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       From  BBC News        By-  Simon King, Jacqueline Howard        Edited by - Amal Udawatta                                                                    Aurora in Norway The Northern Lights have made a rare appearance across the UK, delighting sky watchers up and down the country. Excited onlookers shared pictures of the lights, also known as aurora borealis, visible right across the country, including the south coast of England - and if you missed it you are likely to have a chance to see it again on Saturday night. They could be seen after one of the strongest geomagnetic storms for years hit Earth, with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issuing a rare solar storm warning. Such storms increase people's chances of seeing the lights. The extreme geomagnetic storm that happened on Friday was classed as the highest G5. Storms of this scale could potentially impact infrastructure, including satellites and the power grid, the NOAA warned. The la

       From - Astronomy Magazine     By -  By  Jake Parks  and  Alison Klesman       Edited by - Amal Udawatta Here's the schedule of Full Moons in 2024, and the traditional names given to them depending on the month they appear. The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under sunlight. Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to our planet changes. That creates different lunar phases. We’ll update this article multiple times each week with the latest moonrise, moonset, Full Moon schedule, and some of what you can see in the sky each week. The Full Moon in May 2024 is the Flower Moon and that will happen at 9:53 a.m. EDT on Thursday, May 23. Here’s the complete list of Full Moons this year and their traditional names. The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our plan

  From BBC World News By Sue Nelson, Features correspondent Edited by - Amal  Udawatta Share Getty Images Astronauts living on the Moon will need lots of power – but they can't take fuel supplies with them. A new generation of miniature nuclear reactors could be the answer. The 1970s TV series  Space: 1999  began – like many a sci-fi drama – with a bang. A nuclear explosion tears the Moon out of Earth's orbit and sends Moonbase Alpha and its inhabitants on an exciting adventure through deep space. It obviously left an impression on a young Elon Musk. In 2017, when envisioning  SpaceX's plans for a future Moon base , he named it Alpha. Today, SpaceX is working with Nasa to return humankind to the Moon's surface as part of the US space agency's  Artemis programme . The planned lunar outpost, however, has a more pragmatic working title:  Artemis Base Camp . Nasa and the US Department of State have issued combined guidelines for peaceful lunar exploration in the form of