http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/ en-us https://specials-images.forbesimg.comhttps://www.forbes.com/imageserve/65d3bbdce7bf6e55b04df5af/400x0.jpg?cropX1=0&cropX2=3024&cropY1=504&cropY2=3528 http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/ Eric Mack's stories. Copyright 2024 Forbes Media LLC http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/2024/06/30/rocket-test-ends-in-accidental-launch-and-huge-explosion-in-china/ It was meant to be a routine static firing of a rocket attached to a test stand on the ground, but instead the Tianlong-3 first stage booster broke free and blasted off Sunday. Eric Mack, Senior Contributor Eric Mack, Senior Contributor http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/ content_66817c5e0a1c1163980a5ac8 Sun, 30 Jun 2024 12:12:28 -0400 2024-06-30T13:09:50-04:00 It was meant to be a routine static firing of a rocket attached to a test stand on the ground, but instead the Tianlong-3 first stage booster broke free and blasted off Sunday. Video screen capture by Eric Mack Science /science Innovation /innovation Science /science innovation science standard http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/2024/06/28/nasa-boeing-say-starliner-and-astronauts-to-continue-extended-iss-stay/ The troubled vehicle is one of two that the agency selected through its Commercial Crew program to ferry astronauts to space. Eric Mack, Senior Contributor Eric Mack, Senior Contributor http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/ content_663b86706a29aa4cc5b65dd9 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:01:12 -0400 2024-06-28T15:01:19-04:00 The troubled vehicle is one of two that the agency selected through its Commercial Crew program to ferry astronauts to space. NASA via Getty Images Science /science Innovation /innovation Science /science innovation science standard http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/2024/06/27/iss-astronauts-take-shelter-after-russian-spacecraft-breaks-up-in-orbit/ Nine astronauts aboard the International Space Station climbed into their respective spacecraft to take refuge from potential impacts with space debris after a dead Russian spacecraft was observed fragmenting in low Earth orbit. Eric Mack, Senior Contributor Eric Mack, Senior Contributor http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/ content_667ce399076f6152e97a4f2e Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:35:32 -0400 2024-06-28T03:39:33-04:00 Nine astronauts aboard the International Space Station climbed into their respective spacecraft to take refuge from potential impacts with space debris after a dead Russian spacecraft was observed fragmenting in low Earth orbit. Getty Images Science /science Innovation /innovation Science /science innovation science standard http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/2024/06/25/two-huge-asteroids-are-approaching-us-one-among-the-largest-near-earth/ A pair of asteroids are set to make close passes by the Earth this week, and both are unusually large for visitors to the neighborhoods they’ll be cruising through. Eric Mack, Senior Contributor Eric Mack, Senior Contributor http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/ content_667a0394766b9f63041b32ca Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:28:20 -0400 2024-06-26T03:54:16-04:00 A pair of asteroids are set to make close passes by the Earth this week, and both are unusually large for visitors to the neighborhoods they’ll be cruising through. ESA Science /science Innovation /innovation Science /science innovation science standard http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/2024/06/23/stadium-sized-asteroid-coming-closer-than-our-moon-is-easiest-to-see-in-years/ An asteroid large enough it could do some damage if it were to impact Earth will make a rare pass by us this week that will bring it closer than the moon. Eric Mack, Senior Contributor Eric Mack, Senior Contributor http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/ content_667819bb9aacd43f7038061f Sun, 23 Jun 2024 09:44:11 -0400 2024-06-24T08:38:32-04:00 An asteroid large enough it could do some damage if it were to impact Earth will make a rare pass by us this week that will bring it closer than the moon. Future Publishing via Getty Images Science /science Innovation /innovation Science /science innovation science standard http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/2024/05/27/sunspot-that-unleashed-historic-auroras-and-solar-storm-back-with-more/ Sunspot AR 3664, which was last seen blasting powerful solar explosions our direction that generated historic and widespread aurora, has rotated back into view. Eric Mack, Senior Contributor Eric Mack, Senior Contributor http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/ content_6654c89c499ad7051fdcb48a Mon, 27 May 2024 15:10:05 -0400 2024-06-04T02:12:34-04:00 Sunspot AR 3664, which was last seen blasting powerful solar explosions our direction that generated historic and widespread aurora, has rotated back into view. Anadolu via Getty Images Science /science Innovation /innovation Science /science innovation science standard http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/2024/05/19/a-piece-of-a-comet-turned-night-skies-blue-as-it-hit-earth-late-saturday/ Social media became flooded with viral videos of a large blue-green fireball streaking across the sky over Portugal, lighting up the night. Eric Mack, Senior Contributor Eric Mack, Senior Contributor http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/ content_66495ac69a73930c8189e1e2 Sun, 19 May 2024 10:26:46 -0400 2024-06-04T01:15:04-04:00 Social media became flooded with viral videos of a large blue-green fireball streaking across the sky