Tag: space
The Auroras Should Be Spectacular This Summer, Thanks to Solar Maximum
Auroras filled much of the world’s skies for several nights in mid-May as a historic geomagnetic storm coursed 100 kilometers above our heads. Being...
Solar eclipses are so last month. Get ready for a ‘planetary...
By Summer Lin, Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — First came a rare solar eclipse, followed by the northern lights, fueled by a solar storm. The next celestial...
What’s Up With These Crazy Northern Lights?
The aurora borealis is usually visible only way up north, but two weeks ago the night sky was filled with shimmering curtains of pink...
NASA’s Quest to Touch the Sun
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Our sun is the best-observed star in the entire universe.We see its light every day....
Solar storm puts on brilliant light show across the globe, but...
By Tom Krisher, Josh Funk and Marcia Dunn | Associated PressA powerful solar storm put on an amazing skyward light show across the globe...
Huge solar storm: Northern lights possible in California, sunspot visible with...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A strong solar storm headed toward Earth could produce northern lights in the southern United States and potentially disrupt...
How to Watch the Boeing Starliner Launch
It’s been a rough few years for Boeing, but now the company is about to fly closer to the sun than ever before. After...
Boeing’s Starliner Is Finally Ready to Launch a NASA Crew Into...
âIt fits in with the general narrative of Boeing having lost its way,â says McDowell.Starliner, like Crew Dragon, is a capsule-shaped spacecraft like the...
An Old Abstract Field of Math Is Unlocking the Deep Complexity...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In October, a Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida,...
Russia Vetoed a UN Resolution to Ban Space Nukes
Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday that would have reaffirmed a nearly 50-year-old ban on placing weapons of mass destruction...
