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The May 2024 solar storm created two new temporary belts of high-energy particles surrounding Earth. Such belts have been seen before, but the new ones were particularly long lasting, especially the new proton belt. The findings are particularly important for spacecraft launching into geostationary orbits, which can be damaged as they traverse the dangerous belts….
[Haz clic aquí para leer en español] One of our readers asked us, “How can Mexicans pressure the federal government to follow the Paris Climate Agreement?” Yale Climate Connections contributor and journalist Tree Meinch, who lives in Mexico, answered this question for us. Here is their answer: In terms of international treaties and cooperation, today’s…
Demi Moore emerged triumphant at the age of 62 when she won Best Actress at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards on Friday for her satirical body-horror film The Substance. ‘This has been such a wild ride,’she gushed as she took to the stage. Demi praised critics for giving her the award, which she said was a…
A supernova and its host galaxy are the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy in question is LEDA 132905 in the constellation Sculptor. Even at more than 400 million light-years away, LEDA 132905’s spiral structure is faintly visible, as are patches of bright blue stars. The bright pinkish-white dot in the…
La segunda juramentación del Presidente Donald Trump trae consigo varias órdenes ejecutivas sobre diversos temas importantes para el país y en especial para la isla de Puerto Rico, territorio de los Estados Unidos. Muchas de estas acciones eliminan las políticas implementadas durante las administraciones de los Presidentes Barak Obama y Joe Biden, que buscaban reducir…
Donald Trump is serving some payback Joe Biden’s way by revoking his successor and predecessor’s security clearance after Biden did the same to him in 2021. Trump cited The Hur Report, which called Biden an ‘elderly man’ with ‘significant’ memory issues in their damning report of his mishandling of classified documents. The move means Biden…
The full moon rises over the Superdome and the city of New Orleans, Louisiana on Monday evening, January 13, 2025. New Orleans is home to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility where several pieces of hardware for the SLS (Space Launch system) are being built. For more than half a century, NASA Michoud has been “America’s Rocket…
One of the biggest myths about renewable energy is that it isn’t reliable. Sure, the sun sets every night and winds calm down, putting solar panels and turbines to sleep. But when those renewables are humming, they’re providing the grid with electricity and charging banks of batteries, which then supply power at night. A new study in the…
By CHARLIE SPIERING, SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER, WASHINGTON, DC Published: 15:58 EST, 7 February 2025 | Updated: 16:07 EST, 7 February 2025 President Donald Trump revealed Friday he was so pleased with the work of the Department of Government efficiency that he was going to ask Elon Musk to investigate other agencies for waste and fraud. …
Light pollution has long troubled astronomers, who generally shy away from deep sky observing under full Moon skies. The natural light from a bright Moon floods the sky and hides views of the Milky Way, dim galaxies and nebula, and shooting stars. In recent years, human-made light pollution has dramatically surpassed the interference of even…