<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">good morning all,</font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""> I hope everyone is doing great…many schools in the US are finishing for the summer…from what I can tell, the goal is to have all students back in school after the summer…with no social distancing or masks required…I guess we will see what happens as the summer progresses…things seem to be getting better…it really is challenging, to me, to try to understand what is best for everyone…many people are vaccinated, I believe all kids will be getting it soon…but many people refuse and I am sure they will not permit their kids to get it as well…with summertime in Florida, so many attractions and businesses opening up more and more, tourists coming from all over the world, we will see how well the virus will stay contained, especially with variant strains still surfacing. </font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""> Tuesday evening I will do the first live presentation with an audience since March of 2020…it will be in support of </font><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);" class="">Thrive Clermont Summer PopUp 2021 with high school students</span><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);" class="">…</span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);" class="">I know it will be </span><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);" class="">exciting…hopefully the start of more in the US leading to international visits, although I have no idea when….</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""> The space program is still going forward…Curiosity, Perseverance, and Ingenuity doing amazing exploration of Mars…the Solar Eclipse was seen in many parts of the world…if you have never seen one and have the opportunity…be sure to see it, especially if you can see TOTALITY…when the moon completely blocks the sun…new missions to Venus, continuing missions and space walks on the ISS, the Solar system and beyond…</font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: 19px; color: rgb(26, 26, 25);"> </span><span class="" style="font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: 19px;">W</span><span class="" style="font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: 19px; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); background-color: white;">e have to stay positive and always be thankful…</span><span class="" style="font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: 19px;"> remembering to do our best, enjoy everything we do, believe in ourselves, and let those we care about most know (I always say this, we all need to take it to heart) …hugs & smiles… :-) :-) STAY SAFE, TAKE CARE, Love ya, Gabe</span></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><div class="title-bar" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2em 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Titillium Web", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="title-wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 599.703125px; padding: 0px;"><h1 class="title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 2.2em; margin: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit;">NASA’s Perseverance Rover Begins Its First Science Campaign on Mars</h1></div></div><section id="ember25" class="opened collapsible ember-view" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-height: none; overflow-y: hidden;"><div class="text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="type-image dnd-atom-wrapper context-full_width" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box; display: table; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 2em;"><div class="dnd-drop-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24663-mastcam-zs-360-degree-view-of-van-zyl-overlook_with-rover_supplemental-1041.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" class=""><img typeof="foaf:Image" alt="Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z imaging system captured this 360-degree panorama" title="" apple-inline="yes" id="FD33C694-2359-4292-A50F-A8E47EF16C78" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="cid:8D1A5493-D197-4FDC-A15C-86812CD67978" class=""></font></a></div><div class="dnd-legend-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom;"><div class="caption" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font face="Gill Sans" class="">Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z imaging system captured this 360-degree panorama at “Van Zyl Overlook,” where the rover parked during Ingenuity helicopter’s first flights. The 2.4-billion-pixel panorama consists of 992 images stitched together.</font></div><div class="credits" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><font face="Gill Sans" class="">Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS</font></div><div class="link" style="font-size: 11px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: inherit; background-size: inherit; background-attachment: inherit; background-origin: inherit; background-clip: inherit; padding: 0px; background-position: inherit; background-repeat: inherit;"><a href="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class=""></a></div></div></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">The six-wheeled scientist is heading south to explore Jezero Crater’s lakebed in search of signs of ancient microbial life. </font></em></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">On June 1, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover kicked off the science phase of its mission by leaving the “Octavia E. Butler” landing site. Until recently, the rover has been undergoing systems tests, or commissioning, and supporting the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s month of flight tests.