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Magnetic avalanches on the sun reveal the hidden engine powering solar flares

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A giant solar flare on our sun was powered by an avalanche of smaller magnetic disturbances, providing the clearest insight yet into how energy from our star is released in a torrent of high-energy ultraviolet light and X-rays. The discovery was made by the European ***** e Agency (ESA) Solar Orbiter mission, which is imaging the sun from closer than any ***** ecraft before it.
Some solar flares can result in c

Scientists Astonished by Glimpse of Huge, Ancient Ocean on Mars

Scientists have long suspected that Mars was once teeming with water, a tropical oasis with vast river systems that may have been able to support life billions of years ago.
To get a better picture of what such a lush ocean world could’ve looked like, an international team of researchers used satellite data to simulate the sea level in a colossal geographic feature called Coprates Chasma, which is part of the Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the entire solar system.
While examining the satellite imagery, the team concl

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Silver crossed the psychological $100 per ounce Friday, driven by solar panel demand and a historic supply squeeze, while Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has crashed 30% from its $126,000 peak to $89,000.
Silver closed October 31, 2025 at $48.68 per ounce. By Friday afternoon, it had crossed $100—a 104% surge in three months.
The total above-ground silver supply is estimated at approximately 56 billion ounces, including bullion, coins, jewelry, and industrial products.
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Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) is undergoing significant changes to meet the increase passenger demand.
One of the key upgrades is the expansion of Park Economy 3 lot, which will grow from 3,800 ******* es to 11,000 by the end of 2026. The new lot will feature solar-paneled canopies and an amenity building complete with restrooms and refreshments.
In effect Jan. 2, Economy 4 is closed to the public, becoming employee-only parking.
John Brantley Boulevard, the horseshoe-shaped road connecting RDU's terminals, is being revamped. Renderings show a new bridge at Terminal Two and a r

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The moon and sun share top billing in 2026.
Kicking off the year’s cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts to visit in more than 50 years as well as a caravan of robotic lunar landers including Jeff Bezos’ new supersized Blue Moon. A supermoon looms on Jan. 3 and an astronomical blue moon is on the books for May.
The sun will also generate buzz with a ring-of-fire eclipse at the bottom of the world in February and a total solar eclipse at the top of the world in August. Expect more auroras in unexpected places, though perhaps not as frequently as

(NewsNation) — Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb appears to be walking back his attention-grabbing theory that an interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS could be some sort of alien technology sent to spy on Earth.
Much of the scientific community has said 3I/ATLAS is merely a comet, albeit a large one with unusual properties. The object reached its closest point to the Earth this week — if 170 million miles can be considered close — and was last seen heading out into ****** e beyond the solar system.
“So far, so good,” Loeb told “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” on Monday. “3I/ATLAS did not maneuver o

This cosmic baby photo collection contains 31 young star systems, images captured by the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile. In the bottom right corner, you’ll find a simulation of our own solar system at just 1 million years old. The infant stars at the center of these systems formed from large clumps of super chilly dust and gas that buckled under their own gravity. Over many millennia, this material spins into disks with dense, sizzling centers that morph into stars.
The surrounding disks are known as protoplanetary disks, and scientists think that the leftover gas and dust within the

Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Comet 3I/ATLAS passed its nearest point to Earth early Friday and approaching within 168 million miles.
After its brief visit Friday the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS will head back toward the outer solar system before continuing its journey through the Milky Way, according to scientists.
3I/ATLAS was only the third known interstellar object to enter our solar system, following 'Oumuamua in 2017 and Borisov in 2019.
Its arrival gave scientists a rare chance to study the building blocks of distant comets and planets.
NASA first detected the object in July, tracing its path b

Friday, Dec. 19 is the day that astronomers, amateur stargazers and alien conspiracy theorists alike have been waiting for: Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is as close to Earth as it will ever get.
The strange interloper in our solar system has for months attracted no shortage of public fascination as it whizzed its way first past Mars, and then the sun. Now, more than five months since it was first discovered, 3I/ATLAS has made its closest approach to Earth.
But lest you think that an extraterrestrial invasion is upon us, know that the comet still is not coming within about 170 million miles of

Today is the day that astronomers, amateur stargazers and alien conspiracy theorists alike have been waiting for: interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is as close to Earth as it will ever get.
The strange interloper in our solar system has for months attracted no shortage of public fascination as it whizzed its way first past Mars, and then the sun. Now, more than five months since it was first discovered, 3I/ATLAS has made its closest approach to Earth.
But lest you think that an extraterrestrial invasion is upon us, know that the comet still is not coming much within about 170 million miles of our

