The sun is certainly putting on quite the show this week. Earlier today (Feb. 4), it fired off another powerful solar flare, this time an X4.2, briefly disrupting radio communications across parts of western Africa and southern Europe as intense radiation flooded Earth’s upper atmosphere. The impulsive flare peaked at 7:13 a.m. EST (1213 GMT).
Space Safety 02/02/2026 2112 views 15 likes When satellites eventually fall back down to Earth, they mostly burn up because of the friction caused by the atmosphere. Scientific data about this atmospheric reentry process is urgently needed to design future satellites for a quick, safe and sustainable demise at the end of their mission –
If you ever want to pull out the big guns in a pub quiz, then do I have a fact for you! Contrary to popular belief, the biggest organism in the world is not the blue whale. Nor is it the giant sequoia. Nor is it the extinct and admittedly ma-hoo-sive shark, Megalodon. It is… drum roll…
Representing a stellar alignment of epic proportions, celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and “Star Trek” legend William Shatner have a new audio book release titled “Cosmos Confidential” landing on Earth starting Feb. 3, 2026 that brings together two of our humble Milky Way galaxy’s most entertaining personalities. The project was an offshoot of Tyson and
PENSACOLA, Fla. — One case of measles has been confirmed in the Pensacola area. Pensacola Pediatrics says they were recently notified of this case. “Measles is highly contagious, and unvaccinated individuals are at increased risk if exposed,” Pensacola Pediatrics says. The facility strongly recommends vaccinating your child if you have not done so. Infants 6–11
A global group of scientists, engineers and policy experts has unveiled an ambitious plan to build a wall along the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ as flooding fears continue to grow. Located on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, Thwaites Glacier earned its apocalyptical name due to its potential impact on sea levels. Covering a vast 192,000 km², making
SpaceX has paused flights of its workhorse Falcon 9 after a second stage failure resulted in the spent rocket tumbling uncontrollably back to Earth. According to SpaceX: “The second stage experienced an off-nominal condition during preparation for the deorbit burn.” The mission, which launched from California on February 2 at 1547 UTC, deployed another 25
Jupiter is slightly smaller and flatter than scientists thought for decades, a new study finds. Researchers used radio data from the Juno spacecraft to refine measurements of the solar system‘s largest planet. Although the differences between the current and previous measurements are small, they are improving models of Jupiter’s interior and of other gas giants
CHEBOYGAN, MI – This famously short fishing season is more race than relaxation. In 2025, Michigan’s Black Lake sturgeon season was open for just 17 minutes. That’s how long it took for the season limit – six fish – to be reached. Hundreds of anglers make their way onto the ice each winter, hoping to
New research bolsters the theory that a prehistoric adolescent was mauled by a wild animal—likely a bear—in what is now Italy tens of thousands of years ago. In 1942, the remains of a young adult dating back to between 27,900 and 27,300 years ago came to light in Arene Candide Cave in Liguria, Italy. The