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Sun news May 7: X flare potential is 50% today!
Sun news for May 7, 2024. X4.5 flare! Region AR3663 has had a week of high activity. Today is no exception as it finally approaches the horizon. What's next?
May 7, 2024
Earth
Ring the fish doorbell to help fish migrate!
Ring the fish doorbell to help fish migrating to their spawning grounds! The fish are stuck behind a lock in the Netherlands, but you can help.
May 7, 2024
Human World
Liujiang skeleton re-dates earliest Homo sapiens in China
The Liujiang skeleton, a significant fossil in understanding early modern humans in East Asia, has been aged at 33,000 to 23,000 years old.
May 7, 2024
Spaceflight
Boeing Starliner 1st crew launch postponed to May 10
The 1st crewed Boeing Starliner launch to the International Space Station was postponed on Monday due to a rocket issue. Get updates here.
May 7, 2024
Earth
Otters are cute! They’re our lifeform of the week
Otters are cute, fluffy, smart and good swimmers. Have you fallen in love with them yet? Here are some interesting facts about them.
May 6, 2024
Space
Exoplanet WASP-43 b weather is hot and wild
NASA's Webb telescope has mapped the weather on WASP-43 b, a hot Jupiter exoplanet 283 light-years away. It's blistering hot with 5,000-mile-per-hour winds.
May 5, 2024
Space
1st American in space, 63 years ago today
Alan Shepard became the 1st American in space on May 5, 1961. His suborbital flight took place just 3 weeks after the Soviet Union's Yuri Gagarin orbited Earth.
May 5, 2024
Earth
Von Kármán vortices are beautiful, swirling clouds
Learn more about beautiful von Kármán vortices, a swirling pattern of clouds seen in satellite images. They occur when flowing fluid is disturbed by an object.
May 5, 2024
Astronomy Essentials
Eta Aquariid meteor shower this weekend! Q&A here
May's Eta Aquariid meteor shower is good over several mornings. But the best time is on May 5 and 6, 2024, in the hours before dawn.
May 4, 2024
Astronomy Essentials
Comet Halley, parent of 2 meteor showers
The famous comet Halley spawns both the May Eta Aquariid meteor shower and the October Orionid meteor shower. It'll return to the inner solar system in 2061.
May 3, 2024
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