible in the night sky throughout May. Here's how to see it
Space via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe International Space Station, the largest and brightest object now orbiting Earth, will provide...
Will SpaceX’s Innovation Save NASA’s Mars Mission?
SciTechDaily· 2 days agoNASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is grappling with escalating costs and a postponed timeline, prompting a search for more efficient methods from the...
Exoplanet WASP-43 b weather is hot and wild
EarthSky· 5 days agoAn international team of astronomers did just that for the exoplanet WASP-43 b. The researchers said on April 30, 2024, that the tidally locked “hot Jupiter” is cloudy on its nightside, but clear on its dayside.
Starliner launch delayed to at least May 17 to replace suspect valve in Atlas 5 rocket
CBS News· 3 days agoAfter analyzing data following a launch scrub Monday, United Launch Alliance managers decided to...
Looking for an Unexpected Place to Glimpse the Milky Way? Try Nebraska.
Smithsonian Magazine· 5 days agoHome to clear skies along the path of totality, Nebraska emerged as a prime spot not just to observe...
Radio astronomers bypass disturbing Earth's atmosphere with new calibration technique
Phys.org· 5 days agoThe technique allowed astronomers to take clear radio images of the universe at frequencies between 16 and 30 MHz for the first time. This was thought to be impossible, because the ionosphere ...
Glow of an exoplanet may be from starlight reflecting off liquid iron
Ars Technica· 7 days agoMany phenomena that happen on Earth—such as rain, hurricanes, and auroras—also occur on other planets in our Solar System if the conditions are right. Now we have evidence from outside our Solar ...
The ISS may be more visible in the night sky throughout May. Here's how to see it
SPACE.com· 5 days agoSuch objects are usually particles no larger than a pebble or sand grain, that crash into our upper ...