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The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a record number of daily coronavirus cases worldwide on Friday, with the United States leading the other nations. In a daily report, WHO reported 237,743 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, surpassing the previous daily record of 230,370 on July 12. There were another 5,682 deaths last day. More than 13.6 million …

Dust clouds are a natural phenomenon that is part of the Earth’s nutrient cycle. They occur when high-speed winds pick up tiny dry particles from the surface of the earth and transport them over long distances. Every summer, clouds of dust from the African Sahara travel across the Atlantic. They are usually not that big and often sink into the …

Texas reported the largest daily surge in confirmed coronavirus cases since the pandemic started – 8,258 – on Saturday, following a face mask mandate from Governor Greg Abbott to slow the surge in cases. According to The Associated Press, the total number of confirmed cases in the state of Texas is now 191,790. In addition, there have been reports of …

NASA released a breathtaking image of the stars from a globular cluster about 13,000 light years from the galactic center of the Milky Way. Known as NGC 6441, the cluster sparkles and appears like snowflakes on the image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The European Space Agency called the cluster “cosmic snowflakes” and said the stars are believed to …

Artist illustration on the structure of FBOTs. Photo credit: Bill Saxton, NRAO / AUI / NSF The ‘cow’ is not alone; With the help of the W.M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaii, astronomers discovered two similar ones – the “Koala” and a similar mysterious bright object called CSS161010. This trio of fast blue optical transients (FBOTs) appears to be …

A Polar Vortex has blown up in the northeast, with record temperatures, gusty winds, and the potential to drop up to 30 cm of snow in New England. The unusual May weather on the east coast will be almost 100 degrees colder than the weekend weather on Mother’s Day on the west coast. In addition, New York City’s Central Park …

A truck-sized asteroid has passed Earth in one of the next ever recorded flybys – but none of the satellites that scan the sky to protect our planet saw the space rock coming. The previously invisible Asteroid 2020 JJ whizzed past 7,000 kilometers this week. In astronomical terms, this is an incredibly thorough shave, making it one of the next …

An illustration of an asteroid in space. NASA / JPL A truck-sized asteroid not previously seen flew about 7,000 kilometers across the Pacific Ocean on Monday, making it one of the next passports on our planet that has ever been registered. Astronomers had no knowledge of the existence of the 2020 JJ asteroid since it was discovered using the mountain. …

The largest ozone hole in the Arctic is now closed. Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) scientists who monitored the unprecedented Arctic hole announced its closure on April 23. The last time a similar level of chemical ozone depletion was observed in the Arctic was in spring 2011, and ozone depletion in 2020 appears to be on an even stronger course, …

Just as suddenly as it formed, a record Ozone hole is healed. The largest ozone hole ever opened above the Arctic is now closed after it was first opened earlier this spring. Scientists monitor the “unprecedented” hole at the Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) announced the closure last week. Despite corona virus locks, which lead to a significant reduction in …