Where is the sun in its current 11-year solar cycle?
Back in 2019, a consortium of scientists predicted August 2025 as the peak of the solar activity cycle. But where are we now?
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NASA Partnerships Allow Artificial Intelligence to Predict Solar Events
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) While auroras are a beautiful sight on Earth, the solar activity that causes them can wreak havoc with space-based infrastructure like satellites. Using artificial intelligence to predict these disruptive…
Artemis II Crew Walks Out for Practice Scenarios
NASA/Kim Shiflett The Artemis II crew (from front left to back right) – pilot Victor Glover, commander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen of CSA (Canadian Space Agency), and mission specialist Christina Koch – walk out of the Neil A.…
British workhouses were founded and sustained on wealth derived from slavery, study shows
British workhouses were intimately bound up with slavery and imperialism throughout the early modern period, new research from Cardiff University finds.
How human rights content empowers Spanish heritage learners
In a Connecticut high school Spanish heritage language classroom, the conversation moves well beyond verb conjugations and vocabulary lists. Students are debating labor laws, analyzing fairness, and connecting their own lives to the experiences of migrant youth.
NASA Study: Celestial ‘Accident’ Sheds Light on Jupiter, Saturn Riddle
6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This artist’s concept shows a brown dwarf — an object larger than a planet but not massive enough to kickstart fusion in its core like a star. Brown dwarfs…
Astronauts capture amazing views of the total lunar eclipse from the ISS (photos)
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured great shots of the total lunar eclipse over the weekend.
More evidence that school phone bans help students’ well-being
On the heels of wider acceptance of school phone bans and taking “digital breaks,” South Australian experts have produced more evidence of the potential benefits to student well-being, mental health outcomes and their overall lived experience.
How tiny tweaks in music shape what we imagine
New research from the Sydney Music, Mind and Body Lab at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music has found that even the smallest of human touches in music can shape and enhance our imaginations. Mental imagery while listening to music often…
The older we get, the fewer favorite songs we have, study shows
Do you think that Spotify’s suggestions for new music are getting stranger all the time? It may be because of you. In a unique study, 15 years of listening data shows that musical taste becomes more refined with age.