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Northern lights forecast - Aurora season winds down as summer twilight takes over
By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
Persistent twilight is making aurora viewing increasingly difficult across the northern latitudes, bringing our nightly forecast updates to a seasonal close until autumn.

How do you study an invisible exoplanet? Astronomers discover planetary 'fingerprints' in the rings around stars
By Robert Lea published
How do you weigh a planet you can't see? Astronomers may have the answer and it involves "reading between the rings," the bright beautiful structures exoplanets create.

Shockwaves from dying stars may sculpt 'cosmic wagon wheel' stellar nurseries, simulations reveal
By Samantha Mathewson published
3D simulations reveal how shockwaves from stellar explosions and winds may carve hub-and-spoke structures in molecular clouds, shaping star formation in the Milky Way.

'The Lone Gunmen' at 25: the underrated 'X-Files' spin-off that aspired to be 'Mission: Impossible' with geeks
By Richard Edwards published
Conspiracy theories, print media, and James (sorry, Jimmy) Bond collide in an all-too-brief extension of Mulder and Scully's world.

Rocket goes boom, satellite cameras zoom: Explosive Blue Origin damage is visible from space
By Josh Dinner published
Satellites zoomed-in on the aftermath of the New Glenn rocket explosion at Blue Origin's LC-36 launchpad, and the extent of the damage is visible from orbit.

NASA's X-59 jet is ready to break the sound barrier for the 1st time this month
By Brett Tingley published
NASA's X-59 jet is on the verge of finally breaking the sound barrier as the agency looks forward to the aircraft's first supersonic flight this month.

It had the power! The weird origins of He-Man, Skeletor, and the 'Masters of the Universe'
By Richard Edwards published
Mattel's musclebound response to 'Star Wars' had a life of its own

The 2026 hurricane season has begun. Will this year be calmer?
By Meredith Garofalo published
Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict a below-normal number of named storms in the upcoming 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.
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