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Astronaut Kimiya Yui captured a stunning timelapse video from the ISS showing zodiacal light, green auroras, and the Pleiades star cluster, highlighting the beauty of Earth's orbit and celestial phenomena.
Unsettled space weather from the sun, including fast solar wind and a possible glancing coronal mass ejection, could lead to visible northern lights during Christmas, especially at high latitudes in North America and Scandinavia, offering a festive celestial display.
2025 was a spectacular year for skywatchers, featuring notable events such as a rare occultation of Mars by the Wolf Moon, the appearance of a 'great comet' (C/2024 G3 Atlas), the successful landing of Firefly's Blue Ghost on the moon, stunning auroras and vapor tracers, and the discovery of an interstellar comet (3I/ATLAS). These events, along with lunar eclipses and meteor showers, provided breathtaking celestial displays throughout the year.
A strong geomagnetic storm is expected to bring another chance to see the Northern Lights in Central North Carolina on Wednesday night, following a recent display that was visible as far south as Florida, with visibility depending on the storm's strength and viewing conditions.
Space weather forecasters warn of severe solar storms caused by recent coronal mass ejections from the sun, which could produce vibrant northern lights visible across much of the northern U.S. and disrupt communications, GPS, and power grids. The sun is currently at the peak of its 11-year activity cycle, increasing aurora activity and space weather events, with experts advising caution and preparation for potential disruptions.
Space weather forecasters warn of severe solar storms caused by recent coronal mass ejections from the sun, which could produce spectacular auroras visible across much of the northern U.S. and even further south, while also potentially disrupting communications and power grids. The sun's heightened activity, part of its 11-year cycle, increases the likelihood of these displays and disruptions, with experts advising on how to view the auroras safely and effectively.
The sun has emitted multiple powerful X-class solar flares, including an X5.1, causing coronal mass ejections that are heading toward Earth, potentially triggering geomagnetic storms and visible auroras across parts of the US and Europe from Nov. 10 to Nov. 12.
Comet Lemmon was photographed flying through vibrant auroras over Scotland on October 18, just days before its closest approach to Earth, revealing a spectacular display of colors during a surprise solar storm, as the comet approaches its perihelion on November 8.
A series of four coronal mass ejections from the sun are expected to reach Earth between October 15 and 17, potentially triggering minor geomagnetic storms and impressive northern lights displays in northern regions like Canada, northern U.S., and northern Europe, with effects possibly lasting several days.
NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured a stunning video of a train of SpaceX Starlink satellites passing above auroras from the ISS, highlighting the brightness and visibility of the satellites against natural light shows, amid ongoing concerns about their impact on astronomy and space debris.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have observed auroras and complex weather patterns on SIMP 0136, a starless, rogue brown dwarf, revealing detailed atmospheric structures, temperature inversions, and steady silicate clouds, driven by magnetic activity and internal heat, demonstrating that even isolated objects can have dynamic weather systems.
The James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first detailed weather report of the rogue world SIMP-0136, a brown dwarf about 20 light-years away, revealing stable clouds and intense auroras heating its upper atmosphere, with potential storm systems causing minor temperature fluctuations.
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have observed the first detailed weather report of a nearby rogue world, SIMP-0136, revealing stormy conditions and auroras caused by a strong magnetic field, providing new insights into the atmospheres of worlds beyond our solar system.
A recent study using the James Webb Space Telescope revealed that the rogue planet SIMP-0136 exhibits unique atmospheric features, including thermal inversion and auroras that heat its upper atmosphere, with clouds composed of silicate grains, providing new insights into planetary formation and evolution.
A recent study using the James Webb Space Telescope revealed intense auroras and unique atmospheric features on the nearby rogue planet SIMP-0136, including thermal inversion and cloud composition of silicate grains, providing new insights into planetary atmospheres and rogue planet characteristics.