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This Girl Accidentally Captured The Coolest Video So Far: A Stunning Piece Of A Comet Over Portugal

The skies over our planet Earth continue surprising with stunning spectacles again and again, and Milena Refacho just witnessed one! The post This Girl Accidentally Captured The Coolest Video So Far: A Stunning Piece Of A Comet Over Portugal first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Solar storm frenzy of May 2024 was strong enough to affect the deep sea

Ocean Networks Canada's (ONC) deep-sea observatories recorded disturbances in the Earth's magnetic field.

Space

Comet Fragment Explodes, Illuminating Sky With Blue Fireball Over Spain And Portugal

People standing outside were stunned to see the comet fragment zoom across the sky in Spain and Portugal in the "once in a lifetime moment." The post Comet Fragment Explodes, Illuminating Sky With Blue Fireball Over Spain And Portugal first appeared on Bored Panda.

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How Solar Storms Can Shut Down The Internet, Power Grids, And Even Tractors

The geomagnetic storm that began on May 10, 2024, generated stunning aurora borealis — but its effects could have been more widespread, and more storms are on their way.

Inverse

Space Trash Signs project creates debris 'constellations' to highlight space junk problem (video)

The Space Trash Signs project has created "constellations" made of defunct satellites and old rocket parts to draw attention to the worsening space debris problem.

Space

Blood moon whips up patriarchal hysteria in coming-of-age Cannes movie

“Mi Bestia”, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival’s parallel segment ACID, follows a 13-year-old Bogota girl grappling with adolescence amid an impending lunar eclipse said to bring the devil to earth. FRANCE 24 spoke to director Camila Beltrán, whose debut feature offers a visually bold study of patriarchal oppression…

France 24

Northern Lights could be visible from Scotland again tonight, forecasters say

The Northern Lights, or the aurora borealis, could be visible again in the UK tonight, space weather forecasters have said.

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Earth from space: Rare phenomenon transforms African thunderstorm into giant ethereal 'jellyfish'

In 2018, a weather satellite captured a massive thunderstorm cloud in the shape of a jellyfish. The bizarre cloud was the result of a meteorological phenomenon gone wrong.

LiveScience

An Exoplanet's Huge Comet-like Tail Hides An Astronomical Secret

Located 163 light-years from Earth, a Jupiter-sized exoplanet named WASP-69b offers astrophysicists a window into the dynamic processes that shape planets across the galaxy.

Inverse

Enchanting new Hubble Telescope image reveals an infant star's sparkle

An infant star in a faraway system will likely someday look like our very own sun, and the Hubble Telescope snapped a lovely image of it.

Space

Poet Ali Cobby Eckermann wins book of the year at the NSW premier’s literary awards

Her first novel in eight years, She is the Earth, also claims the Indigenous writers category, netting writer a combined $40,000

The Guardian - AU

Call for Edinburgh firm linked to orangutan row to be barred from renewable leases

Campaigners are calling for an Edinburgh-based firm to be excluded from future rounds of renewable leasing amid concerns about the impact a project…

The National (Scotland)

The Bezos Earth fund has pumped billions into climate and nature projects. So why are experts uneasy?

Jeff Bezos’s $10bn climate and biodiversity fund has garnered glittering prizes, but concerns have been voiced over the influence it can buy – and its interest in carbon offsets

The Guardian - UK

Man's Body Found In Pond 22 Years After Disappearance

Discover how Google Earth helped solve a 22-year-old missing person case by locating a submerged car with the body of William Moldt inside.

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Stunning Meteor Lights Up Skies Over Spain And Portugal

Spectacular blue meteor over Spain and Portugal, Northern Lights in the UK and France, and anticipation for more celestial displays.

The Guardian - US

First Black astronaut candidate, now 90, reaches space in Blue Origin flight

Ex-air force captain Ed Dwight, passed over by Nasa in 1961, now oldest person to reach edge of space with Jeff Bezo’s space firm

LiveScience

Earth-size planet found orbiting nearby star that will outlive the sun by 100 billion years

An Earth-size planet discovered around a nearby star offers astronomers their first chance for exoplanetary geology.

Space

Blue Origin launches 1st Black astronaut candidate, age 90, and 5 space tourists on New Shepard rocket (video)

Blue Origin sent six people to the final frontier today (May 19) on the company's first crewed spaceflight since August 2022.

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launches six tourists to edge of space after two-year pause

The passengers include Ed Dwight, the first Black man to train as an astronaut in the 1960s

Space

Bright green fireball lights up the skies over Portugal and Spain (photos)

On the evening of Saturday (May 18) a bright fireball lit up the skies over Portugal and Spain in stunning green and blue as it streaked through Earth's atmosphere.

The Guardian - UK

UK rail faces fight to stay on track as climate crisis erodes routes

Britain’s railways are spending billions on bolstering the tracks against geological movements caused by extreme weather. But technology and new infrastructure will not save every service

Space

NASA-funded pulsed plasma rocket concept aims to send astronauts to Mars in 2 months

NASA is studying innovative rocket system developed by Howe Industries that could reducing travel time to the Red Planet to just a few months.

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Separates vs systems: the pros and cons of each path to hi-fi nirvana

Systems are no longer simply an entry-level endeavour, while separates also don’t need to cost the earth. So which path is right for you?

The Hindu

When Earth passed through the tail of Halley’s Comet

Did you know that our planet passed through the tail of Halley’s Comet during its 1910 visit on May 19? And that apocalyptic predictions still held sway at that time, despite being in the 20th Century? A.S.Ganesh takes a look at how the arrival of the most popular comet created…

The Independent UK

Northern Lights: Will you be able to see Aurora Borealis tonight in the UK?

The phenomenon is unlikely to light up the sky this evening, but could be visible again in early June

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