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View Latest PostsNOAA's G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm watch is now in effect for tonight, 15 May, as fast solar wind from a large coronal hole hits Earth's magnetic field. Scotland and northern England have a genuine chance of seeing the Northern Lights tonight — and the whole UK should watch the northern horizon.
On Friday 15 May, NASA's Psyche probe will swing just 4,500 km from the surface of Mars in a gravity assist that will fling it toward one of the most mysterious objects in the solar system: a metal world that may be the exposed core of a dead planet.
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NOAA's G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm watch is now in effect for tonight, 15 May, as fast solar wind from a large coronal hole hits Earth's magnetic field. Scotland and northern England have a genuine chance of seeing the Northern Lights tonight — and the whole UK should watch the northern horizon.
15 May 2026
On Friday 15 May, NASA's Psyche probe will swing just 4,500 km from the surface of Mars in a gravity assist that will fling it toward one of the most mysterious objects in the solar system: a metal world that may be the exposed core of a dead planet.
13 May 2026
Six annotated NASA photographs from Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 show luminous anomalies above the lunar surface. They appear in declassified government documents. Nobody has officially explained them.
10 May 2026
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10 May 2026
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