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Paris (AFP) – If there was any doubt as to whether the French public would embrace the Olympics, the month of May gave a pretty clear indication, as over a million spectators turned out to watch the Olympic torch…

Two weeks ago, an epic display of auroras danced across the night sky from the United States to Jamaica to South Africa. Now, space scientists are saying the solar storm event was the most impressive in decades and, by some measures,…

A spectacular meteor jetted through the skies over Portugal and Spain Saturday night, dazzling millions of people with a blue-green fireball that lit up the night sky. The celestial object was seen streaking across the…

The Northern Lights were visible in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido from Saturday night through early Sunday morning, following a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections. The lights,…

Millions of Americans were able to see the magical glow of the northern lights on Friday night when a powerful geomagnetic storm reached Earth. The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, were predicted to be visible as far…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth could produce northern lights in the U.S. this weekend and potentially disrupt power and communications.The National…

A severe solar storm is expected to supercharge the northern lights on Friday, with forecasts indicating that auroras could be seen as far south in the United States as Alabama.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space…

X-ray absorption spectroscopy, an essential tool in material analysis, has evolved with the advent of attosecond soft-X-ray pulses. These pulses allow simultaneous analysis of a material’s entire electronic structure, a breakthrough led…

Is it too early for holiday lights?  Holiday lights are a long-standing tradition. In 1884, engineer and businessman Edward Hibberd Johnson “hand-wired 80 red, white and blue light bulbs and sprung them together around…

People from Montana to Missouri reported sightings of the aurora borealis overnight, as forecasters said the phenomenon also known as the northern lights would be visible over a swath of the West and Midwest until dawn on Tuesday.The…