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Eleanor Imster
Advice from an astronaut
For anyone who wants to grow up and be an astronaut .... here's a lovely video with advice from ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano.
September 17, 2020
Solar Cycle 25 is here
The sun has passed from one of its 11-year activity cycles into another. Scientists predict the new cycle - Solar Cycle 25 - will be about as calm as the previous one.
September 16, 2020
Northern Hemisphere just had its hottest summer on record
Not only was August 2020 the 2nd-warmest August on record, but the Northern Hemisphere had its warmest summer on record, and the globe as a whole had its 3rd-hottest 3-month season.
September 16, 2020
5 active cyclones in the Atlantic
Satellite image shows 5 tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean at the same time for only 2nd time in history.
September 16, 2020
Amazon River from space
Video tour - via satellite - of the Amazon River meandering through the Amazon rainforest in South America.
September 15, 2020
Return of Myanmar’s smiling turtle
Need something to smile about? Here’s a story about smiling turtles saved from extinction in Myanmar.
September 13, 2020
Why some rain falls so hard
Some rainstorms drench you in a second, while others drop rain in a nice peaceful drizzle. A meteorologist explains how rainstorms can be so different.
August 20, 2020
Surprising number of exoplanets could host life
A new study suggests that distant stars in our Milky Way galaxy might be orbited by as many as 7 Earth-like planets, in the absence of a gas giant planet like Jupiter.
August 11, 2020
Images show Martian night sky pulsing with ultraviolet light
Vast areas of Mars’ nightside atmosphere glow and pulsate with ultraviolet light, according to images from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft.
August 11, 2020
Satellites discover new penguin colonies from space
Satellite images have revealed 11 previously unknown emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica, identified by telltale reddish-brown guano stains the birds leave on the ice.
August 7, 2020
