Geminids meteor shower to streak across night sky
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-6765865 
 

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Under Cloudy skies for Peasedown St John.

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Anyone got an interest in this issue? Your thoughts?
NOAA scientists link exotic metal particles in the upper atmosphere to rockets, satellites
https://csl.noaa.gov/news/2023/388_1016.html 

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Last full moon of 2023 - the Cold Moon 27th December
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/full-moon-calendar 
 

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Last full moon of 2023 - the Cold Moon 27th December
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/full-moon-calendar 
 

The name conjures up images of Vampires lol but then next month it would be werewolves!
Thanks for the information 👍 and Merry Christmas 🎄

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The name conjures up images of Vampires lol but then next month it would be werewolves!
Thanks for the information 👍 and Merry Christmas 🎄

Usual precautions on Wednesday, WW - garlic etc.
If you are a vampire enthusiast you might enjoy "The Historian".
http://www.elizabethkostova.com/thehistorian 

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Exciting stuff...
Nasa mission lines up to 'touch the Sun'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67837161 
 

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Usual precautions on Wednesday, WW - garlic etc.
If you are a vampire enthusiast you might enjoy "The Historian".
http://www.elizabethkostova.com/thehistorian 

Slipped past my radar until now. 
Incredible reviews and one for my booklist Roger.
I'll need to read it with a baseball bat and garlic near to hand too.

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MAJOR X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE:
"Earth-orbiting satellites have just detected a major X5-class solar flare. It is the strongest flare of Solar Cycle 25 (so far) and the most powerful eruption the sun has produced since the great storms of Sept. 2017. The underlying sunspot is a giant, and it is turning toward Earth with more flares in the offing."
https://spaceweather.com/ 

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Some wonderful images from the JWST posted on the BBC website......

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-611525eb-3a0c-4a68-bf54-485df138b6f6 

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Some wonderful images from the JWST posted on the BBC website......

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-611525eb-3a0c-4a68-bf54-485df138b6f6 

It's mind-boggling, llamedos! What can one say, other than to express awe and wonder?  😲

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I may have misunderstood this - could they not find somewhere to recharge their batteries? Bloody electric vehicles. 🤣
"...The issue has already made it difficult for the craft to point its solar panels at the Sun to generate electricity and may now scupper the planned touch-down."

Peregrine lander: Propulsion failure threatens US Moon mission
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67915696 

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"Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic, said there was enough propellant to operate its Peregrine lander as a spacecraft.
The lander is expected to run out of fuel in about 40 hours, the firm said shortly after 17:00 GMT on Tuesday."

US Moon mission has no chance of soft lunar landing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67929439 

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Can't get my head round all this!
"Scientists at the University of Central Lancashire have discovered a gigantic, ring-shaped structure in space. It is 1.3bn light-years in diameter and appears to be roughly 15 times the size of the Moon in the night sky as seen from Earth. Named the Big Ring by the astronomers, it is made up of galaxies and galaxy clusters. They say that it is so big it challenges our understanding of the universe."

Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on cosmos
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67950749 
 

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The skylight on our landing looks to the west, and over the past week I have enjoyed watching the interplay of the Moon and Jupiter.
https://twitter.com/physicsJ/status/1748086368738197808?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet 

 

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The skylight on our landing looks to the west, and over the past week I have enjoyed watching the interplay of the Moon and Jupiter.
https://twitter.com/physicsJ/status/1748086368738197808?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet 

 

 I saw that yesterday evening and wondered what it was.

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Spaceweather says:
A CME IS HEADING FOR EARTH: Yesterday, a magnetic filament on the sun erupted, hurling a CME almost directly toward Earth. Forecast models say it should arrive during the late hours of Jan. 22nd, sparking minor (G1) to moderate (G2) geomagnetic storms with auroras in northern Europe and northern-tier US states.
https://spaceweather.com/ 
https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ 
 

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Spaceweather says:
SOLAR RADIATION STORM:
"Energetic protons from the sun are striking the top of Earth's atmosphere today following a strong solar flare during the early hours of Jan. 29th. This is called a "radiation storm," and it is currently a category S2 event. Such a storm can cause elevated levels of radiation in airplanes flying over Earth's poles and unwanted glitches in the electronics of Earth-orbiting satellites."
https://spaceweather.com/ 

https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ 

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"MARTIAN SUNSPOT" TURNS TOWARD EARTH:
A sunspot so big it can be seen from Mars is turning toward Earth today. Visible through ordinary eclipse glasses, the behemoth has a mixed-polarity magnetic field that poses a threat for X-class solar flares. Any such eruptions in the days ahead will be squarely Earth-directed. Full story
https://spaceweather.com/ 

https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ 

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New close encounter with Io, the moon of Jupiter. Io is the most volcanically active body in the Solar system.

https://claudegrandpeyvolcansetglaciers.com/2024/02/11/nouvelle-rencontre-rapprochee-avec-io-la-lune-de-jupiter-new-close-encounter-with-io-jupiters-moon/?fbclid=IwAR0gotVai9_7W6ZyE9DR950ah2mCNAEVddQQ34SI6EaGGrnyc_YvRj16G5M