WAITING FOR THE CME: A faint CME expected to strike Earth on Sept. 7th either missed or its impact was too weak to register in solar wind data. An overdue arrival on Sept. 8th could spark a minor G1-class geomagnetic storm. The CME was hurled into space by a sigmoid eruption on Sept. 4th. CME impact alerts: SMS Text
LUNAR ECLIPSE REVEALS THE UNSEEN: Hundreds of millions of people on five continents just watched a total eclipse of the Moon. "When the eclipse entered the total phase, I was stunned by the sight before me," reports Jeff Dai of Qinghai, China. "The Milky Way became extremely bright during totality."
"In this panoramic image stitched together from multiple photos, the zodiacal light and gegenschein are surprisingly visible," says Dai. "Near the horizon, airglow can also be seen—it was truly unparalleled."
Indeed, these are things normally visible only on the darkest nights. When Earth's shadow swallowed the full Moon, it turned a glaring moonlit nightscape into a cornucopia of seldom-seen phenomena. The Moon itself is the dim red "star" in Dai's panorama, producing no light pollution at all.
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SOLAR SYSTEM EARRINGS FROM SPACE: These earrings have flown to the edge of space--and all eight planets are included! On May 21, 2025, the students of Earth to Sky Calculus launched the Solar System Stud Earrings to the stratosphere onboard a cosmic ray research balloon. At the apex of the flight, they floated 104,655 feet high:
You can have the complete set for $99.95. Only Pluto is omitted from the collection; the dwarf planet was too small for human earlobes. The earrings come with a greeting card showing the studs in flight and telling the story of their journey to the stratosphere and back again.
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