Retired astronaut and current Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) celebrated NASA’s “pretty exciting” announcement on Thursday after the ****** e agency highlighted how scientists found sugars essential for life on samples of a near-Earth asteroid.
While the discovery of the sugars glucose and ribose — which NASA’s OSIRIS-REx ****** ecraft gathered from the asteroid Bennu — did not indicate “evidence of life,” the findings show that “building blocks of biological molecules were widespread throughout the solar system,” according to NASA.
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The Bennu asteroid, a ******* e rock not too far from Earth that is rich in carbon, continues to be a trove of information for scientists keen to learn about how life may have begun in our solar system.
More than two years ago, a robotic ******* ecraft dropped off a delivery of rocky samples from the surface of Bennu. The material has been a gift to the world's researchers, who soon found signs that asteroids that collided with Earth billions of years ago may have given rise to life on Earth.
In the latest discoveries, multiple teams of researchers have found a bevy of interesting characteri

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A ****** e and radiation expert claims a JetBlue flight incident that left at least 15 people hospitalized may have been caused by "cosmic rays"
The statement contradicts an explanation from Airbus, the plane's manufacturer, which cited "solar radiation" as the cause
Clive Dyer, the expert at the University of Surrey, told ****** e.com solar activity was insignificant the day of the incident
A ****** e and radiation expert is disagreeing with Airbus’ recent explanation of a flight incident that left at least 15 people injured back in Octobe

UK approves development of 190MW Helios solar project

Enso Energy has announced that the 190MW Helios renewable energy project has secured consent from the UK's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
The Helios solar farm project consent allows for the installation of ground-mounted solar arrays and energy storage infrastructure, supporting the generation of more than 50MW of electricity.
The project, jointly developed by Enso and Cero Generation, is situated west of Camblesforth and north of Hirst Courtney in North Yorkshire.
The scheme will also involve the construction of **** o

The icy moons at the outer reaches of our solar system are hiding a secret—and it could have important implications for life beyond our planet.
New research published in Nature Astronomy examines the surface features of the frigid moons of Saturn and Uranus, modeling the activity beneath their frozen shells. On Earth, tectonic forces are governed by molten rock. Moons like Enceladus, Mimas, and Iapetus (of Saturn) and Miranda and ****** ania (of Uranus), which get tugged at by the gravitational pull of their parent planet and neighboring moons, generate a heat from within as they squish and e

Some lucky Americans may get a chance to view nature’s dazzling light show, the northern lights, just in time for Thursday’s Thanksgiving festivities.
The phenomenon will be visible beginning in the late-night hours of Wednesday, Nov. 26, and continuing into the early morning of Thursday, Nov. 27, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ***** e Weather Prediction Center.
NOAA predicts a minor to moderate geomagnetic storm amplified by a high-speed solar wind stream, meaning the lights could be seen a bit farther south than usual. The coveted light display will

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Washington state has ambitious renewable energy goals. But as we transition away from fossil fuels, energy demand will increase as we electrify our lives and as energy-intensive industries proliferate.
This complicates our state’s path to decarbonization.
As part of the transition, solar energy in Washington could cover tens of thousands — possibly hundreds of thousands — of acres in the coming years.
Where all those solar panels go is a serious question.

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It's not every day that biologists announce an entirely new branch of life, and this one has been hiding under their noses for years.
It was discovered hiding in a lab sample of marine ciliates scientists had been tending to since collecting them from Croatian waters in 2011. But it wasn't until the ciliates suddenly died that this new, tiny creature, which scientists have named Solarion arienae, came into view.
"This organism allows us to look into a very ancient chapter of cellular evolution that we previously could reconstruct only indirectly," say protistologists Ivan Čepička and Marek V

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is expected to make its closest pass of the Earth just under a month from now, coming within around 170 million miles of us.
Three months later, it’s expected to get even closer to Jupiter as it continues on its highly eccentric path through the solar system.
And as Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb — who has long championed the theory that 3I/ATLAS could be an alien ****** ecraft, to the increasing dismay of the mainstream research community — points out on his blog, recent “non-gravitational acceleration” seems to have nudged it toward a fascinating region of Jupiter

Just days ago, NASA dropped a batch of new images of a comet from an entirely different solar system that has for months been a source of public fascination and speculation.
The object, named 3I/ATLAS, is just the third comet to ever be discovered in Earth's cosmic neighborhood originating from elsewhere in the universe. The interstellar interloper, which is likely way older than Earth, has been hurtling through our solar system at dizzying speeds and will one day soon be gone forever.
That's why the world's astronomers and ***** e agencies are racing to study an object composed of planetary

Our Solar System orbits the galactic center at an estimated 792,000 kilometers per hour, taking 225 million Earth years to complete one galactic year. Meanwhile, the Milky Way as a whole is thought to be traveling about 2.1 million kilometers per hour.
While our star certainly isn't lollygagging its way through the Universe, an ******* ysis of radio galaxies by an international team of scientists suggests we may be moving even faster through the cosmos than anybody thought. A lot faster.
That would be noteworthy on its own, yet this contradiction also has "profound cosmological implications,

LIVE: See the latest images of comet 3I/ATLAS, the third object we've ever seen passing through our solar system from elsewhere in the galaxy.