</font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">During the first few weeks of this first science campaign, the mission team will drive to a low-lying scenic overlook from which the rover can survey some of the oldest geologic features in Jezero Crater, and they’ll bring online the final capabilities of the rover’s auto-navigation and sampling systems.</font></div><div class="type-image dnd-atom-wrapper context-full_width" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; display: table; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 2em;"><div class="dnd-drop-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24600-1-1041.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class=""><img typeof="foaf:Image" alt="Mars" title="" apple-inline="yes" id="173427DF-E767-4679-99C7-C2DDFF565070" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="cid:F5340E4E-23DF-440C-9328-1E98806BB9C5" class=""></a></div><div class="dnd-legend-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 11px;"><div class="caption" style="box-sizing: border-box;">This image looking west toward the Séítah geologic unit on Mars was taken from the height of 33 feet (10 meters) by NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter during its sixth flight, on May 22, 2021.</div><div class="credits" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech</div><div class="link" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-image: inherit; background-size: inherit; background-attachment: inherit; background-origin: inherit; background-clip: inherit; padding: 0px; background-position: inherit; background-repeat: inherit;"><a href="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class=""></a></div></div></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">By the time Perseverance completed its commissioning phase on June 1, the rover had already tested its oxygen-generating <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8926/nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-extracts-first-oxygen-from-red-planet/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;" class="">MOXIE</a> instrument and conducted the technology demonstration flights of the <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8942/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-completes-first-one-way-trip/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;" class="">Ingenuity helicopter</a>. Its cameras had taken more than 75,000 <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;" class="">images</a>, and its microphones had recorded the <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8892/another-first-perseverance-captures-the-sounds-of-driving-on-mars/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none;" class="">first audio soundtracks of Mars</a>.</font></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">“We are putting the rover’s commissioning phase as well as the landing site in our rearview mirror and hitting the road,” said Jennifer Trosper, Perseverance project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “Over the next several months, Perseverance will be exploring a 1.5-square-mile [4-square-kilometer] patch of crater floor. It is from this location that the first samples from another planet will be collected for return to Earth by a future mission.”</font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">The science goals of the mission are to study the Jezero region in order to understand the geology and past habitability of the environment in the area, and to search for signs of ancient microscopic life. The team will identify and collect the most compelling rock and sediment samples, which a future mission could retrieve and bring back to Earth for more detailed study. Perseverance will also take measurements and test technologies to support future human and robotic exploration of Mars.</font></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-perseverance-rover-begins-its-first-science-campaign-on-mars" class="">https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-perseverance-rover-begins-its-first-science-campaign-on-mars</a> </font></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: 31px;" class=""><a href="https://spotthestation.nasa.gov" class="">https://spotthestation.nasa.gov</a> </span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><iframe src="https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/widget/widget2.cfm" width="310" height="450" frameborder="0" style="caret-color: rgb(77, 70, 156); color: rgb(77, 70, 156); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 30px;" class=""></iframe></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><header style="margin: 30px 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: visible; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><h1 style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 34px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" style="font-size: 31px;" class="">'Ring of fire' solar eclipse wows skywatchers (Photos)</font></h1><div class="byline-social" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 23px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both;" class="">By <span class="no-wrap by-author" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.livescience.com/author/jeanna-bryner" rel="author" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(2, 108, 162); text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Jeanna Bryner</span> - <span style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Live Science Editor-in-Chief</span></a></span> <time itemprop="datePublished" class="no-wrap chunk relative-date" datetime="2021-06-10T13:34:11Z" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1ex 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;">2 days ago</time></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 23px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both;" class=""><time itemprop="datePublished" class="no-wrap chunk relative-date" datetime="2021-06-10T13:34:11Z" style="margin: 0px 1ex 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;"><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto; white-space: normal;" class="">The first <a href="https://www.livescience.com/32671-whats-a-solar-eclipse.html" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(2, 108, 162); text-decoration: none;">solar eclipse</a> of the year did not disappoint.