Look up for the Pink Minimoon tonight, read more about why its not so super and the many names it is known by at #wral
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Burst of solar wind triggers planetary scale heat-wave in Jupiter's upper atmopshere. Research published by scientists in England found a 2017 solar event compressed Jupiter's magnetic field, setting off aurora at the poles and heating in the upper atmosphere that spread across the pla...

Temps in Jupiter's upper atmosphere soared by 300º when a burst of solar wind squished its magnetic field. Read more at #wral
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New research finds a cosmic seed for lightning in thunderstoms When researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory visualized data from the first few nanoseconds of a lightning, they cosmic rays may answer a long debated question about what triggers the tremen...

physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory find lightning within thunderstorms is triggered by cosmic rays read more at #wral wral.com/21920720

Happy Equilux! The March equinox arrives on Thursday marking the astronomical beginning of Spring, but Sunday was the day of equal day and night

The equinox arrives Thursday but today was the day of equal day and night. Yesterday south of about 30ºN , tomorrow for around 40ºN . As the poet Jimmy Buffet wrote: "Changes in latitude changes in equilux" read more at #wral wral.com/21914156

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2025-03-14 #totallunareclipse
🌒 1:09 a.m. EDT
🟠 2:26 a.m.-3:31 a.m.
🌘 4:47 a.m.
Read why NC/SC wildfires could shift this eclipse from Clemson 🟠 to Wolfpack 🔴 or even Virginia Tech Maroon 🍷 on #wral wral.com/21901245

Look up for Saturn and Mercury to join the planetary parade this week All seven planets are on one side of the side, and in positions that puts them above the evening horizon through the end of February. This week offers the best chance to see as many as possible,.

Tonight through Friday night offer the best opportunities to see all five visible planets in the evening sky. Saturn will be too low on to the horizon by the weekend. Read more at #wral wral.com/21882173

Four (not five) planets are visible in the evening sky through February Four planets will shine brightly in a line each evening in January through mid February. But it's not a "planetary alignment"

Four planets line up in the evening sky through mid-February. It's not a "planetary alignment" it's way cooler. Read more at #wral wral.com/21817580

Watch the Full Wolf Moon will eclipse Mars Monday night A rare planetary lunar occultation will be visible across most of the U.S.

The Moon will slide in front of Mars Monday night creating a #lunaroccultation. You'll be amazed by how fast it happens and it's a good opportunity to look for some of the Moon's features visible with the naked eye, and where the Apollo missions landed. Read more at #wral wral.com/21804882

Comet C/2024 G3 is approaching the Sun and could be visible after sunset midweek. It just entered the field of view of the SOHO spacecraft. read more at #wral wral.com/21803994

The Parker Solar Probe cross the 3 yard line this morning, read why that matters at #wral wral.com/21782606

The first night of Hanukkah and Christmas overlap for the first time in a generation because of misalignment between the lunar-solar Hebrew and solar Gregorian calendars. Read more at #wral including the "year without a Hanukkah"
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Jupiter shines big and bright at opposition As Earth catches up to and passes Jupiter bringing it at its closest, biggest, and brightest in the evening sky.

Jupiter is at its brightest tonight until 2033, read why at #wral wral.com/21757987

Why your Thanksgiving dinner tastes better than the astronauts Since the crew of Skylab 4 first celebrated Thanksgiving 1973 in low Earth orbit, NASA has tried to provide holiday favorites, but even as food preparation science has improved, the taste just hasn't.

Your nose knows why astronauts aboard the ISS enjoy their irradiated smoked turkey and dehydrated side dishes even less this #Thanksgiving . Read more at #wral wral.com/21744023

Add the cozy glow on 8+ million pounds of thrust in this new virtual flreplace from NASA. Read more at #wral wral.com/21743866

Disney's Moana 2 continues to feature the celestial navigation that enabled Polynesians to explore for thousands of years. Read more at #wral along with some way finding you can try tonight, no telescope required. wral.com/21737539

Howard, my beagle mix, struck a pose on his morning walk that is familiar to 80s prog rock fans