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Science
What lies behind the aurora borealis that brightens the southern sky more than usual?
The Northern Lights, also known as the Northern Lights, are visible in the sky near Knaresborough, England, on Friday, October 11, 2024. Credit: Andrew Hawkes via AP Another solar storm in a series of unusually strong solar storms to hit Earth filled areas farther south than usual, including parts of Germany, the United Kingdom, New England and New York City,…
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Space & Cosmos
As a result of a cosmic upheaval, a new star is about to be born in the sky
Anthony R. Wood, The Philadelphia Inquirer Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Astrophysicists say that any moment now, a new star as bright as Polaris will appear in the night sky — the result of a cosmic explosion that happened thousands of years ago in a distant constellation. NASA scientist Rebecca Hounsell calls it a “once-in-a-lifetime event that will spawn many new…
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