</p><div id="ad-unit-1" class="ad-unit" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"></div><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto; white-space: normal;" class="">Early Thursday morning, the <a href="https://www.livescience.com/earths-moon.html" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(2, 108, 162); text-decoration: none;">moon</a> almost entirely blocked the sun, leaving only a "ring of fire" visible. Though skygazers in only a few places (parts of Canada, Greenland and northern Russia) were treated to this annular eclipse (the fiery ring effect), plenty of other spots were located along the path of the partial solar eclipse.</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto; white-space: normal;" class="">People in parts of the eastern United States and northern Alaska, much of Canada, and parts of the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and northern Africa, were in prime spots to catch the moon take a big bite out of the sun during the partial solar eclipse (weather permitting). Here's a look at some of the stunning views captured by eclipse watchers.</p><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit;" class=""><img src="https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/livescience/media/img/missing-image.svg" alt="An eerie solar eclipse seen during the early hours of the morning in New York, on June 10, 2021." class="optional-image lazy-image-van entered loaded" sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)" data-normal="https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/livescience/media/img/missing-image.svg" data-srcset="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JRs3nrmSPACQUmVkQJkffS-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JRs3nrmSPACQUmVkQJkffS-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JRs3nrmSPACQUmVkQJkffS-970-80.jpg 970w" data-original-mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JRs3nrmSPACQUmVkQJkffS.jpg" data-pin-media="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JRs3nrmSPACQUmVkQJkffS.jpg" data-ll-status="loaded" srcset="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JRs3nrmSPACQUmVkQJkffS-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JRs3nrmSPACQUmVkQJkffS-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JRs3nrmSPACQUmVkQJkffS-970-80.jpg 970w"></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit;" class=""><figure data-bordeaux-image-check="" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;" class=""><figcaption itemprop="caption description" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; width: 602px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" class=""><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;">(Image credit: Islam Dogru/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)</span></figcaption></figure><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto; white-space: normal;" class="">New York was treated to a partial solar eclipse this morning, as seen in this eerie image captured on June 10, 2021. </p><div class=""><img src="https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/livescience/media/img/missing-image.svg" alt="The partial solar eclipse hangs behind a statue of Our Lady, Star Of The Sea on Bull Wall in Dublin, on June 10, 2021. Skywatchers in the U.K. and Ireland saw a crescent sun instead of the “ring of fire” formed by the annular eclipse." class="optional-image expandable lazy-image-van entered loaded" sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)" data-normal="https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/livescience/media/img/missing-image.svg" data-srcset="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HKb4xNsv6ipQkarcqihfzK-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HKb4xNsv6ipQkarcqihfzK-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HKb4xNsv6ipQkarcqihfzK-970-80.jpg 970w" data-original-mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HKb4xNsv6ipQkarcqihfzK.jpg" data-pin-media="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HKb4xNsv6ipQkarcqihfzK.jpg" data-ll-status="loaded" srcset="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HKb4xNsv6ipQkarcqihfzK-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HKb4xNsv6ipQkarcqihfzK-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HKb4xNsv6ipQkarcqihfzK-970-80.jpg 970w"></div></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit;" class=""><a target="_blank" data-url="" href="" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(2, 108, 162); text-decoration: none; white-space: normal;"><figure data-bordeaux-image-check="" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><figcaption itemprop="caption description" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; width: 602px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" class=""><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;">(Image credit: Brian Lawless/PA Wire/PA Images)</span></figcaption></figure></a><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto; white-space: normal;" class="">The partial solar eclipse hangs behind a statue of Our Lady, Star Of The Sea on Bull Wall in Dublin, on June 10, 2021. Skywatchers in the U.K. and Ireland saw a crescent sun instead of the “ring of fire” formed by the annular eclipse.