🌞 China's Solar Discovery
Chinese scientists just shook up our understanding of the sun! Using the H-alpha Solar Explorer satellite, they've snapped the world's first 3D image of solar atmospheric rotation. Guess what? As you go higher up in the sun's atmosphere, it spins faster! 🚀 This challenges everything we thought we knew and could change how we look at solar activity and the sun's future evolution.
🌍 Global Warming Alarm Bells
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is sounding a serious alarm. There's an 80% chance that global temperatures will soar past the 1.5°C limit above pre-industrial levels at least once between 2024 and 2028. Remember the Paris Agreement's goal? Exceeding this can lead to wild extreme weather events. Time to take action! 🌱
🎮 Olympic Esports Incoming!
Gamers, rejoice! 🎉 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) might soon add the first-ever Olympic Esports Games. They'll decide next month in Paris, right before the Summer Games. This new event builds on last year's esports week in Singapore, which blended physical sports simulations and classic video games. Fun fact: 75% of viewers were between 13 and 34 years old. Talk about engaging the youth! 🕹️
🛰️ Voyager 1: The Journey Continues
NASA's Voyager 1, our most distant explorer (over 24 billion km away!), is back in action. After some tech glitches last November, it's sending back science data again. 📡 It's cruising through interstellar space, discovering cool stuff like a thin ring around Jupiter and new moons of Saturn. Voyager 1 keeps teaching us about plasma waves, magnetic fields, and particles. Space is awesome! 🚀
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Science Saturday: Solar rotation, climate, esports and Voyager 1
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