Israeli jets strike Houthi targets in Yemen after Tel Aviv attack
Houthi-run Al Masirah TV reported that Israeli warplanes targeted areas in and near the port of Hodeidah in Yemen with several missiles. They said the air strikes hit import facilities and a coastal road, claiming several people were injured. The report could not be independently verified. Israel and the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in […]
Sun blasts out 2nd X-class flare this week, triggers more radio blackouts
– The sun emitted another powerful X-class solar flare on July 16th from active sunspot region AR3738. This was the second X-class flare this week from this sunspot. – X-class flares are the strongest type of solar flare, and this one caused a shortwave radio blackout over parts of the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, Europe and […]
Astronomers could use a synthetic cosmos to unravel dark matter mysteries
Astronomers have created a “synthetic universe” using supercomputer simulations to help predict what the next generation of space and ground-based telescopes will observe. The simulations model how the universe would appear to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. They include nearly 4 million simulated images. The synthetic universe was […]