</p><div class=""><img src="https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/livescience/media/img/missing-image.svg" alt="A partial solar eclipse is seen from Arlington, Virginia, Thursday, June 10, 2021." class="optional-image expandable lazy-image-van entered loaded" sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)" data-normal="https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/livescience/media/img/missing-image.svg" data-srcset="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RPLHkXHXbzCWUQdTRJS9y3-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RPLHkXHXbzCWUQdTRJS9y3-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RPLHkXHXbzCWUQdTRJS9y3-970-80.jpg 970w" data-original-mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RPLHkXHXbzCWUQdTRJS9y3.jpg" data-pin-media="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RPLHkXHXbzCWUQdTRJS9y3.jpg" data-ll-status="loaded" srcset="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RPLHkXHXbzCWUQdTRJS9y3-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RPLHkXHXbzCWUQdTRJS9y3-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RPLHkXHXbzCWUQdTRJS9y3-970-80.jpg 970w"></div></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit;" class=""><a target="_blank" data-url="" href="" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(2, 108, 162); text-decoration: none; white-space: normal;"><figure data-bordeaux-image-check="" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><figcaption itemprop="caption description" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; width: 602px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" class=""><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;">(Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)</span></figcaption></figure></a><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto; white-space: normal;" class="">Bill Ingalls, senior contract photographer for NASA Headquarters, was set up in Arlington, Virginia, where he had fantastic views of Washington, D.C. Here, the moon has taken a bite out of the sun. </p><div class=""><img src="https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/livescience/media/img/missing-image.svg" alt="A partial solar eclipse is seen as the sun rises behind the United States Capitol Building, Thursday, June 10, 2021, as seen from Arlington, Virginia." class="optional-image expandable lazy-image-van entered loaded" sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)" data-normal="https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/livescience/media/img/missing-image.svg" data-srcset="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EGcg8Xde7j9mNSzgrnxMPj-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EGcg8Xde7j9mNSzgrnxMPj-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EGcg8Xde7j9mNSzgrnxMPj-970-80.jpg 970w" data-original-mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EGcg8Xde7j9mNSzgrnxMPj.jpg" data-pin-media="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EGcg8Xde7j9mNSzgrnxMPj.jpg" data-ll-status="loaded" srcset="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EGcg8Xde7j9mNSzgrnxMPj-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EGcg8Xde7j9mNSzgrnxMPj-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EGcg8Xde7j9mNSzgrnxMPj-970-80.jpg 970w"></div></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit;" class=""><a target="_blank" data-url="" href="" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(2, 108, 162); text-decoration: none; white-space: normal;"><figure data-bordeaux-image-check="" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><figcaption itemprop="caption description" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; width: 602px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" class=""><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;">(Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)</span></figcaption></figure></a><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto; white-space: normal;" class="">From Arlington, Ingalls had a terrific view of the U.S. Capitol Building, seen here as the sun rises behind it. </p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto; white-space: normal;" class="">During an annular or partial solar eclipse, no part of the phenomenon is safe to watch without proper solar eclipse glasses or other appropriate filters. Looking directly at the sun can damage your eyes. </p><div class=""><img src="https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/livescience/media/img/missing-image.svg" alt="The sun rises next to the Statue of Liberty during the partial solar eclipse on June 10, 2021, in New York City. Part of the U.S. saw the partially eclipsed sunrise, while other parts of the Northern Hemisphere were treated to the “ring of fire" effect from the annular solar eclipse. Here, Lady Liberty’s crown is lit up from the sun’s rays." class="optional-image expandable lazy-image-van entered loaded" sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)" data-normal="https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/livescience/media/img/missing-image.svg" data-srcset="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CktWSFL5PymDWMyr4o5jTj-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CktWSFL5PymDWMyr4o5jTj-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CktWSFL5PymDWMyr4o5jTj-970-80.jpg 