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Unexpectedly bright aurora illuminated the British skies in 2024 John Hayward/SWNS If you have an interest in the Aurora Borealis, you’re in for a treat. Last…
Skywatchers in the northeastern United States, eastern Canada, and parts of Europe are eagerly anticipating a rare astronomical event this spring. On the morning of Saturday,…
During midwinter, under the right conditions, the polar sky can be transformed into a colorful spectacle by shimmering clouds. These rainbow clouds, also known as “nacre…
The Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis) is named after an 18th-century sailing ship due to its resemblance to a ship under full sail. In the open ocean,…
Stonehenge, an ancient temple in southern England built around 5,000 years ago, remains a mysterious site with no written explanation of its purpose. Modern analysis has…
In the realm of earthquakes, one should always anticipate the unexpected. This is the message conveyed by seismologists Professor Eric Curry from Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS)…
Sightings of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), formerly known as unidentified flying objects (UFOs), have been reported throughout history. There is growing interest in understanding what these…
Passengers who book special Delta flights will have the opportunity to witness the total solar eclipse in April from a unique perspective at 30,000 feet.The airline…
Artist's impression of the path of a fast radio burst (not to scale) FRB 20220610AM. Kohnmesser/European Southern Observatory The unexplained flash of radio waves that reached…
A strange phenomenon called visual masking can reveal the time scale of perception, but its underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Colored plots show neural activity…
A new study has revealed how visual masking, a phenomenon in which rapid succession of images leads to unconscious image processing, occurs in both humans and…
This photo of Saturn was taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on October 22, 2023, when the ringed planet was about 850 million miles from Earth.…