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☆ An amateur astronomer caught one of the brightest fireballs ever seen on Jupiter. Watch the rare video footage.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Maiya Focht | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

About 14 seconds into the video below, you can see a bright flash appear in Jupiter's southern hemisphere. AdvertisementAdvertisementOne of the brightest, biggest Jupiter fireballs ever recordedKo Arimatsu, an astronomer at Kyoto University, confirmed to The New York Times that there were six reports of this flash on August 28. AdvertisementAdvertisementA fragment of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet impacts Jupiter’s night side in 1994. Jupiter is the 'vacuum cleaner of the solar system'As the largest planet in our solar system, by far, Jupiter has a powerful gravity that pulls in comets and asteroids. In fact, Jupiter's appetite for asteroids and comets has earned it the nickname "vacuum cleaner of the solar system," according to NASA.

Persons: Tadao Ohsugi, It's, Arimatsu, Shoemaker, Levy, Peter Vereš, NASA's OSIRIS, NASA's, Leigh Fletcher Organizations: Service, Kyoto University, The New York Times, TNT, NASA, ESA, Space Science Institute, Jupiter, JPL Arimatsu, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, NASA's Goddard Space Flight, University of Arizona, University of Leicester, Times Locations: Wall, Silicon, Japan, Boulder, Colo, Siberia

☆ Homemade exploding Ukrainian drones are carrying bombs held on with zip ties and tape — and can't even be landed safely once launched
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ukraine's homemade self-destructing drones are carrying around bombs attached with zip ties and tape. Once launched, these single-use drones can't land safely, The New York Times reports. The single-use drones can't land safely once armed and launched, but they can decimate larger, more expensive targets. The makeshift additions make it impossible to land the single-use drones safely after troops begin operating them. Still, Ukrainian Maj. Kyryl Veres told The New York Times that he sees "huge potential" for weapons.

☆ How to see the Lyrids April meteor shower
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —After no major annual meteor showers for months, the Lyrids are here to end the drought. Known as one of the oldest-recorded meteor showers, the Lyrids are expected to produce 10 to 15 meteors per hour for three nights centered around its peak of 9:06 p.m. Lyrids’ history dates back centuriesThe Lyrids were first recorded in 687 BC, according to NASA, making this meteor shower to be one of the oldest recorded. “Only in the 19th century was when we kind of understood that they actually came from space.”Every meteor shower has a parent comet from which comes the debris that makes up the shower. For those in Africa, Asia and Australia, a penumbral lunar eclipse will occur on May 5, and on October 28, a partial lunar eclipse will be viewable in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, parts of North America and much of South America.

☆ Beyond the spa: geothermal bubbles up to heat Hungary's homes
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Krisztina Fenyo | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

SZEGED, Hungary, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Balazs Veres and his family used to live in one of Hungary's many blocks of flats kept warm by communal heating that relied on Russian gas. They can hardly believe their luck after moving in March into a flat heated by some of Hungary's ample reserves of geothermal energy. Veres, 31, said he had been looking for a home with renewable energy but the geothermal heating had not been the primary reason for their choice. According to the latest available figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA), geothermal energy accounted for only 5% of Hungary's renewables, which made up 14.8% of final consumption. The geothermal water that eventually heats the floor of the Veres' flat will have first warmed up the Szeged city hall, several educational institutions and other flats.

☆ Republica Moldova a inaugurat primul Consulat onorific al țării în Ungaria, la Nyírbátor
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-01 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Pe data de 30 iunie, în cadrul unei ceremonii oficiale, secretarul de stat Dumitru Socolan a inaugurat Consulatul onorific al Republicii Moldova la Nyírbátor, Ungaria. Ceremonia de inaugurare a fost deschisă de secretarul de stat al Ministerului afacerilor externe și comerțului exterior al Ungariei, Tamás Vargha. Oficialul a salutat instituirea Consulatului onorific al Republicii Moldova la Nyírbátor, menționând că acesta va contribui la fortificarea relațiilor bilaterale moldo-ungare în domeniul economic, cultural, precum și în lupta cu consecințele pandemiei de coronavirus. Totodată, secretarul de stat a făcut referire la buna colaborare bilaterală în direcția integrării europene și asistența umanitară oferită de statul ungar Republicii Moldova, inclusiv un lot de aparate de ventilație mecanică, ce urmează a fi donate în curând. Consulatul onorific al Republicii Moldova la Nyírbátor este primul post consular onorific deschis în Ungaria, având jurisdicția consulară pe teritoriul județelor Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hajdú-Bihar, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg.

Persons: Dumitru Socolan, Tamás Vargha, Oficialul, Dumitru, Oleg Țulea, Veres Locations: Republicii Moldova, Nyírbátor, Ungaria, Ungariei, ungare, Borsod - Abaúj - Zemplén, Hajdú - Bihar, Szabolcs - Szatmár - Bereg

La sfârșitul săptămânii trecute, autoritățile au spus clar că oficierea slujbelor cu caracter colectiv și a altor servicii divine se vor desfășura afară. Mai mult, primarul Chișinăului, Ion Ceban, a declarat că de Paștele Blajinilor porțile cimitirelor vor fi închise. Aceeași poziție o are și Mitropolia Moldovei. Potrivit lui, anul trecut „a fost foarte grav pentru creștini”. Cum a fost sărbătorit Paștele catolic în alte locuriEste al doilea Paște în pandemie.

Persons: Ion, Aureliu Ciocoi, Vadim Cheibaș, Vadim, Octavian Moșin, Octavian, Tocarciuc, Julian, St, Luke, Jessie, Marton Organizations: Catedrala Locations: Chișinăului, Moldovei, Basarabiei, Chișinău, Dumbrava, Mitropolie, România, Transilvania, Hildesheim, Germania, Carnegie, SUA, Esztergom, Ungaria

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