by rmil2k | Jun 21, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Behold the power of the sun!Our star unleashed an X-flare — the strongest type of solar radiation outburst — at 1:09 p.m. EDT (1709 GMT) on Tuesday (June 20).Footage of the flare was caught by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which keeps a constant...
by rmil2k | Jun 21, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Back to Article List A worldwide event to name extrasolar planets and their stars has wrapped up. Here are the winning selections. An artist’s impression of a Neptune-like exoplanet. Credit: NASA Stars and their planets are typically named with numbers...
by rmil2k | Jun 21, 2023 | News
[ad_1] When astronomers talk about the “end states” of stellar evolution, several categories come to mind: black holes, neutron stars/pulsars, and white dwarfs. What happens if one star ends up in two of these states? That’s the case with a genre-breaking white dwarf...
by rmil2k | Jun 20, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Some of the most severe marine heat increases on Earth are occurring in the seas surrounding the UK and Ireland. Satellite measurements show that water temperatures in certain areas are above average for this time of year.The coastal regions off the east coast...
by rmil2k | Jun 20, 2023 | News
[ad_1] United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) powerful Delta IV Heavy rocket will fly for the second-to-last time early Wednesday morning (June 21), and you can watch the action live.The Delta IV Heavy is scheduled to lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space...
