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Global Auroras on Mars
Feb 28, 2024: Earth isn’t the only planet with auroras. Mars has them, too–on a global scale.“Mars is experiencing its greatest level of auroral activity in the past 10 years,” says Nick Schneider of...
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South Pacific Auroras Confirm May 10th Was a Great Storm
May 16, 2024: On the south Pacific island of New Caledonia, no one expects to see auroras. Ever. Situated about halfway between Tonga and Australia, the cigar-shaped island is too close to the equator...
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Rocks and Soil Electrified by the May 10th Superstorm
May 23, 2024: (Spaceweather.com) Across the USA on May 10th and 11th, sky watchers marveled at bright displays of aurora borealis during the biggest geomagnetic storm in decades. Little did they know,...
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A Red Blob in the Night Sky
April 10, 2024: This is starting to happen a lot in the state of Texas. On April 10th, around 2:14 in the morning, amateur astronomer Abdur Anwar looked up from Big Bend National Park and saw a...
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A Nova Will Explode This Summer (Probably)
June 7, 2024: The night sky is about to get a new star. Sometime this summer, astronomers believe, a nova will explode in the constellation Corona Borealis (the Northern Crown). The exploding star...
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Nova T CrB is About to Explode
June 28, 2024: (Spaceweather.com) By the time you finish reading this story, there could be a new star in the night sky. Recurrent nova T CrB (pronounced “tee-core-bore”) is poised on the knife edge...
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The “Inevitable” Fragmentation of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
July 12, 2024: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) is about to fall apart. It’s “inevitable,” according to a new study by astronomer Zdenek Sekanina. “Evidence suggests that the comet has entered an...
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Major Farside Solar Flare
July 25, 2024: The biggest flare of Solar Cycle 25 just exploded from the farside of the sun. X-ray detectors on Europe’s Solar Orbiter (SolO) spacecraft registered an X14 category blast: Solar...
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China Launches a New Satellite Megaconstellation
Aug. 6, 2024: Earth orbit is about to get a lot more crowded. On Aug. 6th, China launched the first 18 satellites of its new Thousand Sails megaconstellation. Sky watchers in the USA watched it happen...
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A Bright Comet is Approaching Earth
Sept. 20, 2024: (Spaceweather.com) Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) has just emerged from behind the sun, and its appearance has astronomers buzzing with anticipation. “The comet is brightening...
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