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⋅ May 20, 2024
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Space.com

How to watch bright red star Antares disappear behind the moon on May 23
Space.com
For the third time this year, the bright red star Antares will be occulted or hidden by the moon on Thursday, May 23. Comments (0). a giant transparent crab in the night sky in captured within a yellow circle. The. (Image credit: Chris Vaughan/Starry …
Space.com

Space Trash Signs project creates debris ‘constellations’ to highlight space junk problem (video)
Space.com
New “star signs” have been identified above Earth made of defunct satellites and old rocket parts to draw attention to the worsening space debris problem. Called Space Trash Signs, the project is a result of a collaboration between space sustainability …
CNN

Ocean water is rushing miles underneath the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ with potentially dire impacts on sea level rise
CNN
The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is being eaten away from below as warm, salty water flows underneath it according to new research. NASA/Reuters.
Space.com

Enchanting new Hubble Telescope image reveals an infant star’s sparkle
Space.com
Although we know the sun to be an unchanging, and even predictable source, of light in our skies, its youthful version some 4.6 billion years ago was quite active. During those formative years, our star spewed solar flares every week or so, despite shining …
Space.com

We may have just witnessed some of the strongest auroras in 500 years
Space.com
“With reports of auroras visible to as low as 26 degrees magnetic latitude, this recent storm may compete with some of the lowest-latitude aurora sightings on record over the past five centuries, though scientists are still assessing this ranking,” NASA …
The New York Times

Comet Fragment Explodes in Dark Skies Over Spain and Portugal
The New York Times
Rocky asteroids cause sky-high streaks as they self-destruct in Earth’s atmosphere with some frequency. But over the weekend, the projectile was plunging toward Earth at a remarkable speed — around 100,000 miles per hour, more than twice that expected by a …
Scientific American

Quantum Internet Milestone Takes Entanglement Out of the Lab and into Cities
Scientific American
Together, the experiments are “the most advanced demonstrations so far” of the technology needed for a quantum internet, says physicist Tracy Northup at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. Each of the three research teams …
Space.com

Solar storm frenzy of May 2024 was strong enough to affect the deep sea
Space.com
The ONC observatories are located from the Arctic to the Antarctic and have more than 12,000 sensors recording data — that includes compasses used to measure ocean currents. Concurrent with this month’s explosive solar activity, the compasses recorded …
Phys.Org

New 3D models reveal how warming climate affects underwater ocean tides
Phys.Org
Few things in nature are as predictable as ocean tides. Driven by the moon’s and sun’s gravitational pull, these persistent, short-period, and large-magnitude phenomena are apparent in nearly all types of oceanographic and satellite observations.
Arizona State University

ASU scientists help resolve ‘missing methane’ problem of giant exoplanet
Arizona State University
In the quest to understand the enigmatic nature of a warm gas-giant exoplanet, Arizona State University researchers have played a pivotal role in uncovering its secrets. WASP-107b has puzzled astronomers for some time, but recent findings, …