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Solar Flares -May 10, 2024

invalid@example.com (crazed 9.6) — Sun, 12 May 2024 03:42:02 +0000

[FONT=__Montserrat_9c12ce]The exact timing of the storm remains somewhat uncertain, but at least seven earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are currently in transit to Earth.
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Solar Flares take out coms

invalid@example.com (crazed 9.6) — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 01:10:18 +0000

the last day or two the Sun has been active , more then usual. Two of the largest MCE's ever recorded were detected and were directed at the Earth.
Some communication networks went down because of this.

I been hearing the social media talking about a cyber attack from China, as there is evidence of heavy bot traffic from a city in China, which was directed at USA during this same time period as the Mass Corona Ejections.

But it sounds like the culprit for the coms to go down was the MCE's...

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Northern Lights Show

invalid@example.com (crazed 9.6) — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:38:29 +0000

I am here in Canada and was out on the lonely dark highway early this Saturday morning (between hours of 2:30 am to 5:00 am).
The Northern Lights were out and covered most of the northern sky. They weren't dancing as they do sometimes.
There were no colors either, as we see most of the time , just the white light glow this time.
Covered all the north sky at same time, for most of the show that I witnessed.
The Lights spread out such an area that if there were colors it would have been a...

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Solar storm will hit Earth on Wednesday (Aug. 3)

invalid@example.com (crazed 9.6) — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 13:09:09 +0000

High-speed solar winds from a "hole" in the sun's atmosphere are set to hit Earth's magnetic field on Wednesday (Aug 3.), triggering a minor G-1 geomagnetic storm.

The storm produced by this debris will be weak. As a G1 geomagnetic storm, it has the potential to cause minor fluctuations in power grids and impact some satellite functions — including those for mobile devices and GPS systems.

It will also bring the aurora as far south as Michigan and Maine.

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Jupiter at its brightest

invalid@example.com (crazed 9.6) — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 21:52:34 +0000

The largest planet in the solar system will take center stage in the night sky this week as it appears brighter than any other point in 2021, making it a great opportunity to spot the planet — with or without a telescope.

This week, Jupiter will appear slightly brighter as it reaches Opposition.
Opposition is an astronomical term meaning that Jupiter will appear opposite of the Sun from the perspective of the Earth.
This is also around the time when the two planets will be at their closest...

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Blue Moon

invalid@example.com (crazed 9.6) — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 21:43:56 +0000

A full moon is set to rise on Saturday evening.
This full moon will be a Blue Moon.

Almost every season has three full moons. With a fourth coming every two or three years.
Blue moons are the second full moon in a calendar month.

The most recent Blue Moon occurred just last year on Halloween night.

After this weekend, the next Blue Moon is set to rise on Aug. 30, 2023

pic from accuweather taken April 2012

Jupiter’s largest moon

invalid@example.com (crazed 9.6) — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:51:32 +0000

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NASA’s Juno spacecraft has provided the first close-ups of Jupiter’s largest moon in two decades.

Juno zoomed past icy Ganymede on Monday, passing within 645 miles (1,038 kilometers). The last time a spacecraft came that close was in 2000 when NASA’s Galileo spacecraft swept past our solar system’s biggest moon.

NASA released Juno’s first two pictures Tuesday, highlighting Ganymede’s craters and...

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Strawberry Moon

invalid@example.com (crazed 9.6) — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:19:18 +0000

‘Strawberry Moon’
Thursday, June 24, 2021

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The Strawberry Moon, the first full moon of astronomical summer and the last supermoon of the year, will peak Thursday.
While the moon will be officially full Thursday, it will look full Wednesday and Friday as well.

June’s full moon, the fourth and final supermoon of the year, is known as the Strawberry Moon because of the strawberries that are ready to be picked at this time of year. It is also sometimes called the Blooming Moon, Berries...

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Aurora Borealis show ... April 2021

invalid@example.com (crazed 9.6) — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 17:18:38 +0000

Seems a large G2 geomagnetic storm from our Sun set off the Light Show

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The Aurora Borealis is dipping south this weekend, making it potentially visible all over Canada!
On Saturday, April 24, weather reports revealed this weekend may be a great opportunity to spot the dancing lights in Canada, thanks to a G2 geomagnetic storm that occurred earlier in the week.
With the lights expected to be visible across the country on Sunday night April 25, you'll want to be ready a few hours after...

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In case you missed the Conjunction!

invalid@example.com (ilan) — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 13:08:48 +0000

Replay of the Jupiter Saturn Conjunction
CosmoSapiens, Youtube Account

Jupiter and Saturn Embrace in Solstice Conjunction

invalid@example.com (ilan) — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 13:55:21 +0000

Jupiter and Saturn Embrace in Solstice Conjunction
Bob King, Sky & Telescope | 14 December 2020

Jupiter and Saturn fashion the Great Conjunction of 2020 when they pair up on December 21st, the winter solstice. That evening they’ll be closest in nearly 400 years.

