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Corey S. Powell

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A curious human. Opening minds @openmind_mag. Casting pods with @BillNye. AKA: substack.com/@coreyspowell and @[email protected]

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For a quarter century, the Cluster satellites have monitored space weather from orbit. Now they've being sent crashing back to Earth -- and a monitoring plane watched one of the satellites as it burned up over the Pacific. esa.int/Science_Explor…

For a quarter century, the Cluster satellites have monitored space weather from orbit. 
Now they've being sent crashing back to Earth -- and a monitoring plane watched one of the satellites as it burned up over the Pacific. 
esa.int/Science_Explor…
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A new study may explain the mysterious "Wow signal" from 1977. The bad news: nope, not aliens. The good news: something else very cool -- an enormous natural space laser! (Technically a space *maser*, but it's the same concept.) phl.upr.edu/wow/summary

A new study may explain the mysterious "Wow signal" from 1977. 
The bad news: nope, not aliens. 
The good news: something else very cool -- an enormous natural space laser! 
(Technically a space *maser*, but it's the same concept.)
phl.upr.edu/wow/summary
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While the aurora was going wild last August, the crew of the International Space Station got this marvelous overhead view. You can see the belt of Orion lined up just below Earth's limb, with the Orion Nebula hanging below. apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240913.…

While the aurora was going wild last August, the crew of the International Space Station got this marvelous overhead view. 

You can see the belt of Orion lined up just below Earth's limb, with the Orion Nebula hanging below. 

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240913.…
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Two big ideas here: * There are notable eruptions breaking out on the back of the Sun * We can see through to what's happening on THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN!