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Solar Sail Spacecraft Could Boost Space Weather Warnings by Nearly 60 Minutes
A solar sail spacecraft could extend space weather warnings from 40 to 60 minutes, offering vital lead time before solar storms strike. Part of the SWIFT mission, this satellite will orbit farther than any current monitor, using sunlight for propulsion. The system aims to better protect satellites, astronauts, and power grids from geomagnetic disru...
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NASA’s Twin TRACERS Satellites Will Monitor Space Weather to Shield Earth from Solar Storms
NASA’s TRACERS satellites will fly in tandem through Earth’s polar cusps to study magnetic storms and solar wind effects. The mission aims to improve predictions of space weather events that threaten satellites, power grids, and astronauts, offering new insight into magnetic reconnection and helping protect vital systems from the hazards of int...
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NASA Tests Modular Satellite Tech to Cut Launch Costs and Speed Missions
NASA is developing scalable, modular satellite platforms to reduce cost and accelerate science missions. The Athena EPIC spacecraft, built from eight “Satlet” modules, shares control systems among instruments, simplifying integration. Slated to launch in 2025 on a SpaceX rideshare, Athena aims to cut costs from billions to millions per mission....
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F-35B Fighter To Fly Out Of Kerala Tomorrow After Being Grounded For 5 Weeks
On June 14, the F-35B fighter jet, en route from the UK to Australia, made an emergency landing in Kerala's Trivandrum after it encountered a hydraulic failure and has been stranded since.
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NASA and ISRO Prepare to Launch NISAR Earth-Mapping Satellite
NASA and India’s ISRO are set to launch NISAR, a first-of-its-kind Earth-observing satellite equipped with advanced dual-band radar. Scheduled to lift off no earlier than late July 2025 from Sriharikota, India, NISAR will map nearly all of Earth’s land and ice every 12 days, capturing surface changes with centimeter-level precision. Its L-band ...
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Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula Volcano Erupts For 9th Time Since 2023
A volcano erupted on Wednesday in Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula in the southwest, weather authorities said, the ninth eruption to hit the region since the end of 2023.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei Faces Ultimate Test After Israeli Strikes
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has weathered a series of challenges but Israel's unprecedented strikes mark his most serious crisis yet, threatening both the clerical system he leads and his own physical survival.
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Parker Solar Probe Witnesses Unprecedented Sunward Plasma Jet Driven by Magnetic Reconnection
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has made a groundbreaking discovery, observing an unprecedented plasma explosion in the Sun's corona. This rare event produced a sunward jet of particles, with protons accelerated to nearly 1,000 times the expected energy. Scientists traced this phenomenon back to a magnetic reconnection site, where twisted solar magnetic ...
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NASA’s IMAP Spacecraft Gears Up for Mission to Explore Solar System’s Edge
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) has begun final preparations at Kennedy Space Center for a launch no earlier than September 2025. The mission will position IMAP at Lagrange Point 1, a million miles from Earth, to study the solar wind and the edge of the heliosphere. The spacecraft, built by Johns Hopkins APL, will fly al...
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Delhi Weather: IMD Issues Orange Alert, National Capital Records Wettest May
The current spell of unusual weather is being attributed to the early arrival of the monsoon in Mumbai, which has had a ripple effect on weather systems in northern India.
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India Launches World's Highest Resolution Weather Forecasting Model
India on Monday unveiled a home-grown weather forecasting system with a spatial resolution of six km -- the highest in the world -- that would enable the weather office to issue more localised and accurate forecasts.
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5 Killed, Many Missing In Flash Floods In China, Disaster Alert Issued
China has a four-tier weather warning system with red representing the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
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Video: Deadly Tornadoes Shred Homes In Midwest US, 27 Killed, Dozens Injured
An unstable spring weather system spawned several tornadoes overnight in the United States' Midwest and Ohio River Valley, killing at least 27 people, and leaving dozens of others injured in Missouri, Kentucky and Virginia.
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'Felt Vibration Of Tornado': 23 Dead Across US Amid Harsh Weather Conditions
Storm systems sweeping across parts of the U.S. Midwest and South have left at least 23 people dead, many of them in Kentucky, where what appeared to be a devastating tornado crumbled buildings and flipped over a car on an interstate.
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Android 16 Beta 4.1 With Fixes for 4K Video Recording, Battery Drain Issues Rolling Out for Pixel
Google on Wednesday rolled out the Android 16 Beta 4.1 to developers and testers. Initially available on Pixel devices, it arrives as the latest testing version of Google’s operating system with fixes for several bugs that have impacted users in previous versions. This includes rectifications for issues related to 4K video recording, haptics, wea...