970w" data-original-mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CktWSFL5PymDWMyr4o5jTj.jpg" data-pin-media="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CktWSFL5PymDWMyr4o5jTj.jpg" data-ll-status="loaded" srcset="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CktWSFL5PymDWMyr4o5jTj-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CktWSFL5PymDWMyr4o5jTj-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CktWSFL5PymDWMyr4o5jTj-970-80.jpg 970w"></div></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><a target="_blank" data-url="" href="" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(2, 108, 162); text-decoration: none; white-space: normal;"><figure data-bordeaux-image-check="" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><figcaption itemprop="caption description" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; width: 602px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" class=""><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;">(Image credit: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)</span></figcaption></figure></a><div id="bordeaux-static-slot-5" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-61" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; margin: 5px -325px 10px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; display: flex; flex-direction: column; width: 300px; height: 630px; position: absolute; right: 0px; background-color: rgb(237, 237, 237);" class=""><div id="bordeaux-static-slot-5-boilerplate" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 30px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px; height: 30px; text-align: center;" class="">Advertisement</div><div id="bordeaux-incremental-ad-1" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-626" data-google-query-id="CJ3zzpXzkfECFafgKAUdJRYC_Q" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: sticky; top: 0px;" class=""><div id="google_ads_iframe_10518929/Science_LiveScience/article_13__container__" style="font-family: inherit; margin: auto; padding: 0px; border: 0pt none; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: center;" class=""><iframe id="google_ads_iframe_10518929/Science_LiveScience/article_13" title="3rd party ad content" name="google_ads_iframe_10518929/Science_LiveScience/article_13" width="300" height="600" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" data-google-container-id="e" data-integralas-id-4838caa8-b16e-d3da-d3df-d028613cced4="" data-integralas-id-3c6a3c47-e86f-9ff9-3599-d73cf38e89d7="" data-load-complete="true" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 100%;" class=""></iframe></div></div></div><p style="font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto; white-space: normal;" class="">The sun rises next to the Statue of Liberty during the partial solar eclipse on June 10, 2021, in New York City. Part of the U.S. saw the partially eclipsed sunrise, while other parts of the Northern Hemisphere were treated to the "ring of fire" effect from the annular solar eclipse. Here, Lady Liberty's crown is lit up from the sun's rays. </p><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""> TOTALITY…when you can remove the eye protector and look directly at the sun….I did not see it this time but did a few years ago…it was, without a doubt, </font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">one of the most amazing things I have ever seen….</font><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: large; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">there are no words to adequately describe it but its brilliance create a life long memory….</span></div><div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit;" class=""><img src="https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/livescience/media/img/missing-image.svg" alt="The annular eclipse on June 10, 2021, as seen from Greenland" class="optional-image lazy-image-van entered loaded" sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)" data-normal="https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/livescience/media/img/missing-image.svg" data-srcset="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JNp6s8E6z7s3tAYzhPUZP3-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JNp6s8E6z7s3tAYzhPUZP3-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JNp6s8E6z7s3tAYzhPUZP3-970-80.jpg 970w" data-original-mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JNp6s8E6z7s3tAYzhPUZP3.jpg" data-pin-media="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JNp6s8E6z7s3tAYzhPUZP3.jpg" data-ll-status="loaded" srcset="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JNp6s8E6z7s3tAYzhPUZP3-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JNp6s8E6z7s3tAYzhPUZP3-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JNp6s8E6z7s3tAYzhPUZP3-970-80.jpg 970w"></div></div><div class=""><figure data-bordeaux-image-check="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;" class=""><figcaption itemprop="caption description" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; width: 602px; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" class=""><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: inline-block;">(Image credit: Halumi Daorana)</span></figcaption></figure><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto; white-space: normal;" class="">The Inuit village of Qaanaaq in northern Greenland saw a remarkable view of the annular eclipse on June 10, 2021. 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"That time it got much darker as the moon was bigger, closer to Earth," Daorana said in a statement. "Now it only got a little darker and the sky bluer. And I could notice how it got a bit colder."</p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto; white-space: normal;" class="">Daorana's daughter, Halumi Daorana, snapped this image of the ring of fire.