over Portugal, lighting up the night. ESA Science /science Innovation /innovation Science /science innovation science standard http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/2024/05/17/epic-northern-lights-aurora-this-month-tied-to-a-solar-great-storm/ Aurora had never been photographed in New Caledonia, the French island territory in the South Pacific. Eric Mack, Senior Contributor Eric Mack, Senior Contributor http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/ content_6647a0bf4d8e022d8c7089e8 Fri, 17 May 2024 15:23:26 -0400 2024-06-04T01:15:03-04:00 Aurora had never been photographed in New Caledonia, the French island territory in the South Pacific. Frédéric Desmoulins / SpaceWeatherGallery Science /science Innovation /innovation Science /science innovation science standard http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/2024/05/14/a-solar-storm-more-intense-than-last-weekends-could-happen-before-long/ There were reports of impacts on GPS, radio and power systems, but nothing like the doomsday scenarios often attached to the threat of an extreme solar storm. Eric Mack, Senior Contributor Eric Mack, Senior Contributor http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/ content_663e474dad65975be1a5936e Tue, 14 May 2024 12:50:33 -0400 2024-06-03T08:26:54-04:00 There were reports of impacts on GPS, radio and power systems, but nothing like the doomsday scenarios often attached to the threat of an extreme solar storm. Getty Images Science /science Innovation /innovation Science /science innovation science standard http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/2024/05/10/to-see-the-northern-lights-aurora-tonight-use-your-phones-camera/ You can boost your chances of seeing the dancing magnetic collisions by using something more sensitive than your eyes: your smartphone or anything else with a camera. Eric Mack, Senior Contributor Eric Mack, Senior Contributor http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/ content_663e57d37b6b084d95dac223 Fri, 10 May 2024 14:04:29 -0400 2024-06-03T08:16:28-04:00 You can boost your chances of seeing the dancing magnetic collisions by using something more sensitive than your eyes: your smartphone or anything else with a camera. Getty Images Science /science Innovation /innovation Science /science innovation science standard http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/2024/05/10/watch-issued-solar-storm-may-overload-electric-grid-put-on-aurora-show/ Space weather forecasters from NOAA and the National Weather Service have issued a rare alert for a severe geomagnetic storm watch for Friday evening. Eric Mack, Senior Contributor Eric Mack, Senior Contributor http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/ content_663e260ef0d30056451cd399 Fri, 10 May 2024 11:51:40 -0400 2024-06-03T08:16:28-04:00 Space weather forecasters from NOAA and the National Weather Service have issued a rare alert for a severe geomagnetic storm watch for Friday evening. Universal Images Group via Getty Images Science /science Innovation /innovation Science /science innovation science standard http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/2024/04/30/rogue-planets-abundant-asteroids-space-is-more-crowded-than-we-thought/ The more we look into space with increasingly sensitive tools the more we find. Eric Mack, Senior Contributor Eric Mack, Senior Contributor http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/ content_66312246a35ef93d0d6b2b12 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:11:52 -0400 2024-05-07T00:00:57-04:00 The more we look into space with increasingly sensitive tools the more we find. NASA, ESA, CSA Science /science Innovation /innovation Science /science innovation science standard http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/2024/04/16/historic-floods-in-dubai-as-a-year-or-two-of-rain-falls-in-a-day/ Exactly how long it’s been since this much rain has fallen in this part of the desert is likely impossible to know since data collection only began in 1949. Eric Mack, Senior Contributor Eric Mack, Senior Contributor http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/ content_661ef783f31ea41f68facf33 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:25:09 -0400 2024-04-17T10:03:22-04:00 Exactly how long it’s been since this much rain has fallen in this part of the desert is likely impossible to know since data collection only began in 1949. AFP via Getty Images Science /science Innovation /innovation Science /science innovation science standard http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/2024/03/30/the-right-likes-the-past-but-we-all-hate-the-present-study-shows/ The biggest surprise in new research is that we actually all agree on something. Eric Mack, Senior Contributor Eric Mack, Senior Contributor http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/ content_6608a70c8023ff0f176bf629 Sat, 30 Mar 2024 21:47:43 -0400 2024-05-08T14:07:10-04:00 The biggest surprise in new research is that we actually all agree on something. AFP via Getty Images Science /science Innovation /innovation Science /science innovation science standard http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/2024/01/29/elon-musk-announces-telepathy-as-first-neuralink-product/ Initial users of new Telepathy product will be those who have lost the use of their limbs. Eric Mack, Senior Contributor Eric Mack, Senior Contributor http://rgsystems.gr/?fat=sites/ericmack/ content_65b848ba4ec7f4682c409c70 Mon, 29 Jan 2024 20:05:24 -0500 2024-05-09T12:24:52-04:00 Initial users of new Telepathy product will be those who have lost the use of their limbs. NurPhoto via Getty Images Science /science Innovation /innovation Science /science innovation science standard