We’re sharing what we know about this visiting comet, how we’re studying it, and what we can learn from it.

It's difficult to believe that, given the enormous extent of outer **** e around us, there aren't other life forms out there. Humanity has long been intrigued by the idea, with movies, books, and TV shows presenting friendly aliens, malevolent aliens, indifferent aliens, and more. It's a cause of endless debate. This is what's made the story of 3I/Atlas so intriguing. This comet is a very distant visitor, deriving its name from the fact that it's only the third interstellar (meaning from beyond the Solar System itself) object that science has identified as such. The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact

The latest images of an interstellar comet shared by NASA have captured how an array of ****** ecraft witnessed a flyby that was truly out of this world, revealing clues to the object’s composition.
Astronomers first detected the rare comet, known as 3I/ATLAS, on July 1. It’s only the third observed interstellar object, or ISO, to originate outside of our solar system and pass through it.
When the interstellar comet flew by the red planet in October, multiple NASA missions pivoted from their explorations to capture tantalizing images of the object that originated outside of our solar system.

A comet that is likely much, much older than our solar system has spent months traipsing through Earth's cosmic neighborhood. And at long last, NASA has unveiled an unprecedented look at the object, named 3I/ATLAS.
And no, it's not an alien ****** eship.
A trove of photos the U.S. ****** e agency dropped reveal fascinating new characteristics of 3I/ATLAS, which has captured the public's attention since it was first spotted at the beginning of July by a ground telescope in Chile. The visitor, which is on an unusual trajectory taking it momentarily through our solar system, has made waves as j

NASA releases close-up pictures of interstellar comet making a rare flyby

NASA released close-up images on Wednesday of the rare interstellar comet that's making a single pass through the solar system.
One of the images shows the comet, also known as 3I/ATLAS, as it moves through ******* e about 190 million miles from Earth. It was taken from Manciano, Italy.
The comet was first discovered in July and has been photographed several times. In early August, images released showed the comet from about 277 million miles away. A month ago, images taken by two Mars orbiters showed a bright, fuzz

NASA officials tried to shut down weeks of online theories on Wednesday, insisting that an interstellar object passing through the solar system was a comet despite a wave of claims that it might be an alien craft.
The agency had stayed silent during the recent U.S. government shutdown, leaving a vacuum that fueled speculation about the object known as 3I Atlas.
During an hour-long press conference at the Goddard ******* e Flight Center, officials said the object’s behavior matched a standard comet and that the data gave them no reason to think otherwise.
They said the theories that spread o

NASA is getting ready for a 3I/ATLAS photo dump.
The U.S. ***** e agency has announced plans to release additional images of the famed interstellar comet that was first spotted in July trespassing in Earth's solar system. The impending reveal would mark the first time NASA has unveiled high-resolution images of 3I/ATLAS since its fleet of ***** e telescopes began observing the comet more than three months ago.
The Hubble ***** e Telescope, for instance, snapped a high-res image of the comet at the end of July that NASA billed as "the sharpest-ever picture" of 3I/ATLAS. Because it's incredib

It's happening: we're finally getting a treasure trove of shiny new images of comet 3I/ATLAS, the third ultra-rare known object to enter the Solar System from interstellar ******* e.
On Wednesday November 19 at 3PM EST (8PM UT), NASA will host an event to drop a plethora of 3I/ATLAS imagery collected by the ground-based telescopes and ******* ecraft supported by the agency.
You can tune in to watch at the YouTube embed below.
NASA is playing coy about the instruments involved, but Hubble, JWST, and Mars orbiters may likely have observed the object from ******* e, while observatories such as

As we await high-resolution images taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter of the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb is still not giving up hope that it could be an alien ****** ecraft speeding through the solar system.
While there’s a broad consensus among scientists that 3I/ATLAS is most likely a comet predominantly made up of carbon dioxide, Loeb has pointed out its unusual chemical makeup, its close visits to several planets, and its enormous size, among other factors, to argue that it could be a technological artifact sent by an extraterrestrial civi