Meredith Garofalo
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The sun fires off another powerful X flare, triggering radio blackouts across the Americas (video)
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An X2.1 solar flare erupted from the prolific sunspot AR 3842 on Monday (Oct. 7), triggering radio blackout across North and South America.
College students confirm long-held prediction about atmospheric gravity waves
By Meredith Garofalo published
College students are making "waves" with a discovery they made during the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023.
Sun unleashes monster X7.1 flare that could supercharge Earth auroras (video)
By Meredith Garofalo published
Just when we thought the sun was taking a bit of a break, the sunspot AR3842 fired off two powerful solar flares, including a monster X7.1.
'Surprising' warmth above Antarctica is earliest observed on record
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Temperature fluctuations above Antarctica in winter show the earliest warming of the stratosphere on record.
Sun fires off X-class solar flare, increasing aurora viewing chances into weekend
By Meredith Garofalo published
The sun unleashed an X1.3-class solar flare on Thursday (Sept. 12), increasing the likelihood of widespread auroras this weekend.
Satellites watch Hurricane Francine make landfall as a Category 2 storm in Louisiana (video)
By Meredith Garofalo published
Hurricane Francine, the sixth storm of this year's Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall on the Louisiana coast late afternoon on Wednesday.
Satellites watch Tropical Storm Francine threaten Gulf Coast (video)
By Meredith Garofalo published
Satellites operated by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration watched Tropical Storm Francine strengthen as it approaches the Gulf Coast.
'A lot has changed': NOAA is rewriting the book on how to rank solar storms
By Meredith Garofalo published
NOAA is researching how to update its Space Weather Scales and how it can better communicate its space weather forecasts with the public and government agencies.
NASA's solar sail successfully spreads its wings in space
By Meredith Garofalo published
NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System successfully spread its "wings" in space.
NASA challenged the public to make 'deep space food' — here are the winners
By Meredith Garofalo published
Three U.S. teams in NASA's Deep Space Food Finale won a combination of $1.25 million for developing delicious and safe food for astronauts.
Scottish rocks could hold clues about Earth's past as a snowball
By Meredith Garofalo published
A recent study confirms a European rock formation likely holds the clues to what was once a "snowball Earth."
The sun might've just had a record-breaking number of visible sunspots
By Meredith Garofalo published
For the first time in more than 20 years, the daily record for sunspots is likely to be broken during Solar Cycle 25.
July 2024 sets new records for global heat and climate disasters
By Meredith Garofalo published
July is in the books as yet another record-setting month of extreme heat and weather.
NASA may use lasers to livestream from the moon one day
By Meredith Garofalo published
Getting a live play-by-play of astronauts on the moon could be possible through laser communications during future Artemis missions.
New ISS research project will benefit cancer patients on Earth
By Meredith Garofalo published
AI space biotech company shares with Space.com how a new research project in space will help benefit cancer patients on Earth.
Sun unleashes X-class solar flare, blasts 3rd coronal mass ejection toward Earth in a week (video)
By Meredith Garofalo published
Active sunspot AR3777 fired off the strongest of its three solar flares this week, sending another CME to impact Earth this weekend with a possible geomagnetic storm.
Space Perspective unveils mothership boat for stratospheric balloon trips
By Meredith Garofalo published
The first-ever "marine spaceport" is now complete and begins preparing for launches of balloons transporting tourists to the edge of space.
Meet the crew for Axiom Space's Ax-4 mission to the ISS
By Meredith Garofalo published
The next team of astronauts has been announced for Axiom Space's next commercial human spaceflight mission to the ISS.
How NOAA's Hurricane Hunter aircraft help satellites build a 'full picture of the storm'
By Meredith Garofalo published
Space.com got an up-close look at one of NOAA's Hurricane Hunter aircraft to more about how data from weather satellites help them on missions.
The sun fires off 2 powerful X flares in less than 2 hours (video, photo)
By Meredith Garofalo published
Add another pair of strong solar flares to the sun's list this year, as two X-class flares erupted on Monday morning (Aug. 5).
'The Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli opens up about her coming Blue Origin flight (interview)
By Meredith Garofalo published
STEM advocate and space enthusiast Emily Calandrelli will fly to suborbital space with Blue Origin. She shares her story, and her excitement, with Space.com.
Sierra Space won't stop blowing up inflatable space station modules (video)
By Meredith Garofalo published
Sierra Space has conducted its second full-scale burst test of an inflatable space station module as it looks towards building the Orbital Reef commercial outpost.
Sun blasts out most powerful flare of current solar cycle, sends massive coronal mass ejection into space (video)
By Meredith Garofalo published
A solar flare on July 23 was even bigger than a previous one that triggered May's global aurora storm, but this one was facing away from Earth on the far side of the sun.
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