</p><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; font-family: inherit;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><header style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; margin: 30px 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: visible; white-space: normal;" class=""><h1 style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 34px; font-size: 28px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Jupiter's largest moon revealed in stunning detail in first close-up images in 20 years</h1><div class="byline-social" style="font-family: inherit; 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font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">When the precursor to today's internet carried its first message in 1969, clunky but functional classical computers had already been around <a href="https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/computers/" data-url="https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/computers/" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(2, 108, 162); text-decoration: none;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">for decades</u></a>. Now, physicists are designing the embryonic threads of a whole new internet for moving and manipulating a radically different type of information: the quantum bit, or "qubit." And this time, they aren't waiting for the corresponding computers to exist first. </font></p><div id="ad-unit-1" class="ad-unit" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">Two teams have now demonstrated an ensemble of technologies essential to building the backbone of such a network — devices known as quantum repeaters. The researchers managed, for the first time, to use light particles to bind two crystals separated by tens of meters into a single quantum mechanical system and verify the connection in a simple way. The experiments foreshadow a future where institutions across the planet can take advantage of a bizarre type of connection called <a href="https://www.livescience.com/what-is-quantum-entanglement.html" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(2, 108, 162); text-decoration: none;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">entanglement</u></a>. </font></p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; --white: #fff; --light-mid-grey: #ccc; --trd-blue: #2f6e91; --black: #000; --yellow: #ffd800; --green: #3c8d0d; --orange: #ff6f28; --red: red; --pink: #e6248a; --light-blue: #97edfc; --mid-grey: #333; 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line-height: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">(Image credit: NASA/JAXA/ISAS/DARTS/Damia Bouic/VR2Planets)</span></font></figcaption></div><div class="left-rail-area" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 16px; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; position: fixed; top: 0px; left: 0px; z-index: 100000; overflow: auto; width: 135px; height: 200vh;"></div><div id="article-body" class="bodyCopy auto text-copy" style="margin: 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><a href="https://www.space.com/44-venus-second-planet-from-the-sun-brightest-planet-in-solar-system.html" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">Venus</a> scientists have long complained that the planet wasn't getting its due in robotic investigators. But those days are over: space agencies have announced three new missions to Earth's mysterious twin in just over a week.</font></p><div id="ad-unit-1" class="ad-unit" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">On June 2, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced that the agency would pursue <a href="https://www.space.com/nasa-unveils-2-venus-missions-veritas-davinci" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">two new Venus missions</a> dubbed DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, aiming to launch the spacecraft between 2028 and 2030. 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"Together with the newly announced NASA-led Venus missions, we will have an extremely comprehensive science programme at this enigmatic planet well into the next decade."</font></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><header style="margin: 30px 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: visible;" class=""><h1 style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 34px; font-size: 28px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Earth's aurora origin mystery solved by 'surfing' electrons </h1><div class="byline-social" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; 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width: 602px; height: auto;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">The aurora borealis found in the Northern Hemisphere and aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere have captivated humankind since the dawn of civilization. These natural light shows provide the closest opportunity we can get to experiencing space weather — conditions that are caused by activity on the sun's surface and as such, they follow the <a href="https://www.space.com/11974-solar-cycle-sun-activity.html" target="_blank" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">solar cycle</u></a>. </font></p><div id="ad-unit-1" class="ad-unit" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><a href="https://www.space.com/15139-northern-lights-auroras-earth-facts-sdcmp.html" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Auroras</u></a> are caused when electrons emitted from the sun as part of the '<a href="https://www.space.com/22215-solar-wind.html" target="_blank" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">solar wind</u></a>' hurtle towards Earth and are funneled down Earth's magnetic field lines where they then collide with oxygen and nitrogen molecules in the ionosphere — the upper atmosphere between 50 and 370 miles (80 and 600 kilometers). The absorption of energy by oxygen and nitrogen ions causes them to move to an 'excited' high-energy state. 