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Skywatchers enjoy surprise auroras as strongest solar storm in years hits Earth (photos)

A surprise solar storm supercharged auroras across the U.S. and Europe last night (March 23), with sightings of the colorful displays reported from as far south as New Mexico and Arizona.

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Most powerful solar storm in 6 years caused auroras all over the US. And nobody saw it coming.

A severe geomagnetic storm from a huge hole in the sun's corona caused a massive disturbance in Earth's magnetic field. The surprise event sparked auroras as far south as Alabama and northern California.

LiveScience

Asteroid passing between Earth and the moon will be visible through small telescope

An asteroid of this size passes near Earth about once every decade

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Bird flu: The next pandemic?

It has ravaged farms, decimated wild birds and spilled onto mammals. Could avian flu spark the next human pandemic? The Down to Earth team takes a closer look.

France 24

Inside BBC's new David Attenborough exhibit - what visitors will leave thinking

Creator Frederik Van Alkemade shares a behind-the-scenes look at the BBC Earth Experience and what he hopes fans of David Attenborough will take from their visit

Daily Mirror

Here's what the sky would look like if humans could see gamma rays (video)

A new NASA animation created using data from the Large Area Telescope aboard NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope shows the sky lit up by gamma-ray flashes.

Space

Can an AI program really write a good movie? Here’s a test

The increasing sophistication of programs like ChatGPT has led to unease over the future of film-making. What happened when we gave it a chance?

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Black Series Bo-Katan helmet review: "The weathering elevates it above and beyond"

It's easy to balk at the price of something like The Black Series Bo-Katan helmet. How on earth can it live up to that $125 / £130 cost? Collectibles have a bad habit of not always looking like their promo images either, so is a replica like this destined to…

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Strongest solar storm in nearly 6 years slams into Earth catching forecasters by surprise

A stealthy solar storm surprised forecasters, causing spaceflight delays and incredible aurora displays as far south as New Mexico.

Space

Best alien invasion movies of all time

Are we alone in the universe? Who knows, but cinema has toyed with that question many times. Here’s our list of the best alien invasion movies made so far.

Space

Northern Lights stunned stargazers in the UK last night - and could be visible again tonight

Geomagnetic storms allowed the northern lights to visible across large parts of the country overnight

Manchester Evening News

How to watch Ceres, a dwarf planet 14 times smaller than Pluto, photobomb a spiral galaxy in the sky this weekend

Watch live online as the dwarf planet Ceres swoops in front of the 'grand design' spiral galaxy Messier 100 this weekend.

LiveScience

Potentially hazardous asteroids: How many dangerous space rocks lurk near Earth — and can we stop them?

Here's everything you need to know about the potentially hazardous asteroids that come worryingly close to our planet.

LiveScience

Forget geoengineering. We need to stop burning fossil fuels. Right now

Pie-in-the-sky fantasies of carbon capture and geoengineering are a way for decision-makers to delay taking real action

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Rocket Lab launches 2 satellites, returns booster to Earth after delay from surprise solar storm

The strongest solar storm in six years delayed Rocket Lab's early morning launch on Friday, March 24, by 90 minutes, and space weather forecasters didn't see coming.

Space

Want to see Uranus? The crescent moon points the way tonight (March 24)

The crescent moon will act as an excellent guide for skywatchers hoping to spot the distant solar system ice giant Uranus on Friday (March 24) with the celestial bodies making a closely separated in the sky.

Daily Mirror

Giant 'city killer' asteroid to fly by Earth TOMORROW - and it's bigger than 4,000 buses

An asteroid dubbed '2023 DZ2' by scientists will be swinging by Earth on Saturday night, coming within 110,000 miles of our planet - which means it's defined as a near-Earth object.

Liverpool Echo

Royal Albert Dock ready to host the Eurovision world

The Floating Earth is one of several plans to transform Liverpool ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest

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‘City killer’ asteroid to pass Earth

An asteroid large enough to destroy a city will pass between Earth and the moon’s orbit this weekend. Nasa said it was rare for an asteroid so big to come so close to the planet and the close encounter will give astronomers a chance to study a space rock from…

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Afternoon Update: Ken Wyatt warns Liberals on opposing voice; NSW election race wraps up; and ‘city killer’ asteroid to pass us by

Former minister for Indigenous Australians says Liberal opposition to voice could add to ‘global perception’ they are a ‘racist party’

The Guardian - AU

Friday night Australian east coast solar storm could lead to spectacular light show

An enormous coronal hole opening on the sun, sending charged particles to Earth, will potentially cause auroras – and a range of technical issues

The Independent UK

Cancer cells to be sent into space as part of childhood brain tumour research

Researchers are hoping the microgravity experiments will help them understand more about diffuse midline glioma, which is incurable.

Inverse

Alien Fossils Could Be Hiding in Meteorites on Earth — Study

The new study suggests looking at the bottom of the ocean or elsewhere for traces of microbial life.

The Independent UK

Large asteroid coming close, but zero chance of hitting us

An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will zip harmlessly between Earth and the moon's orbit this weekend

The Conversation

A new study on Australian volcanoes has changed what we know about explosive 'hotspot' volcanism

Our new study published in Nature Geoscience on an ancient chain of Australian volcanoes is helping to change our understanding of “hotspot” volcanism.

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