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Earth to be struck by second solar storm TODAY with 75% chance of radio, satellite and GPS blackouts, NOAA warns

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A powerful, three-day long solar storm is expected to hit Earth today that could  trigger ‘power grid fluctuations,’ experts have warned. The ...

Robotic Russian cargo ship leaves the ISS, burns up in Earth’s atmosphere (photo)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

An uncrewed Russian cargo spacecraft came crashing back to Earth today (May 28) as planned. The Progress 86 freighter undocked from the ...

NASA finds potentially habitable Earth-sized exoplanet, Gliese 12 b

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Dr. Sarah Adams

NASA says that Gliese 12 b, about 40 light years away, could help researchers understand the habitability of other planets across the ...

Sunspot That Unleashed Historic Auroras And Solar Storm Back With More

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Dr. Sarah Adams

CHARLOTTE, USA – MAY 10: A view of an unusual sun activity created a sunspot, that is responsible … [+] for a ...

A potentially habitable Earth-size planet was discovered just 40 light-years away

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A potentially habitable exoplanet that is roughly similar in size to Earth has been found in a system located 40 light-years away, ...

Scientists are mapping Earth’s rivers from space before climate change devastates our planet

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Our planet’s rivers are like our planet’s arteries. They’re woven across the globe in intricate networks, ferrying life-sustaining freshwater around the world. ...

Huge, solar flare-launching sunspot has rotated away from Earth. But will it return?

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Talk about a dramatic exit! The sunspot AR3664, which is about 15 times wider than Earth, has finally rotated out of our ...

Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in almost 2 decades

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Dr. Sarah Adams

US News By Associated Press Published May 15, 2024, 9:23 a.m. ET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The sun produced its biggest flare ...

Behemoth sunspot AR3664 unleashes its biggest solar flare yet, sparking radio blackouts on Earth (video)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

It’s gone and done it again. Colossal sunspot AR3664 has unleashed its most powerful solar flare yet, and Earth is once again ...

A scorching, rocky planet twice Earth’s size has a thick atmosphere, scientists say

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Dr. Sarah Adams

DALLAS (AP) — A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that’s twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar ...