Christmas aurora alert! Northern lights may grace Midwest skies

Parker Solar Probe attempts record-smashing 'kiss' of the sun for Christmas | Aurora alert: Northern lights in Midwest skies for Christmas | How to follow Santa Claus with NORAD's 2024 tracker Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com |  Web Version December 24, 2024 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad Parker Solar Probe attempts record-smashing 'kiss' of the sun for Christmas (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben) On Christmas Eve, a NASA spacecraft made history by coming closer to the sun than any spacecraft ever has before. This record-breaking feat was conducted by the Parker Solar Probe, which flew to within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun, braving the blistering heat of our star's outer atmosphere, the corona. Full Story: Space (12/23)  Aurora alert: Northern lights in Midwest skies for Christmas (Olivier Morin/AFP via Getty Images) An incoming coronal mass ejection could spread aurora cheer this Christmas. Its anticipated arrival is predicted to spark minor geomagnetic storm conditions with auroras possible at high latitudes, such as northern Michigan and Maine. Full Story: Space (12/24)  How to follow Santa Claus with NORAD's 2024 tracker (NORAD) Circumnavigating our planet bringing toys and joys is no simple task for Santa Claus, it's still a miraculous annual mission requiring expert mapping and some cooperation from Mother Nature. The NORAD Tracks Santa website and app are here to provide Christmas revelry by following exactly where in the world the Big Red Guy is and where his course will bring him next. Full Story: Space (12/23)  How to watch 'Doctor Who' Christmas special 2024 online (Disney Plus/BBC) "Doctor Who: Joy to the World" continues the veteran sci-fi show's two-decade run as a Christmas TV institution. The Time Lord has been a fixture of the BBC's festive schedules ever since 2005's "The Christmas Invasion", and this year is no different. Here's how to watch it from across time and space! Full Story: Space (12/23)  Skywatching Dead Chinese satellite burns up as a brilliant fireball (Luke Matheson) The fireball, which streaked over parts of Missisippi, Arkansa and Missouri on Saturday night, was the death knell of a defunct Chinese commercial Earth imaging satellite called Superview 1-02 (or GaoJing 1-02) as it burned up in Earth's atmosphere. Video of the Chinese space junk burning up shows it as several streaks of objects flaring up in the night sky. Full Story: Space (12/23)  Spaceflight Space2Sea Antarctica stars William Shatner, Neil deGrasse Tyson and more (Future of Space/Space2Sea) Astronauts, scientists and explorers gathered aboard an Antarctica-bound ship on Friday for a panel discussion aimed at inspiring young people's curiosity about the ocean, outer space and their own backyards. Full Story: Space (12/22)  Science & Astronomy Stars ripped open like Christmas presents in 'JuMBO' worlds (Robert Lea) Scientists have received an unexpected Christmas gift this year: a potential solution to the mystery of JuMBOs, strange celestial objects that seem not to be planets or stars. "I think of JuMBOs as a cross between stars and brown dwarfs - they would have been like stars had it not been for the radiation from the more massive stars, which has sculpted them to be more like brown dwarfs." Try putting a bow on that! Full Story: Space (12/24)  Entertainment 'Dune: Prophecy' Season Finale: Lies unleashed (HBO/Max) There's a disturbingly sinister presence peering from a dark nebulous realm in the season finale of HBO's "Dune: Prophecy," which ended its short-but-satisfying debut season this past Sunday night with a multitude of revelations, unexpected deaths, family truths unveiled, and the arrival on one notorious desert planet Arrakis. Full Story: Space (12/24)    Sign Up  |    Update Profile  |    Unsubscribe Privacy Policy  |    Cookies Policy  |    Terms and Conditions CONTACT US: FEEDBACK  |    ADVERTISE Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036