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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,…

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…

For roughly 250 million years, some 20,000-odd species of trilobite scuttled across Earth's ocean floor. Despite the huge abundance these diverse animals in our fossil records, much of their basic biology is still unclear, like what…

Researchers have developed a method, MIRVAL, to convert mid-infrared photons into visible photons at room temperature, enabling single-molecule spectroscopy and having wide applications in gas sensing, medical diagnostics, astronomy, and…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjcW4FYOXWA Hideo Nishimura of Kakegawa, Japan, was photographing the night sky on August 11 and 12, 2023, when he captured a new comet that now bears his name. Comet C/2023 P1 Nishimura is currently…

Sotheby’s offers NASA’s Voyager golden recordSotheby's is auctioning Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan's personal copy of the master recording of NASA's Voyager golden record, which was launched into space more than 45 years ago. The copy of the…

Annually, between July 17 and August 24, the Perseid meteor shower puts on one of the brightest cosmic events of the year.This year the meteor shower is predicted to reach its peak on the night of August 13, as Earth passes through the…