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Look up for the Pink Minimoon tonight, read more about why its not so super and the many names it is known by at #wral
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Look up for the Pink Minimoon tonight, read more about why its not so super and the many names it is known by at #wral
wral.com/21957423
wral.com/21957423
April 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Look up for the Pink Minimoon tonight, read more about why its not so super and the many names it is known by at #wral
wral.com/21957423
wral.com/21957423
Temps in Jupiter's upper atmosphere soared by 300º when a burst of solar wind squished its magnetic field. Read more at #wral
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www.wral.com/21951784/
Burst of solar wind triggers planetary scale heat-wave in Jupiter's upper atmopshere.
Research published by scientists in England found a 2017 solar event compressed Jupiter's magnetic field, setting off aurora at the poles and heating in the upper atmosphere that spread across the pla...
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April 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Temps in Jupiter's upper atmosphere soared by 300º when a burst of solar wind squished its magnetic field. Read more at #wral
www.wral.com/21951784/
www.wral.com/21951784/
physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory find lightning within thunderstorms is triggered by cosmic rays read more at #wral wral.com/21920720
New research finds a cosmic seed for lightning in thunderstoms
When researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory visualized data from the first few nanoseconds of a lightning, they cosmic rays may answer a long debated question about what triggers the tremen...
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March 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory find lightning within thunderstorms is triggered by cosmic rays read more at #wral wral.com/21920720
The equinox arrives Thursday but today was the day of equal day and night. Yesterday south of about 30ºN , tomorrow for around 40ºN . As the poet Jimmy Buffet wrote: "Changes in latitude changes in equilux" read more at #wral wral.com/21914156
Happy Equilux!
The March equinox arrives on Thursday marking the astronomical beginning of Spring, but Sunday was the day of equal day and night
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March 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The equinox arrives Thursday but today was the day of equal day and night. Yesterday south of about 30ºN , tomorrow for around 40ºN . As the poet Jimmy Buffet wrote: "Changes in latitude changes in equilux" read more at #wral wral.com/21914156
March 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
2025-03-14 #totallunareclipse
🌒 1:09 a.m. EDT
🟠 2:26 a.m.-3:31 a.m.
🌘 4:47 a.m.
Read why NC/SC wildfires could shift this eclipse from Clemson 🟠 to Wolfpack 🔴 or even Virginia Tech Maroon 🍷 on #wral wral.com/21901245
🌒 1:09 a.m. EDT
🟠 2:26 a.m.-3:31 a.m.
🌘 4:47 a.m.
Read why NC/SC wildfires could shift this eclipse from Clemson 🟠 to Wolfpack 🔴 or even Virginia Tech Maroon 🍷 on #wral wral.com/21901245
March 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
2025-03-14 #totallunareclipse
🌒 1:09 a.m. EDT
🟠 2:26 a.m.-3:31 a.m.
🌘 4:47 a.m.
Read why NC/SC wildfires could shift this eclipse from Clemson 🟠 to Wolfpack 🔴 or even Virginia Tech Maroon 🍷 on #wral wral.com/21901245
🌒 1:09 a.m. EDT
🟠 2:26 a.m.-3:31 a.m.
🌘 4:47 a.m.
Read why NC/SC wildfires could shift this eclipse from Clemson 🟠 to Wolfpack 🔴 or even Virginia Tech Maroon 🍷 on #wral wral.com/21901245
Tonight through Friday night offer the best opportunities to see all five visible planets in the evening sky. Saturn will be too low on to the horizon by the weekend. Read more at #wral wral.com/21882173
Look up for Saturn and Mercury to join the planetary parade this week
All seven planets are on one side of the side, and in positions that puts them above the evening horizon through the end of February. This week offers the best chance to see as many as possible,.
