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Archive for May 21st, 2025

Lightning on alien worlds may fail to spark life, simulations suggest

May 21st, 2025 by me

New research has found that lightning, while not very common, can occur on tidally locked exoplanets like our nearest neighbor, Proxima b.

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NASA’s X-59 jet takes ‘flight’ without leaving the ground | Space photo of the day for May 20, 2025

May 21st, 2025 by me

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is seen during its “aluminum bird” systems testing, verifying how its systems work together, respond to pilot inputs and handle injected failures.

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Powerful Mother’s Day geomagnetic storm created radio-disrupting bubbles in Earth’s upper atmosphere

May 21st, 2025 by me

Researchers have provided some new insights about the powerful geomagnetic storm that flared up last Mother’s Day, after a big solar storm hit Earth.

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