Astronaut enjoys out-of-this-world view from his bedroom window
A NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has posted a beautiful image showing an aurora over Earth. Matthew Dominick has been aboard the ISS since March and is…
Mesmerizing ISS time-lapse shows aurora, satellites, stars, and a meteor
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick has shared an amazing time-lapse (below) that he captured from the International Space Station (ISS) showing an aurora, satellites, stars, and a meteor. “Night time-lapse just…
Watch the Starliner spacecraft star in its own aurora video
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner launched successfully atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on June 5, safely delivering NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to the International Space Station…
Recent Solar Outbursts Trigger Dramatic Auroras on Mars
A recent outburst from the Sun sent a strong blast of charged particles and radiation towards Mars, allowing scientists to get a rare glimpse at how these events unfold on…
What’s Up With STEVE? New Finding Adds a Twist to the Aurora-Like Enigma
STEVE, a strange ribbon of purple and green haze discovered by citizen scientists in 2016, just got even weirder. While looking through archival data, a team of scientists discovered that…
Machines at the Bottom of the Ocean Witnessed the Recent Solar Storm
Compasses at the bottom of the ocean wobbled as a massive solar storm hit Earth last week, giving the instruments two miles under the sea a jolt of magnetic shock…
Raw Milk Sales Soar as Misguided Notions of Bird Flu Immunity Spread
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this image of Europa during the mission’s close flyby on September 29, 2022.Image: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS. Image processing: Björn Jónsson (CC BY 3.0) On September 29,…
Conspiracy Nuts Are Spreading a Bizarre Theory About Those Epic Auroras
Conspiracy theorists on social media have been busy at work peddling their latest conclusion: The magnificent auroras seen over swaths of four different continents over the weekend were caused by…
Absurd Conspiracy Theory Claims Alaskan Science Experiment Triggered Global Auroras
Conspiracy theorists on social media have been busy at work peddling their latest conclusion: The magnificent auroras seen over swaths of four different continents over the weekend were caused by…
Not Just Auroras: Here’s the Tech That Got Hit by This Weekend’s Solar Storm
On Friday, Earth was hit by the strongest geomagnetic storm in 20 years. Intense solar activity sent bursts of radiation toward Earth, causing fluctuations in the upper atmosphere that led…