05.05.2026
Today, on the night of May 5-6, the Earth will cross the trail of Halley's Comet. Countless small dust particles, as well as medium and large pebbles, scattered along the comet's orbit, will enter the Earth's atmosphere and create one of the brightest meteor showers of the year, called the Eta Aquarids.
05.05.2026
On the night of May 4-5, against the backdrop of the expected "green light" for the May holidays, quite significant magnetic storms began, peaking at around midnight and reaching G2 (moderate storm) level. Their source was a relatively weak event—a slow coronal plasma ejection (CPE), which had been recorded as early as April 30.
27.04.2026
The LASCO telescope, which had comet C/2025 R3 in its field of view, managed to see the formation of a second tail on the comet's body in the last day before it left the field of view
