A bright fireball streaked across Japan’s capital Tokyo at 17:32 UTC on July 1, 2020 (02:32 JST, July 2). Many people reported hearing a sonic boom minutes after the meteor exploded, which is considered rare, according to the National Astronomical Observatory. Daichi Fujii, a curator at Hiratsuka City Museum in Kanagawa Prefecture, caught […]
As fireworks fill the night sky on the Fourth of July, people will surely notice the changes taking place to the full moon, the first of the summer season, as it slowly changes color. Though the lunar change will be subtle, a one-hundred-year-old prophecy warns that this eclipse […]
Organizers are planning on making July 4th one of the biggest protest days so far, and law enforcement authorities all over the nation are bracing for the potential for more violence. Usually, July 4th is a day of great celebration in this country, but this year the mood […]
A DEVASTATING solar storm will whip Earth with solar flares that are 272 times hotter than the Sun, according to a terrifying warning. NASA’s space weather forecasters have predicted the next 10 years of solar activity as the Sun approaches its “weakest” period in 200 years. And the world is expected to be hit by flares which are […]
A PARTIAL eclipse of the Moon is rising over horizons tonight, much to the delight of photographers around the world. Here are the most incredible images from the final lunar eclipse of the year.The beginning of July witnessed a spectacular total solar eclipse over South America. And experienced […]
NASA says it can’t afford to build a space telescope considered the fastest way to identify asteroids that might impact the Earth with terrible consequences. A 2015 law gave the space agency five years to identify 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 140 meters in diameter, which could […]
AN ASTEROID with the destructive power of 2,700 megatons of explosive TNT risks slamming into the Earth later this year, NASA’s asteroid trackers have revealed. The imposing asteroid, dubbed Asteroid FT3, will come barrelling past our home planet on October 3, 2019. NASA expects the flyby to mark […]
This is the moment a blazing meteorite shot across the night sky in Russia with reports saying it ‘shook the ground’ and ‘warmed the air’ before smashing through 3ft of solid ice. Spectacular new footage shows the ‘small meteorite’ flashing across the sky in Evenkia district of Krasnoyarsk region […]
We have Earth’s churning metallic interior to thank for the magnetic field that keeps us safe from the harsh radiation of space, but it’s churning a little faster than expected lately. That means the magnetic pole is wobbling around, causing various navigation issues across the globe. Luckily, there’s […]
THE rare Super Blood Wolf Moon eclipse, which will appear in the night sky this Sunday, is the only one of its kind of the decade. Here’s how to make sure you don’t miss it. A total lunar eclipse, dubbed Super Blood Wolf Moon, will give eager sky […]
