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"Like a giant firework": Meteor "fireball" lights up skies over UK

A meteor lit up the sky over the UK on Sunday night, wowing amateur stargazers who were lucky enough to see the phenomenon......»»

Category: topSource:  skynewsMar 1st, 2021

Video: Fireball witnessed by weather satellite

While a meteor lit up the skies over Spain and Portugal recently, it was also captured by the Meteosat Third Generation Imager weather satellite hovering 36,000 km away in geostationary orbit......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 22nd, 2024

HP Envy x360 14 (2024) review: missing the mark where it counts

The HP Envy x360 14 is the first laptop I've reviewed with Intel's 15-watt Meteor Lake chipset. That promises better efficiency, but I didn't see it......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 22nd, 2024

East Coast has a giant offshore freshwater aquifer—how did it get there?

For water-stressed cities, undersea aquifers could be a submerged solution. Enlarge / An oceangoing scientific drilling vessel may be needed to figure out how huge undersea aquifers formed. (credit: Credit: IODP) One-qua.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsMay 20th, 2024

Ancient DNA from an extinct native duck reveals how far birds flew to make New Zealand home

Ask a bird lover if they have heard of the extinct giant moa or its ancient predator, Haast's eagle, and the answer will likely be yes. The same can't be said of New Zealand's extinct, but equally unique, mergansers—a group of fish-eating ducks wit.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 20th, 2024

Webb cracks case of inflated exoplanet

Why is the warm gas-giant exoplanet WASP-107 b so puffy? Two independent teams of researchers have an answer......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 20th, 2024

Why Earthlings are safe when huge solar storms strike our planet

When solar storms and coronal mass ejections hit Earth and create the Northern Lights, people are physically protected from radiation by Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere. From time to time, the sun discharges billions of tons of solar matt.....»»

Category: topSource:  mashableRelated NewsMay 20th, 2024

Solar storm detected in deep sea observatories

The powerful solar storm driving the aurora borealis over global skies last weekend was also triggering the movement of compasses deep in the ocean, as revealed in new scientific findings shared today by Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), a University of V.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 16th, 2024

Researchers uncover how jelly sea creatures might shape modern robotics

Scientists at the University of Oregon have discovered that colonies of gelatinous sea animals swim through the ocean in giant corkscrew shapes using coordinated jet propulsion, an unusual kind of locomotion that could inspire new designs for efficie.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 16th, 2024

Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in almost 2 decades, but Earth should be out of the way this time

The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly two decades Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

Canadian oil sands city evacuated as wildfire draws near

Thousands of residents of Fort McMurray, a city in Canada's major oil-producing region, fled as an out-of-control wildfire drew near and thick smoke filled the skies......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

Scientists achieve giant Rashba–Dresselhaus spin splitting in 2D chiral metal-organic frameworks

A research team led by Prof. Li Xingxing and academician Yang Jinlong from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has developed two-dimensional (2D) chiral metal-organic frameworks as Rashba-Dresselhaus (R-D) semiconductors with large s.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

$460, 5,471-piece Lego Barad-dûr set comes for LOTR fans’ wallets in June

Fiery eye actually lights up, and multiple towers can be stacked. Lego Barad-dúr silently surveils a living room. [credit:.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsMay 14th, 2024

Why are auroras so hard to predict? And when can we expect more?

On Saturday evening before Mother's Day, Australians witnessed a rare celestial spectacle: a breathtaking display of aurora australis, also known as the southern lights......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 14th, 2024

Report: Microsoft to face antitrust case over Teams

Unbundling Teams from Office has apparently failed to impress EU regulators. Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) Brussels is set to issue new antitrust charges against Microsoft over concerns that the software giant is undermini.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsMay 13th, 2024

NOAA says “extreme” solar storm will persist through the weekend

So far disruptions from the geomagnetic storm appear to be manageable. Enlarge / Pink lights appear in the sky above College Station, Texas. (credit: ZoeAnn Bailey) After a night of stunning auroras across much of the Un.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsMay 13th, 2024

Identity crisis: Climate destroying wonders that gave US parks their names

Glacier National Park's ice fortress is crumbling. The giant trees of Sequoia National Park are ablaze. And even the tenacious cacti of Saguaro National Park are struggling to endure a decades-long drought......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 13th, 2024

What deadly Venus can tell us about life on other worlds

Even though Venus and Earth are so-called sister planets, they're as different as heaven and hell. Earth is a natural paradise where life has persevered under its azure skies despite multiple mass extinctions. On the other hand, Venus is a blistering.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 12th, 2024

Second night of auroras seen "extreme" solar storm

Auroras lit up skies across swaths of the planet for the second night in a row on Saturday, after already dazzling Earthlings from the United States to Tasmania to the Bahamas the day before......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 12th, 2024

The Northern Lights Could Be Visible Across the US Thanks to a Rare Solar Storm

Three bursts of charged particles ejected from the sun have merged into a wave that could lead to brilliant auroras being visible from Moscow to Oklahoma City......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsMay 11th, 2024

NOAA says ‘extreme’ Solar storm will persist through the weekend

So far disruptions from the geomagnetic storm appear to be manageable. Enlarge / Pink lights appear in the sky above College Station, Texas. (credit: ZoeAnn Bailey) After a night of stunning auroras across much of the Un.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsMay 11th, 2024