A solar storm this week will heighten the Earth’s auroras, making the stunning northern lights visible to the northern-most parts of the United States.
Lasting from Wednesday through Thursday, the geomagnetic storm will also impact the Earth’s magnetosphere — or magnetic field, which is impacted by changing solar winds. That means the storm could cause minor “power grid fluctuations” and have small impacts on orbiting satellites, according to the Space Weather Prediction Center from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Read More...
A 30-year-old man has been banned from taking Spirit Airlines flights for life after he took a drag from his vape,exhaled into a bag, went into the plane bathroom, and set off the smoke alarm during a journey last week, the New Orleans Times-Picayune and CNN reported. The unnamed passenger, from St. Petersburg, Florida, had been traveling from Detroit to New Orleans last Tuesday on Flight NK 985. Read More...
Talk to Me, A24's latest horror offering out July 28, is the scary movie of the summer, with critics calling it a "nightmarish collision of the living and the dead" and "an all-out nerve-jangler." The film is currently sitting at a Rotten Tomatoes score of 95% heading into its opening weekend, making it the highest-rated horror movie of the year so far. Meanwhile, on TikTok, videos related to Talk to Me have received over 60 million views to date. Read More...