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February 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Tonight through Friday night offer the best opportunities to see all five visible planets in the evening sky. Saturn will be too low on to the horizon by the weekend. Read more at #wral wral.com/21882173
Four planets line up in the evening sky through mid-February. It's not a "planetary alignment" it's way cooler. Read more at #wral wral.com/21817580
Four (not five) planets are visible in the evening sky through February
Four planets will shine brightly in a line each evening in January through mid February. But it's not a "planetary alignment"
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January 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Four planets line up in the evening sky through mid-February. It's not a "planetary alignment" it's way cooler. Read more at #wral wral.com/21817580
The Moon will slide in front of Mars Monday night creating a #lunaroccultation. You'll be amazed by how fast it happens and it's a good opportunity to look for some of the Moon's features visible with the naked eye, and where the Apollo missions landed. Read more at #wral wral.com/21804882
Watch the Full Wolf Moon will eclipse Mars Monday night
A rare planetary lunar occultation will be visible across most of the U.S.
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January 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Moon will slide in front of Mars Monday night creating a #lunaroccultation. You'll be amazed by how fast it happens and it's a good opportunity to look for some of the Moon's features visible with the naked eye, and where the Apollo missions landed. Read more at #wral wral.com/21804882
Comet C/2024 G3 is approaching the Sun and could be visible after sunset midweek. It just entered the field of view of the SOHO spacecraft. read more at #wral wral.com/21803994
January 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Comet C/2024 G3 is approaching the Sun and could be visible after sunset midweek. It just entered the field of view of the SOHO spacecraft. read more at #wral wral.com/21803994
The Parker Solar Probe cross the 3 yard line this morning, read why that matters at #wral wral.com/21782606
December 25, 2024 at 12:48 AM
The Parker Solar Probe cross the 3 yard line this morning, read why that matters at #wral wral.com/21782606
The first night of Hanukkah and Christmas overlap for the first time in a generation because of misalignment between the lunar-solar Hebrew and solar Gregorian calendars. Read more at #wral including the "year without a Hanukkah"
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December 22, 2024 at 8:24 PM
The first night of Hanukkah and Christmas overlap for the first time in a generation because of misalignment between the lunar-solar Hebrew and solar Gregorian calendars. Read more at #wral including the "year without a Hanukkah"
www.wral.com/21778501/
www.wral.com/21778501/
Jupiter is at its brightest tonight until 2033, read why at #wral wral.com/21757987
Jupiter shines big and bright at opposition
As Earth catches up to and passes Jupiter bringing it at its closest, biggest, and brightest in the evening sky.
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December 7, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Jupiter is at its brightest tonight until 2033, read why at #wral wral.com/21757987
Your nose knows why astronauts aboard the ISS enjoy their irradiated smoked turkey and dehydrated side dishes even less this #Thanksgiving . Read more at #wral wral.com/21744023
Why your Thanksgiving dinner tastes better than the astronauts
Since the crew of Skylab 4 first celebrated Thanksgiving 1973 in low Earth orbit, NASA has tried to provide holiday favorites, but even as food preparation science has improved, the taste just hasn't.
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November 27, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Your nose knows why astronauts aboard the ISS enjoy their irradiated smoked turkey and dehydrated side dishes even less this #Thanksgiving . Read more at #wral wral.com/21744023
Add the cozy glow on 8+ million pounds of thrust in this new virtual flreplace from NASA. Read more at #wral wral.com/21743866
November 27, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Add the cozy glow on 8+ million pounds of thrust in this new virtual flreplace from NASA. Read more at #wral wral.com/21743866
Disney's Moana 2 continues to feature the celestial navigation that enabled Polynesians to explore for thousands of years. Read more at #wral along with some way finding you can try tonight, no telescope required. wral.com/21737539
November 23, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Disney's Moana 2 continues to feature the celestial navigation that enabled Polynesians to explore for thousands of years. Read more at #wral along with some way finding you can try tonight, no telescope required. wral.com/21737539
Howard, my beagle mix, struck a pose on his morning walk that is familiar to 80s prog rock fans
November 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Howard, my beagle mix, struck a pose on his morning walk that is familiar to 80s prog rock fans