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Solar Sail Spacecraft Could Boost Space Weather Warnings by Nearly 60 Minutes
A solar sail spacecraft could extend space weather warnings from 40 to 60 minutes, offering vital lead time before solar storms strike. Part of the SWIFT mission, this satellite will orbit farther than any current monitor, using sunlight for propulsion. The system aims to better protect satellites, astronauts, and power grids from geomagnetic disru...
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NASA’s Twin TRACERS Satellites Will Monitor Space Weather to Shield Earth from Solar Storms
NASA’s TRACERS satellites will fly in tandem through Earth’s polar cusps to study magnetic storms and solar wind effects. The mission aims to improve predictions of space weather events that threaten satellites, power grids, and astronauts, offering new insight into magnetic reconnection and helping protect vital systems from the hazards of int...
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NASA Tests Modular Satellite Tech to Cut Launch Costs and Speed Missions
NASA is developing scalable, modular satellite platforms to reduce cost and accelerate science missions. The Athena EPIC spacecraft, built from eight “Satlet” modules, shares control systems among instruments, simplifying integration. Slated to launch in 2025 on a SpaceX rideshare, Athena aims to cut costs from billions to millions per mission....
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F-35B Fighter To Fly Out Of Kerala Tomorrow After Being Grounded For 5 Weeks
On June 14, the F-35B fighter jet, en route from the UK to Australia, made an emergency landing in Kerala's Trivandrum after it encountered a hydraulic failure and has been stranded since.
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NASA and ISRO Prepare to Launch NISAR Earth-Mapping Satellite
NASA and India’s ISRO are set to launch NISAR, a first-of-its-kind Earth-observing satellite equipped with advanced dual-band radar. Scheduled to lift off no earlier than late July 2025 from Sriharikota, India, NISAR will map nearly all of Earth’s land and ice every 12 days, capturing surface changes with centimeter-level precision. Its L-band ...
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Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula Volcano Erupts For 9th Time Since 2023
A volcano erupted on Wednesday in Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula in the southwest, weather authorities said, the ninth eruption to hit the region since the end of 2023.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei Faces Ultimate Test After Israeli Strikes
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has weathered a series of challenges but Israel's unprecedented strikes mark his most serious crisis yet, threatening both the clerical system he leads and his own physical survival.
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Parker Solar Probe Witnesses Unprecedented Sunward Plasma Jet Driven by Magnetic Reconnection
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has made a groundbreaking discovery, observing an unprecedented plasma explosion in the Sun's corona. This rare event produced a sunward jet of particles, with protons accelerated to nearly 1,000 times the expected energy. Scientists traced this phenomenon back to a magnetic reconnection site, where twisted solar magnetic ...
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NASA’s IMAP Spacecraft Gears Up for Mission to Explore Solar System’s Edge
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) has begun final preparations at Kennedy Space Center for a launch no earlier than September 2025. The mission will position IMAP at Lagrange Point 1, a million miles from Earth, to study the solar wind and the edge of the heliosphere. The spacecraft, built by Johns Hopkins APL, will fly al...
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Delhi Weather: IMD Issues Orange Alert, National Capital Records Wettest May
The current spell of unusual weather is being attributed to the early arrival of the monsoon in Mumbai, which has had a ripple effect on weather systems in northern India.
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India Launches World's Highest Resolution Weather Forecasting Model
India on Monday unveiled a home-grown weather forecasting system with a spatial resolution of six km -- the highest in the world -- that would enable the weather office to issue more localised and accurate forecasts.
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5 Killed, Many Missing In Flash Floods In China, Disaster Alert Issued
China has a four-tier weather warning system with red representing the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
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Video: Deadly Tornadoes Shred Homes In Midwest US, 27 Killed, Dozens Injured
An unstable spring weather system spawned several tornadoes overnight in the United States' Midwest and Ohio River Valley, killing at least 27 people, and leaving dozens of others injured in Missouri, Kentucky and Virginia.
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'Felt Vibration Of Tornado': 23 Dead Across US Amid Harsh Weather Conditions
Storm systems sweeping across parts of the U.S. Midwest and South have left at least 23 people dead, many of them in Kentucky, where what appeared to be a devastating tornado crumbled buildings and flipped over a car on an interstate.
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Android 16 Beta 4.1 With Fixes for 4K Video Recording, Battery Drain Issues Rolling Out for Pixel
Google on Wednesday rolled out the Android 16 Beta 4.1 to developers and testers. Initially available on Pixel devices, it arrives as the latest testing version of Google’s operating system with fixes for several bugs that have impacted users in previous versions. This includes rectifications for issues related to 4K video recording, haptics, wea...
