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How do you look back over your life and divide it up? Maybe by decades, cultural moments, or geopolitical events. For radio amateurs with older callsigns there’s a temptation to …read more Continue reading Radio Amateurs & Skywatchers Rejoice, Sat Operators Worry: Solar Storm Incoming
With strong solar storms forecast over the next few months, the upcoming aurora season is sure to be a particularly beautiful one. To inspire more people to get out there and point their cameras skywards, travel blog Capture the Atlas has released a ne… Continue reading Awe-inspiring auroras dazzle in annual Northern Lights photo compilation
Perhaps the best-known ridesharing service, Uber has grown rapidly over the last decade. Since its founding in 2009, it has expanded into markets around the globe, and entered the world of food delivery and even helicopter transport.
One of the main headline research areas for the company was the development …read more
Continue reading Uber Traded Away Its In-House Self-Driving Effort
Auroras are among the most beautiful sights we can experience on this planet – so it’s no wonder they’re a favorite subject for photographers. Travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has now published its list of the best aurora images of the year, i… Continue reading Ethereal auroras inspire awe in Northern Lights photography competition
NASA has announced the selection of five Medium Class Explorer concept missions that could one day revolutionize our understanding of the space environment. The proposals include efforts to collect imagery of the Sun’s poles, and explore how the solar … Continue reading NASA selects concepts for future missions to examine space environment
Turns out the Red Planet is a little more green than we thought. The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has detected a tinge of green in the atmosphere, making it the first time this aurora-like glow has been spotted around a planet other than Earth.Conti… Continue reading Mars orbiter spots green glow over Red Planet
The sun may be spotless, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t doing interesting things. A geomagnetic storm is predicted for this weekend, potentially giving those at latitudes where the Northern Lights are not common a chance to see a cosmic light show. According to SpaceWeather.com, a coronal hole, a gap …read more
Imagine what it must have been like for the first human to witness an aurora. It took a while for our species to migrate from its equatorial birthplace to latitudes where auroras are common, so it was a fairly recent event geologically speaking. Still, that first time seeing the shimmers …read more
A NASA rocket launch mission that painted the Arctic sky was compared to an “alien attack.” Continue reading NASA Says It Caused Otherworldly Lights In the Arctic Circle
The Sun is getting grumpy again after years of relative peace. Continue reading Weekend Solar Storm May Create Auroras As Far South As Vancouver and NYC