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CNN

A second chance to view the magnificent auroras produced by a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the sun will arrive Saturday evening in case you missed the previous night’s spectacle. Auroras might be seen as far south as Alabama …

The New York Times

A geomagnetic storm watch or warning indicates that space weather may affect critical infrastructure on or orbiting near Earth. It may introduce additional current into systems, which could damage pipelines, railroad tracks and power lines.

Space.com

Just when we thought we’d seen the most powerful flares from a colossal sunspot, the sun unleashed its strongest eruption of the weekend yet, triggering a radio blackout even as the star continues to crackle with solar storms.

The New York Times

Night skies in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere are expected to bloom again on Saturday night with the vivid colors of the northern lights, or aurora borealis, as a powerful geomagnetic storm caused by a hyperactive sun persists through the …

The New York Times

By sequencing an enormous amount of data, a group of hundreds of researchers has gained new insights into how flowers evolved on Earth. Share full article. By Veronique Greenwood. May 11, 2024, 5:03 a.m. ET. Image A large circular graph with flower …

Space.com

Scientists engineer the ‘purest ever silicon’ to build reliable qubits that can be manufactured to the size of a pinhead on a chip and power million-qubit quantum computers in the future. Comments (1). Abundance of Camera CMOS on Silicon Wafer.

Space.com

If there were a Page Six for what’s going on in space, the sunspot region AR3664 would definitely be one of the biggest “stars” highlighted. Over the past few days, the region has grown to be roughly 124,300 miles (200,000 kilometers) wide — more than …

Spaceflight Now

In this week’s edition of News from the Press Site, Spaceflight Now’s Will Robinson-Smith is joined by Jeff Foust, senior writer at Space News, and Bill Harwood, space consultant for CBS News. The panel discusses the upcoming valve work being done to …

The Washington Post

Warming temperatures could be responsible for a worldwide bumblebee decline, a new analysis finds — and the damage may rise as temperatures soar because of climate change. Published in Frontiers in Bee Science, the study looked at heat stress in …

Popular Mechanics

Arabian Peninsula lava tubes formed by molten lava created a respite for ancient herders and their flocks. New evidence shows that, from the Stone Age through to the Bronze Age, travelers used caves, tubes, and tunnel systems to house livestock and rest on …