Sprites Over Château de Beynac
Reported by NASA
A flash of lightning, and then—something else. High above a storm, a crimson figure blinks in and out of existence. If you see it, you are a lucky witness of a sprite, one of the least-understood electrical phenomena in Earth’s upper atmosphere. Sprite...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:24 +0000
New NASA Sensor Goes Hunting for Critical Minerals
Reported by NASA
Called AVIRIS-5, it’s the latest in a long line of sensors pioneered by NASA JPL to survey Earth, the Moon, and other worlds. Cradled in the nose of a high-altitude research airplane, a new NASA sensor has taken to the skies to help geoscientists map roc...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:08 +0000
What Do Super Jupiters Look Like?
Reported by Universe Today
Super-Jupiters have masses a dozen times that of Jupiter, but they are often illustrated as having a very Jupiter-like appearance. A new study finds that the classic banded-cloud look of Jupiter is very different from the look of the largest worlds....
- By: Brian Koberlein (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/brian)
- On: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:18 +0000
How Louisiana Native Turned Childhood Wonder into NASA Stennis Career
Reported by NASA
Michelle Hoehn vividly remembers the day a seed was planted for her future at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. As a seventh grader, the Bogalusa, Louisiana, native joined her dad for Father/Daughter Day at NASA Stennis. Hoehn ...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:00 +0000
Lightning on Mars? Electric sparks in dust devils confirmed
Reported by Space | EarthSky
NASA's Perseverance rover has detected lightning on Mars 55 times. It heard the small electrical discharges with its microphone in dust storms and dust devils.
The post Lightning on Mars? Electric sparks in dust devils confirmed first appeared on EarthSky....
- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:58 +0000
The Primordial Black Hole Saga: Part 2 - Not Your Normal Black Holes
Reported by Universe Today
At the same time that Vera Rubin was turning cosmology upside down with conclusive evidence for the existence of dark matter, Stephen Hawking was doing…Stephen Hawking things....
- By: Paul Sutter (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter)
- On: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:03 +0000