This weekend, skywatchers in parts of the United States and Canada are in for a rare and breathtaking treat as the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, are expected to make a grand appearance. Thanks to heightened solar activity, including a series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the Sun, the...

Aurora Alert: Spectacular Northern Lights Expected Across the U.S. This Weekend

A very cold polar air mass is forecasted to cause a significant drop in temperatures across multiple regions of Brazil by the end of this week. The South, Southeast, Central-West, and even parts of the North will experience this temperature decrease, with the possibility of frost in several states and potential snowfall or freezing rain in the higher-altitude areas of the South Region.

Brazil braces for widespread cold snap, frost, and snow expected across multiple regions

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Northern lights could be visible over some northern and upper Midwest states on Aug. 9 through Aug. 11. A geomagnetic storm watch has been issued by NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center.

Aurora alert: Possible geomagnetic storm could see northern lights alongside Perseid meteor shower this weekend

A significant fireball was detected over eastern Antarctica at 14:08 UTC on July 20, 2024. The event’s total impact energy was calculated to be 5.1 kilotons (kt). The fireball’s peak brightness occurred at a latitude of 73.5 degrees South and a longitude of 22.5 degrees East, placing it above Queen Maud Land, which is a part of the Norwegian Antarctic Territory.

Rare fireball detected over Antarctica with an impact energy of 5.1 kilotons

Looking at photos, sunspots might seem small or insignificant amidst the immense backdrop of the Sun. However, sunspot activity is anything but insignificant. They’ve had scientists scratching their heads for centuries and still do so today. What implications does this peak in sunspot activity hold for our understanding of...

NOAA: The Sun now has highest number of sunspots seen since 2001

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

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Tanzania's outlandish Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, the only volcano on Earth that is currently erupting carbonatite lava, has been sinking at a rate of 1.4 inches per year for the past decade.

Volcano in Tanzania with weirdest, runniest magma on Earth is sinking into the ground

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

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 Solar storms that led to dazzling auroras worldwide in May caused many satellites to lose altitude, putting them at risk of collision, a new study said.The research, accepted for publication in the Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, calls for a better understanding of the impact of solar storms on satellite operations and the sustainability of their orbits.Spectacular northern lights dazzled across the skies of North America and Europe in May caused by one of the strongest-ever releases of charged particles from the Sun in centuries.Auroras were surprisingly visible further south towards the equator reaching as far down as Ladakh...

Solar storms that led to dazzling auroras threatened to destroy thousands of satellites around Earth

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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(MA) Meet Angel August, a small Yorkie and Chihuahua mix pup who could really use your help moving...into your house! Angel recently came into Great Dog Rescue New England's care after an unexpected tragedy. Although she has been an owned pup her whole life, sadly Angel's owner passed away. Now safely in rescue care, Angel is patiently waiting for the next chapter of her life to begin. Will you help her write it?

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Archaeologists have dated the lakefront Neolithic (7000–3200 b.c.) settlement of Dispilio in northern Greece using a method that involves detecting evidence of bursts of cosmic radiation in ancient wood samples. In 2012, physicist Fusa Miyake first identified sudden spikes in the level of radioactive carbon-14 in tree rings that could be attributed to bombardment by cosmic rays at precisely known points in the past. A handful of these spikes, called Miyake Events, which allow wood samples to be dated to a single year, can be identified in tree rings dating back as far as 12,350 b.c.

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Maybe it's just me, but it's not summer until I get to eat crab cakes! Don't let this recipe intimitate you! It's really not difficult, just takes a little bit of prep time in the fridge.

Delicious Crab Cakes!

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Former child star Bobby Buntrock's life ended in tragedy. Best known as Harold “Sport” Baxter on the popular 1960s TV sitcom Hazel, Butrock died at only 21 years old in a car accident in 1974.

The Tragic Death of Child Star Bobby Buntrock, and How TV's 'Hazel' Shirley Booth Protected him

New research investigated the influence of extreme solar particle events on the Earth’s ozone layer and climate, concentrating on how these events interact with varying geomagnetic field strengths and providing crucial insights into possible hazards to human health and ecological stability. The ozone layer can be depleted by solar...

Impact of extreme solar particle events on Earth’s ozone and magnetic field

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The V-shaped marks on Göbekli Tepe's stone pillar may represent the oldest solar calendar in the world.

12,000 years old: World’s oldest calendar shows Ice Age-causing comet strike

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The NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center states that aurora's may be seen as low as Pennsylvania to Iowa to Oregon."

You May Be Able to See the Northern Lights This Week — Starting Tonight

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

A deep earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.5 hit the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia at 03:28 UTC on August 10, 2024. The agency is reporting a depth of 406 km (252 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.5 at a depth of 400 km (248 miles). The epicenter was located 149.5...

Deep M6.5 earthquake hits Sea of Okhotsk, Russia

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G3 – Strong geomagnetic storm following multiple CME impacts

A G3 – Strong geomagnetic storming was observed on August 12, 2024, following multiple impacts from coronal mass ejections (CMEs) produced since August 7. The solar...

G3 – Strong geomagnetic storm following multiple CME impacts

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