First ‘great lunar standstill’ in decades, matching the June solstice

By Matthew Phelan Senior science reporter for Dailymail.Com 6:51 PM June 17, 2024, updated 9:22 PM June 17, 2024 This year marks the first ‘great lunar standstill’ since 2006, when the moon’s path travels higher in the sky – to people on the ground it appears to be standing still. Also known as the ‘lunistice’, … Read more

Global defense groups are hiring at the fastest pace in decades amid record orders

Global defense companies are recruiting workers at the fastest pace since the end of the Cold War, as the industry strives to achieve order books near record highs. A Financial Times investigation into the hiring plans of twenty large and medium-sized American and European defense and aerospace companies shows that they want to recruit tens … Read more

New research puts the sun’s magnetic field close to the surface, upending decades of theories

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New research shows that the Sun’s magnetic field originates near the surface and not deep within the star. . This upends decades of prevailing scientific thinking, which placed the field more than 130,000 miles below the surface of the sun. It also brings us closer to understanding the nature of the Sun’s magnetic field, which … Read more