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Sun news May 16, 2024: More auroras and exciting new sunspot
Sun news for May 16, 2024. A geomagnetic storm due to a CME glancing blow is underway. More auroras tonight? Plus, a new active region released an X3 flare.
May 16, 2024
Earth
Human World
Sun
Auroras on May 10-11 wowed millions! Pics here
Auroras last night from "extreme" geomagnetic storming - which came after a week of very high activity on the sun - wowed millions around the globe.
May 16, 2024
Astronomy Essentials
Tonight
Visible planets and night sky guide for May
Visible planets and night sky guide for May 2024. Look for the star Regulus in the eastern evening sky. It looks like 1 star to the eye, but it’s actually 4!
May 16, 2024
Constellations
Centaurus the Centaur contains nearby stars
Centaurus the Centaur is a constellation found in Southern Hemisphere skies that contains some of the closest stars to our sun. Read more here.
May 16, 2024
Space
Astronomers find 60 Dyson sphere candidates, among millions of searched stars
2 teams of astronomers in Europe say they have found 60 Dyson sphere candidates. Are they alien megastructures or a previously unknown natural phenomenon?
May 15, 2024
Earth
Canadian zombie fires reigniting, sending smoke to US
The Canadian zombie fires simmering below ground all winter are reigniting with spring. Some raging fires are sending smoke southward into the US.
May 15, 2024
Earth
Hoofed animals’ earliest ancestor discovered in Colorado
A new ancient mammal species, that lived 65 million years ago, is thought to be the earliest known ancestor of hoofed animals like deer, pigs, and horses.
May 15, 2024
Brightest Stars
Meet Regulus, Leo the Lion’s Heart
The bright star Regulus in Leo the Lion is prominent in the evening sky in May. It looks like a single point of light, but is really 4 stars.
May 15, 2024
Astronomy Essentials
Which Milky Way spiral arm is ours?
Where do we live in the Milky Way galaxy? We lie between the major arms in a smaller spiral arm known as the Orion Arm. See diagrams here.
May 14, 2024
Space
Possible atmosphere on rocky exoplanet found for 1st time
NASA's Webb telescope has tentatively detected an atmosphere on rocky exoplanet 55 Cancri e, a hot super-Earth world only 41 light-years away.
May 14, 2024
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