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Sun news May 14, 2024: BAM! X8.8 flare from AR3664
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May 14, 2024
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Which Milky Way spiral arm is ours?
Where do we live in the Milky Way galaxy? We lie between the major arms in a smaller spiral arm known as the Orion Arm. See diagrams here.
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Possible atmosphere on rocky exoplanet found for 1st time
NASA's Webb telescope has tentatively detected an atmosphere on rocky exoplanet 55 Cancri e, a hot super-Earth world only 41 light-years away.
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May 14, 2024
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Will La Niña pump up this year’s hurricane season?
Will the coming La Niña conditions mean this year's hurricane season will overperform? Find out how La Niña affects hurricane formation, here.
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May 14, 2024
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Visible planets and night sky guide for May 2024. The instant of 1st quarter moon will fall at 11:48 UTC (6:48 a.m. CDT) tomorrow.
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May 14, 2024
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Carnivorous plants are our lifeform of the week
There are hundreds of species of carnivorous plants and they are deadly, but mostly to insects. The structure of their traps is foolproof.
Cristina Ortiz
May 13, 2024
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Rare neutrinos detected from under Antarctic ice
Scientists extract 7 rare neutrinos - energetic tau neutrinos - from about 10 years of data from the IceCube observatory at the South Pole.
EarthSky Voices
May 12, 2024
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Meet Crux, the constellation of the Southern Cross
Crux, the constellation of the Southern Cross, is a hallmark of southern skies and contains the open cluster known as the Jewel Box.
Kelly Kizer Whitt
May 12, 2024
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Can earthquakes be triggered by intense weather?
A new study from MIT shows that climate and intense weather events like heavy snowfall and rain helped produce a swarm of earthquakes in Japan starting in 2020.
Paul Scott Anderson
May 12, 2024
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Mimosa, 2nd-brightest star in Crux, the Southern Cross
To see Mimosa, you need to be in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is a prominent star, or at the latitude of New Orleans, Hawaii, Cairo or New Delhi.
Larry Sessions
May 12, 2024
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Auroras on May 10-11 wowed millions! Pics here
Auroras last night from "extreme" geomagnetic storming - which came after a week of very high activity on the sun - wowed millions around the globe.
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May 11, 2024
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