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RIP Fred Espenak (1953–2025).

If you watched the April 8, 2024, total solar in North America, your experience was in part due to the work of one man: . With deep gratitude, we remember Fred for his decades of dedication in sharing the wonder of eclipses with the world. Through his tireless work, boundless curiosity, and generous spirit, he brought the a little closer to us all. Thank you, Fred. You will be deeply missed. 😔

EarthSky will be presenting stories and memories of Fred from his writing partner and friend Michael Zeiler on YouTube tomorrow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kDodrKVy6I&list=PLcwd1eS7Gpr6STVy5i2hzF3yvS5rFEEPC&index=1

📸 Image via Jordan Rhone/ Facebook.

Earth remained under the influence of fast overnight last night. A powerful coronal hole high-speed stream (CH HSS) pushed solar wind speeds to a peak of 750-800 kilometers per second! That's over a million miles per hour. This intense solar wind drove G1 (minor) storming last night, with occasional lighting up high-latitude skies. Expect continued stormy conditions through May 19, with solar wind gradually decreasing to 600-700 km/s.

Read more about the image above here, and read the news at: https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-news-activity-solar-flare-cme-aurora-updates/?mc_cid=641cc91085&mc_eid=43b26cf161

📸 NASA SVS/ NASA DRIVE SCGS.

🧸 This May half term, introduce your little ones to wonderous new worlds with ‘Ted’s Space Adventure’, our popular, interactive Dome Show!

Prepare to embark on a journey across the Solar System packed with music and rhyme - it’s one small step for Ted, one giant leap for stargazers of all ages! 💫

A must for preschool children: https://ow.ly/HiH250VQ3Tf

📅 26 & 29 May, 11.00

An unexpected storm hit Earth early this morning, catching forecasters off guard. It measured G2 (moderate) on NOAA space weather scales. A glancing blow from a giant burp of sun-stuff known as a coronal mass ejection (CME) triggered the storm. A stunning magnetic filament eruption in the ’s northern hemisphere launched the CME from the sun on May 12. At first expected to miss Earth, the CME delivered a surprising blow to Earth's magnetic field, elevating geomagnetic activity and causing in Earth's high-latitude regions.

Read more sun news at: https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-news-activity-solar-flare-cme-aurora-updates/?mc_cid=4170b46a61&mc_eid=43b26cf161

📸 NOAA/ SWPC.

A massive, icy Mars crater stares up at a Red Planet orbiter (image) The ExoMars orbiter caught a close-up view of a huge crater on Mars.

It is with great regret that Sky Guide, presenter of Space Pirates and Event Horizon, Marty Kunz has sadly passed away yesterday.

It is with great regret that, Space Pirate, Marty Kunz passed away. We will miss him.

Happy 200th birthday The University of Manchester 🥳

Back in December The Lovell was lit up purple to mark this momentous date, and to really celebrate make sure to head to Oxford Road, Manchester tonight to walk the Purple Pathway!

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Four Pulsars Discovered in New Survey - AAS Nova A pilot survey that scanned a small area of the sky with the world's largest radio dish has discovered four new pulsars.

The first Anglo-Irish Astro Geeks of the year

Anglo Irish Astro Geeks Jan 2024 Boyne Valley AS My thanks to Pico for letting us use her Music and the track 春の海 (The Sea In Spring) Please visit and enjoy more of her music at https://www.youtube.com/...

What a start to the New Year, an X5.1 Solar Flare and HF down for the Daylight side of the Southern Hemisphere....... and impromptu lecture from SpaceWeatherWoman at her New Years Eve Online Party and Saturn too.
Nick Evetts FRAS. Saturn. 2023/12/31. 20:10:16 UTC. Slooh Canary 4 (Slooh Solar System Telescope) Canary Islands Observatory code G40.
North is Up East is Left. Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 1400 Schmidt-Cassegrain Catadioptric (SCT). Aperture: 14" (355.6mm). Focal Length: 3910mm (154"). Focal Ratio: f/11.
CCD: ZWO. Model: ASI 294MC Pro Single-Shot-Color. Resolution: 4144x2822 (at Binning 1×1)

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