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While we're all trying our best to keep our distance from one...

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On the hunt for a missing giant black hole

invalid@example.com (ilan) — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 13:48:41 +0000

On the hunt for a missing giant black hole
Chandra X-ray Center, Phys Org | 17 December 2020

The mystery surrounding the whereabouts of a supermassive black hole has deepened.

Despite searching with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have no evidence that a distant black hole estimated to weigh between 3 billion and 100 billion times the mass of the Sun is anywhere to be found.

This missing black hole should be in...

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Jupiter and Saturn's Great Conjunction

invalid@example.com (crazed 9.6) — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 04:24:09 +0000

Jupiter and Saturn are closing in on their Great Conjunction, which will happen on the day of the Winter solstice, December 21, 2020

Astronomers use the word 'conjunction' to describe meetings of planets and other objects in our skys. They use the term 'great conjunction' to describe meetings of the two biggest worlds in our solar system, mighty Jupiter and glorious ringed Saturn. The coming great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn will be on the day of the solstice: December 21, 2020...

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Watch: 25 years of the sun

invalid@example.com (ilan) — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:38:52 +0000

Watch: 25 years of the sun
Eleanor Imster in SPACE | December 10, 2020

This video, merging more than 2 decades of footage from SOHO cameras, captures thousands of sunspots, flares, and coronal mass ejections breaking out from the sun.

On December 2, 2020, ESA released this cool video montage of 25 years of the sun’s activity, as observed by a space observatory called SOHO (the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory). Since its launch on...

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Earth faster, closer to Milky Way black hole, than previously thought

invalid@example.com (ilan) — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 13:13:39 +0000

Earth faster, closer to Milky Way black hole, than previously thought
Paul Scott Anderson in SPACE | December 5, 2020

A new survey of our galaxy by astronomers with VERA in Japan has shown that Earth is both moving faster and is closer to the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy than previously thought. But don’t worry, our planet is safe!

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Best map of Milky Way reveals a billion stars in motion

invalid@example.com (ilan) — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 14:22:22 +0000

Best map of Milky Way reveals a billion stars in motion
Davide Castelvicchi | Nature News, 3 December 2020

Data haul from Gaia space observatory offers a glimpse of what Earth’s night sky will look like for 1.6 million years to come.

The best available map of the Milky Way just got better. The latest update from the Gaia space observatory — which is tracking more than 1 billion stars in the Galaxy — provides not just a static image but a...

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Is Earth’s new mini-moon a 60s-era rocket booster?

invalid@example.com (ilan) — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 14:20:04 +0000

Is Earth’s new mini-moon a 60s-era rocket booster?
Eddie Irizarry and Deborah Byrd in SPACE | November 23, 2020

A mysterious object discovered in September has now become a new mini-moon for Earth. It appears to be a lost-and-found 60s-era rocket from the Surveyor 2 moon mission, launched from Earth more than 50 years ago.

On September 17, 2020, astronomers spotted an...

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The 1st intentional radio message to space was sent via Arecibo

invalid@example.com (ilan) — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 13:12:17 +0000

The 1st intentional radio message to space was sent via Arecibo
Deborah Byrd in SPACE | November 19, 2020

Iconic Arecibo telescope is now slated for decommissioning. But its multi-faceted legacy will live on. In 1974, for example, Arecibo sent earthlings’ first intentional message to the cosmos.

On November 16, 1974, the Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico was used to send the...

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Asteroid flyby ... just skimmed Earth’s atmosphere

invalid@example.com (ilan) — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 13:18:05 +0000

This asteroid just skimmed Earth’s atmosphere
Eddie Irizarry in SPACE | November 16, 2020

The asteroid – 2020 VT4 – is estimated to be between 16 and 36 feet (5-11 meters). It skimmed the top of our atmosphere on Friday, November 13, 2020. Astronomers spotted it one day later.

Astronomers are looking with better and better technology, and thus they’re finding smaller and smaller...

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Infamous asteroid Apophis is accelerating

invalid@example.com (ilan) — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 14:00:47 +0000

Infamous asteroid Apophis is accelerating
Eddie Irizarry in SPACE | November 3, 2020

Astronomers in Hawaii have detected the Yarkovsky effect – a minuscule push imparted by sunlight – for asteroid Apophis. The effect is particularly important for Apophis, because it relates to the possibility of an Earth impact in 2068.

Astronomers at the University of Hawaii issued a statement...

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