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Earth is bracing for a 'severe' geomagnetic storm and it probably won't be the last for this year

Fri, 05/10/2024 - 17:09

solar ejections — We're entering solar maximum, a period of heightened solar activity that could cause more auroras, power outages, and communication blackouts.
All About Space Magazine/Getty Images

Science, solar-maximum, solar-cycle, Sunspot, geomagnetic-storm, aurora-borealis, power-outage

A 'severe' geomagnetic storm is forecast for Earth for the first time in years — here's what to know about these storms

Fri, 05/10/2024 - 12:18

Satellite image of the sun's corona — NOAA's GOES-16 satellite captured this image of activity in the sun's corona on May 10.
NOAA

Science, solar-storm, aurora, northern-lights, Space, astronomy, power-outage

The first severe solar storm in 20 years could spark aurora across the US

Fri, 05/10/2024 - 09:53

Aurora — Aurora are usually contained to the uppermost art of the Northern Hemisphere. But US states as far south as Michigan may be able to see them this Friday.
George Lepp/Getty Images

Science, aurora, solar-storm, solar-flare, Space, astronomy, Physics

A hiker discovered a wealthy traveler's remains on a skiing glacier in Switzerland. They turned out to be 400 years old.

Thu, 05/09/2024 - 13:05

archaeologist with grey curly hair wearing glasses black and white striped t shirt and blue medical gloves holding a tattered ancient leather shoe — Pierre-Yves Nicod holds the mystery traveler's 400-year-old shoe.
Morgan McFall-Johnsen

Science, Archaeology, Glaciers, Switzerland, Alps, climate-change

Photos show what cave divers discovered when they swam inside an iceberg the size of Jamaica. Today, it's gone.

Wed, 05/08/2024 - 15:15

Tech Insider : Environment

A scuba diver swimming inside an ice cave — Paul Heinerth rises out of a cave inside a fragment of iceberg B15, which calved from Antarctica in the spring of 2000.
Jill Heinerth

Science, climate-change, photography-and-cameras, antarctica, exploration, Environment, nature

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' prison time gets shortened — again

Wed, 05/08/2024 - 14:36

Elizabeth Holmes walking past a bush while heading toward a white-brick building with a blue sign that reads — Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, left, reported to a women's prison in Bryan, Texas, on May 30, 2023, to begin serving her sentence.
Michael Wyke/Associated Press

Tech, Healthcare, Science, Law, theranos, theranos-trial, elizabeth-holmes

Amateur archaeologists found a mysterious 12-sided object from the Roman Empire that experts can't explain

Tue, 05/07/2024 - 18:29

A metal dodecahedron with circles on each of its 12 sides and knobs covering it on display in glass case — The Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group found an ancient Roman dodecahedron in the Midlands of England.
Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group

Science, Archaeology, roman-empire, dodecahedron, artifacts

Elon Musk says AI has no 'use' at SpaceX — at least for now

Mon, 05/06/2024 - 23:56

Elon Musk in front of a blue background holding his hands together — Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at the 27th annual Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on May 6, 2024.
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images

Tech, Science, elon-musk, spacex, Starlink, insider-news

Elon Musk calls out Boeing's historic first crewed spaceflight, saying SpaceX beat them to the punch years ago

Mon, 05/06/2024 - 19:57

elon musk smirking with raised eyebrow in a tuxedo against a dark background — Elon Musk is CEO of Boeing competitor SpaceX.
Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images

Science, elon-musk, Boeing, spacex, NASA, Astronauts

An 'artificial sun' achieved a record-breaking fusion experiment, bringing us closer to clean, limitless energy

Mon, 05/06/2024 - 19:26

A fisheye view of the WEST tokamak, a rounded metal device — WEST's interior, which just broke a fusion record for a tungsten tokamak.
CEA-IRFM

Science, Fusion, tokamak, tungsten, princeton-plasma-physics-laboratory

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