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Yesterday — 25 June 2024Main stream

He Monitors Solar Flares. Here’s What Keeps Him Up at Night.

25 June 2024 at 15:38
Mike Bettwy, a government meteorologist who focuses on potential threats from space weather, says that we are more prepared than ever — and that forecasting is only getting better.

© Rachel Woolf for The New York Times

Mike Bettwy, the operations chief for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center. “The sun is definitely entering its more active phase,” he said.

China Becomes First Country to Retrieve Rocks From Moon’s Far Side With Chang’e-6

25 June 2024 at 13:32
The Chang’e-6 mission’s sample, which might hold clues about the origins of the moon and Earth, is the latest achievement of China’s lunar exploration program.

© Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Officials prepared to recover the landing module of the Chang’e-6 moon probe after it landed in Inner Mongolia, in northern China, on Tuesday.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Alarmed by Climate Change, Astronomers Train Their Sights on Earth

A growing number of researchers in the field are using their expertise to fight the climate crisis.

© David Maurice Smith for The New York Times

Penny Sackett, former director of the Australian National University’s Mount Stromlo Observatory, just outside Canberra, in the remains of the observatory, which was destroyed in a 2003 wildfire.

Northern Lights Set to Return Tonight as Extreme Solar Storm Continues

Electrical utilities said they weathered earlier conditions as persistent geomagnetic storms were expected to cause another light show in evening skies.

© NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory

A NASA satellite recorded the sun releasing a powerful solar flare on Friday night. Elevated solar activity this week has contributed to powerful geomagnetic storms in Earth’s atmosphere.

Northern Lights Are Visible as Solar Storm Intensifies: What to Know

Officials warned of potential blackouts or interference with navigation and communication systems this weekend, as well as auroras as far south as Southern California or Texas.

© NASA/SDO

Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower 2024: Peak Time and How to Watch

2 May 2024 at 12:06
The event will be active when the moon is just a sliver in the sky, but it is less easy to see in the Northern Hemisphere than other meteor showers.

© W. Liller/NASA

Halley’s comet over Easter Island in 1986. The Eta Aquarids meteor shower is the result of debris from Halley’s tail.
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