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Aurora forecast Jan. 19 - Northern lights could surge as powerful solar storm hits Earth
The latest aurora forecast for tonight help you make sure you're in the right place at the right time to see the northern lights.
Sun unleashes powerful X-flare, CME hits Earth sparking severe geomagnetic storm
Aurora alert! The colossal solar storm could impact and trigger impressive northern lights.
Northern lights may be visible in 24 states tonight as a massive CME slams into Earth
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Colorado tonight as a speedy coronal mass ejection impacts Earth.
An armada of 6,500 Elite Dangerous players just embarked on a three-month expedition to explore the Milky Way, and there's still time to join them
To explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no one has gone before!
How astronomers plan to detect the signatures of alien life in the atmospheres of distant planets
Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.
What the first medical evacuation from the International Space Station tells us about healthcare in space
The evacuation raises a question worth exploring: how do astronauts stay healthy in space, and why is this early evacuation so unusual?
How to find 4 legendary spacecraft in January's night sky
Along with bonus stargazing targets!
Reborn black hole seen erupting across 1 million light-years of space like a cosmic volcano
"It's like watching a cosmic volcano erupt again after ages of calm — except this one is big enough to carve out structures stretching nearly a million light-years across space."
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China previews how powerful its new Xuntian space telescope will be ahead of 2027 launch (video)
Chinese researchers have completed a full end-to-end simulation of the Chinese Space Station Telescope's observing systems, offering a preview of how the powerful scope will survey the universe.
