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Astronomers finally spotted auroras on Neptune

BGR 29 Mar 2025
Neptune’s upper atmosphere has cooled significantly over the past few decades—from about 900°F during the Voyager 2 flyby in 1989 to around 200°F today ... what’s causing Neptune’s atmosphere to chill so rapidly?.
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Winter sea ice in the Arctic just hit a record low

The Spokesman-Review 29 Mar 2025
... escaping into the atmosphere ... Changes in the Arctic could also affect the jet stream, the river of winds that flows through the upper atmosphere, contributing to more extreme weather around the globe.
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As the Arctic's Winter Sea Ice Hits a New Record Low - What Happens Next?

Slashdot 29 Mar 2025
... dioxide to the atmosphere. Changes in the Arctic could also affect the jet stream, the river of winds that flows through the upper atmosphere, contributing to more extreme weather around the globe.
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Saudi Arabia to celebrate Eidul Fitr on Sunday

Dawn 29 Mar 2025
The United Arab Emirates and Qatar also announced that Sunday would be the first day of the holiday ... In Pakistan, the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) said earlier this week that Eidul Fitr was likely to fall on March 31 ... .
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John Wheeler: Early season heat has already made Arizona hot

Grand Forks Herald 29 Mar 2025
This warmer than average weather is due to an area of high pressure into the upper atmosphere in the southwestern region, caused by the same blocking pattern in the northern Pacific Ocean that is also responsible for the cooler weather in our region.
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Urban heat island effect turns nights warmer: Meteorologists

The Times of India 29 Mar 2025
Pune ... Even Shivajinagar, typically cooler, registered a minimum of 20.3°C — over two degrees above normal ... 'Cloud layers act as insulators, trapping the heat that would normally escape into the upper atmosphere ... .
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Neptune’s auroras captured for the first time—check out these stunning images

The Times of India 28 Mar 2025
... the upper atmosphere of Neptune.Astronomers first suspected auroral activity when NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby in 1989 ... 'I was astonished; Neptune’s upper atmosphere has cooled by several hundred of degrees.
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NASA’s Powerful Webb Telescope Captures Neptune’s Aurora For The First Time

News18 28 Mar 2025
... and purple hues shimmering in its upper atmosphere .
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Neptune's secretive auroras captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

The Times of India 27 Mar 2025
Neptune's upper atmosphere cooled by several hundred degrees over the past few decades.
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NASA's Webb space telescope captures Neptune's auroras for 1st time

China.dot.org 27 Mar 2025
In addition to the image of the planet, astronomers obtained a spectrum to characterize the composition and measure the temperature of the planet's upper atmosphere, according to NASA ... atmosphere.
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Weatherwatch: Could global heating wreak havoc on Earth’s satellites?

AOL 27 Mar 2025
Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are cooling and contracting the upper atmosphere, even though these same gases warm the lower atmosphere ... .
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Auroras are spotted on Neptune for the first time, and lead to a new mystery

Deccan Herald 27 Mar 2025
... from a moon’s volcanic eruptions) slam into an atmosphere and bounce off gases ... Nearly 40 years ago, Voyager 2 recorded a temperature of around 900 degrees Fahrenheit for Neptune’s upper atmosphere.
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Two NASA rockets launch from Poker Flat, third rocket expected

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 27 Mar 2025
Two NASA sounding rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks early Tuesday morning in a mission aimed at learning more about how the aurora affects the upper atmosphere ... .
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NASA’s Webb telescope captures Neptune’s auroras in stunning detail for first time

Interesting Engineering 26 Mar 2025
Along with an image of the planet, astronomers obtained a spectrum to analyze its composition and measure the temperature of its upper atmosphere (the ionosphere) ... “I was astonished — Neptune’s upper ...
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National Weather Service cuts back balloon launches at Gaylord, other sites

News-Review - Petoskey 26 Mar 2025
These weather balloons carry "radiosonde" instruments that send back a range of data from the upper atmosphere that supports weather forecasts, including temperature, dew point, relative humidity, ...
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