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I saw the Northern Lights for the first time, thanks to the Pixel 9 Pro Fold

I never thought I'd be able to see the Northern Lights, let alone be able to take pictures. The Pixel 9 Pro Fold let me do just that, and more.

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Europa Clipper’s 7-Year, 1.8-Billion Mile Journey To Jupiter’s Moon Is More Intense Than You Think

Here's the winding road NASA's Europa Clipper must take through the Solar System to reach a special Jupiter moon.

Inverse

A Coronal Mass Ejection Just Slammed Into Earth’s Magnetosphere — Here’s Where You’ll See the Auroras

The Space Weather Center has published a new alert for auroras, which may be visible Thursday night as far south as Alabama.

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Gaia space telescope discovers 55 'runaway' careening away from stellar cluster at 80 times the speed of sound

Using the Gaia space telescope, astronomers have observed 55 massive stars ejected from their home star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud at speeds equivalent to 80 times the speed of sound.

Space

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is being squeezed, Hubble Telescope finds — and nobody knows why (video)

The Hubble Space Telescope has seen Jupiter's Great Red Spot oscillating in width as it drifts around the planet. Could this be related to its overall shrinking?

Space

Hopes dim for another bright October comet after Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

There's been talk of another spectacular comet putting on a show in our sky after Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Unfortunately, however, it doesn't look like the newcomer will deliver.

Space

Solar storm bombarding Earth now may reach 'extreme' levels, sparking auroras down to Alabama and straining hurricane-weakened power grids

A severe solar storm sparked by an intense flare from the sun could reach "extreme" levels as it bombards Earth, NOAA officials warned Thursday (Oct. 10).

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NASA secures Europa Clipper probe as Hurricane Milton sweeps over Kennedy Space Center (photos)

The Europa Clipper probe rode out the arrival of Hurricane Milton Oct. 9 inside a SpaceX hangar, as NASA's Kennedy Space Center experienced strong winds.

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Monstrous Hurricane Milton captured in 4K video by new Sen cameras on ISS

New cameras aboard the International Space Station captured stunning 4k views of Hurricane Milton as it churned across the Gulf of Mexico.

Space

Strong solar flare could bring northern lights as far south as Alabama

Coronal mass ejection hits Earth and ‘severe’ geomagnetic storm could disrupt power grids and hit satellites and GPS

The Guardian - US

Chinese astronauts zoom in on their nation's launch sites from orbit (video)

In a new video, China's Shenzhou 18 astronauts zoom in on their nation's launch sites from the Tiangong space station in low Earth orbit.

Space

Elon Musk’s offer of ‘free internet’ to Hurricane Milton victims isn’t quite what it seems

Musk said the rollout of Space X’s Starlink services has been ‘accelerated’ for people in areas affected by the hurricanes

The Independent UK

Northern Lights put on stunning display over London with aurora borealis spotted from Hyde Park

A severe solar storm means that the aurora borealis could be visible across parts of the UK for the next few nights

Evening Standard

Phew! No 'doomsday' asteroids hide in famous broken comet's debris stream

The Taurid Meteoroid Stream, responsible for two November meteor showers and possibly the Tunguska and Chelyabinsk impacts, probably doesn't hide a civilization-killing asteroid, a new study finds.

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X-Rays Kept Repeatedly Flashing Near a Supermassive Blackhole — Now Astronomers Think They Know What It Is

Besides being metal as heck, the results could shed light on the limits of general relativity.

Evening Standard

Orionid meteor shower 2024: when and where to see it in the UK this October

The annual celestial event occurs when Earth passes through the debris left behind by Halley's Comet

Space

Severe solar storm could supercharge auroras across US, impact power grids, NOAA warns

A powerful X-class solar flare that erupted on Tuesday (Oct. 8) could generate a strong geomagnetic storm Thursday (Oct. 10) and Friday (Oct. 11), possibly leading to supercharged auroras.

International Business Times

US Forecasts Severe Solar Storm Starting Thursday

A massive ball of plasma and accompanying magnetic field ejected from the Sun is expected to strike Earth on Thursday morning, potentially triggering auroras as far south as Alabama, according to US forecasters.

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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS photobombs SOHO spacecraft during powerful solar flare (video)

The SOHO spacecraft captured amazing imagery of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) zooming near the sun as the star unleashed a powerful X flare.

Space

Astronauts could mine asteroids for food someday, scientists say

Material harvested from asteroids could be used to sustain astronauts during long-duration space missions.

Space

Dominican Republic signs Artemis Accords for peaceful moon exploration

The Dominican Republic has signed the Artemis Accords, becoming the 44th nation to join the United States' moon-exploration coalition.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope watches a frozen, comet-like object shooting jets of gas

Jets of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide gas were seen coming from a centaur, but what drives them is a big mystery.

Space

Gateway gift: Northrop Grumman delivers lunar-orbit hab for Space Center Houston display

A full-scale mockup of the astronaut accommodations for a small space station orbiting the moon has arrived at Space Center Houston. Northrop Grumman has donated its prototype for the Gateway HALO.

Inverse

NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission May Launch As Early As Sunday Now

The highly-anticipated Europa Clipper mission is hunkering down in Florida to survive Hurricane Milton. Agency officials say it could launch soon.

The Independent UK

A rare comet brightens the night skies in October

A rare, bright comet will be visible in October, clear skies permitting

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