What Happens When You Launch a Wooden Satellite Into Space? JAXA Finds Out
In a pioneering space mission, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched LignoSat, a satellite constructed ...
Scientists Found Ancient Tectonic Plates in the Middle of Continents—Where They Shouldn't Be
The researchers theorize that these far-off remnants could either be deposits of silica-rich material that have hung around ...
JAXA's first wooden satellite deploys from space station
In December 2024, five CubeSats deployed into Earth's orbit from the International Space Station. Among them was LignoSat, a ...
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Japan's wooden satellite exits International Space Station
Carefully crafted wooden box, LignoSat, is on its own Japan's wooden satellite, LignoSat, has been deployed into orbit from ...
Map Shows Visibility of Northern Lights Due To Appear Soon
A geomagnetic storm is expected this weekend when an burst of plasma and magnetic field from Sun will glance off Earth.
The Sun Is X-Flaring And The Northern Lights Are Coming — Here’s Where And When
The Northern Lights forecast is looking up in the wake of a series of several large solar X-ray flares, with the nights of ...
Northern lights could be visible again in the US as another new flare erupts from the sun
The northern lights could once again grace US skies over the coming days. A minor geomagnetic storm is projected to impact ...
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Sun erupts with powerful X1.2 solar flare, causes radio blackouts (photo)
The sun started 2025 with a bang as it fired off a powerful solar flare this morning.
Northern Lights Forecast: Geomagnetic Storm Could Bring Aurora Borealis To These States This Weekend
Projections suggest auroral activity could increase in 2025 as activity on the sun’s surface maintains a “solar maximum.” ...
Supercharged auroras possible this weekend as colossal 'hole' in the sun spews solar wind toward Earth
Aurora alert — a coronal hole is spewing fast solar wind toward Earth, potentially boosting geomagnetic activity and ...
Look Up! The Northern Lights May Be Visible This Week—Here's How to See Them
As people around the world celebrated the New Year on December 31, the northern lights put on a colorful display to ring in ...