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A team of physicists led by the University of Iowa now have the answer, their findings were <a href="https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=92X1588396&xcust=space_us_8214381451137864000&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fs41467-021-23377-5.epdf%3Fsharing_token%3DQ0rjm5h2j_KavQboPe5r0NRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0Nipe223V5hYGHe-RFuAQXUauChqVoyT7zITbpx_l9I4d9y3fMVLy0n3sVw5SJRoc_II7uBqXU-SzFM3JaTK6_kNmWDs_aEyfCQVLoWqqw15NsYjbFSXvak0yfuKrH76x8%253D&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.space.com%2Faurora-origin-mystery-solved-by-electrons" data-url="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-23377-5.epdf?sharing_token=Q0rjm5h2j_KavQboPe5r0NRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0Nipe223V5hYGHe-RFuAQXUauChqVoyT7zITbpx_l9I4d9y3fMVLy0n3sVw5SJRoc_II7uBqXU-SzFM3JaTK6_kNmWDs_aEyfCQVLoWqqw15NsYjbFSXvak0yfuKrH76x8%3D" target="_blank" data-hl-processed="skimlinks" data-placeholder-url="https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=92X1588396&xcust=hawk-custom-tracking&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fs41467-021-23377-5.epdf%3Fsharing_token%3DQ0rjm5h2j_KavQboPe5r0NRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0Nipe223V5hYGHe-RFuAQXUauChqVoyT7zITbpx_l9I4d9y3fMVLy0n3sVw5SJRoc_II7uBqXU-SzFM3JaTK6_kNmWDs_aEyfCQVLoWqqw15NsYjbFSXvak0yfuKrH76x8%253D&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.space.com%2Faurora-origin-mystery-solved-by-electrons" rel="nofollow noopener" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" data-merchant-name="SkimLinks - nature.com" data-merchant-id="undefined" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" data-custom-tracking-id="8214381451137864000" data-hawk-tracked="hawklinks" data-label="published online on June 7" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">published online on June 7</u></a> in the journal Nature Communications.</font></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="title-bar" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2em 0px;"><div class="title-wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 599.703125px; padding: 0px;"><h1 class="title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 2.2em; margin: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit;">Earth's Atmospheric Glow and Star Trails</h1></div></div><div class="feature-image-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px -2em 2em;"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss065e081769.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class=""><img alt="Earth's atmospheric glow and star trails" class="feature-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%;" apple-inline="yes" id="7E68B8D8-F4C8-47A5-9F70-F5C3EE4DF520" src="cid:66AEF3CC-231D-4F23-B003-51A5B25B1975"></a></div><section id="ember22" class="opened collapsible ember-view" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-height: none; overflow-y: hidden;"><div class="text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">The beauty of our home planet is shown in this long exposure photograph. Taken from the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">International Space Station</a> as it orbited 267 miles above the Indian Ocean, it reveals Earth's atmospheric glow and star trails.</font></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Image Credit: NASA</em></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><h2 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; font-size: 28px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">Wow of the Week</h2><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><table class="fulltable" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" valign="top" width="580" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow: hidden; border-top-left-radius: 8px; border-top-right-radius: 8px; border-bottom-right-radius: 8px; border-bottom-left-radius: 8px; width: 580px;"><tbody class=""><tr style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td colspan="3" style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><a href="http://support.planetary.org/site/R?i=W7Yjv0w90cpZhylFSQ3M8g" style="color: rgb(0, 156, 221); text-decoration: none;" class=""><img src="https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/email/newsletter/_1160x930_crop_center-center_82_line/463311/exploring-jupiters-moons.jpg" alt="Exploring jupiters moons" class="responsive-image" width="580" style="height: auto; border: 0px; width: 580px; max-width: 100%;"></a></td></tr><tr height="40" style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td colspan="3" style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""> </td></tr><tr style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td width="30" style="font-size: 10pt; width: 30px;" class=""> </td><td align="center" style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><table class="sectionstandard sectioncontent fulltable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="520" style="font-size: 10pt; width: 520px;"><tbody class=""><tr style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><h2 style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><br class=""></h2></td></tr><tr height="20" style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><br class=""></td></tr><tr style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><td align="left" style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 26px;" class="">Planetary Society supporter Andrew C. Stewart shared this painting of an imagined settlement on one of Jupiter’s moons, with the gas giant looming in the distance. 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