Superman: Legacy director James Gunn has spoken about and how the character will be unforgettable.
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The barrage of solar activity continues as we near the peak of solar cycle 25. For the unaware, a solar cycle is an 11-year period where the Sun's activity dips and rises. The lowest point of activity in the cycle is known as the solar minimum, while the period of highest activity is known as the solar maximum. As we approach the solar maximum, Earth is predicted to face more CMEs, sunspots, solar flares, and solar storms.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which carries a full suite of instruments to observe the Sun, has now revealed that a strong stream of solar wind is flowing towards Earth and it could spark a geomagnetic storm. Know all about this latest development.
Yesterday, it was revealed that a sunspot on the solar surface containing almost 12 dark cores had been observed that was almost 200,000 kilometers in diameter. This sunspot, named Sunspot Complex AR3490-91-92, was slowly turning towards Earth and could hurl out solar winds. The phenomenon is now taking place. According to a SpaceWeather report, a stream of high-speed solar winds is flowing towards Earth at speeds of greater than 500 kilometers per second. These winds have crossed with “stronger-than-usual” magnetic fields.
While it has not sparked a geomagnetic storm yet, one could be on the cards. The report states that skywatchers in the Arctic regions should be on the lookout for auroras after nightfall.
Auroras, also known as Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis at the North Pole and Southern Lights or Aurora Australis at the South Pole, are shifting curtains of light in greens, blues, and pinks in the night sky. These mesmerizing lights are constantly changing shape and intensity, from dim and scattered, to bright and they are visible for thousands of miles.
They are typically seen in the northern polar regions, including in places like Canada, Alaska, and Norway. The Southern Lights, or aurora australis, are seen in the southern polar regions, such as Antarctica and southern parts of South America, Africa, and Australia. However, if the storm is powerful enough, auroras can be seen further southwards in the US and England too.
Superman: Legacy director James Gunn has spoken about and how the character will be unforgettable.
Telescopes such as NEOWISE, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), Pans-STARRS1, and Catalina Sky Survey help NASA track and study asteroids that are present in space. After studying the data, the US space agency has shed light on an asteroid that is expected to pass Earth by a close margin today, December 6. This asteroid is colossal in size! Know all about the close encounter with the Asteroid 2001 QQ142.
director James Gunn has revealed that the script for the upcoming Superman movie is “essentially done” and has been for a while.
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Larry Summers, a new board member at artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, said that the startup's work was “extraordinarily important” and that the company needed to operate as a “corporation with a conscience.” OpenAI “has to be prepared to cooperate with key government officials on regulatory issues, on national security issues, on development of technology issues,” Summers said on Bloomberg Television's Wall Street Week with David Westin on Friday.
The solar activity on Earth has intensified. Yesterday, December 1, it was reported that a second coronal mass ejection (CME) was headed for the Earth which could turn the ongoing solar storm even more intense, and exactly that happened. A few hours earlier, the second CME made an impact and sparked an incredibly powerful G3-class solar storm. The storm resulted in some of the brightest aurora displays seen across the world. While it has begun subsiding slowly, a NASA model has shown that more CMEs are headed toward the Earth and might make contact with our magnetosphere before the end of the day.
India and the United States are set to embark on a groundbreaking collaboration in space exploration, marking a significant milestone in their space partnership. The announcement came after NASA Chief Bill Nelson met with Union Minister Jitendra Singh in New Delhi. The recent NASA and ISRO collaboration involves the launch of a remote sensing satellite named NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) in the first quarter of the upcoming year. Apart from this, there are various other projects on which ISRO and NASA will work together.
is set to star in the upcoming Marvel Studios film after his appearance in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. According to the actor, the movie won’t be your typical MCU film.
On Wednesday, S Somanath, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), emphasised that while the organisation is actively pursuing various targets, the immediate and primary focus remains on Gaganyaan mission- the nation's inaugural human space flight program. Speaking on the sidelines of the 2023 Global Energy Parliament in Kolkata, Somanath stated, "There are many [targets]. It is not one target. But our primary target is Gaganyaan now. Send an Indian to space and bring them back safely. This is our immediate big-ticket target."
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In a significant diplomatic overture, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced on Tuesday the United States' readiness to partner with the Indian space agency ISRO in the construction of its very own space station. Touching down in India for a week of strategic engagements, Nelson revealed that discussions between the two nations also involve plans to send an Indian astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) by the close of the upcoming year.