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Northern lights may get stronger within the next 2 years as the sun enters a turbulent decline with a 'last gasp' finale

October 6, 2025
We may have passed the peak of solar maximum, but that doesn’t mean the aurora season is winding down. In fact, the years after solar maximum can be some of the most exciting for skywatchers. Space weather physicist Tamitha Skov describes one potential late-cycle outburst as the sun’s “last gasp”, a dramatic finale that could trigger powerful geomagnetic storms and…
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Northern lights may be visible in these 12 US states tonight

October 3, 2025
Aurora watchers: don’t pack up your cameras just yet, as the northern lights may return for one last dazzling display tonight (Oct. 2) before conditions quiet down again over the weekend. Over the past few nights, geomagnetic activity has repeatedly exceeded…
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Exoplanet without a sun found gobbling up 6 billion tons of gas and dust per second

October 3, 2025
Scientists have identified a lone planet with a ferocious appetite. Located in the Chamaeleon constellation roughly 620 light-years away, the rogue planet, named Cha 1107-7626, exists in the vast emptiness of space, far from the warmth of any star. Rogue planets like this one are cosmic drifters — worlds that roam the galaxy untethered, unlike the familiar planets bound to a solar system. Most…
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Could China return the Perseverance rover's possible biosignature sample from Mars?

October 2, 2025
NASA may have discovered a biosignature on Mars, but could China be in position to get crucial samples back to Earth first to make a definitive analysis? NASA’s Perseverance team announced on Sept. 10 that it had found possible biosignatures in pieces of a Mars rock dubbed “Cheyava Falls” in Jezero Crater. But this is not conclusive. In order to determine if the intriguing…
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Tumbleweed-inspired Mars rovers could be blown across the Red Planet

October 1, 2025
Wind speeds on Mars are high enough to blow fleets of large spherical rovers that resemble tumbleweed across the Red Planet’s surface, according to new wind-tunnel tests of small prototypes conducted by an international consortium of young scientists. “We now have experimental validation that tumbleweed rovers could indeed operate and collect scientific data on Mars,” James…
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