Yeah. Three Kings Day. When I was a kid we moved to Puerto Rico and I was surprised to find out that Three Kings Day was a much bigger deal than Christmas down there.
It keeps getting better:
X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: Earth-orbiting satellites have just detected a major X1.2-class solar flare (Jan. 6th @ 0057 UT): image. The source is emerging sunspot AR3182, described below. The flare caused a shortwave radio blackout affecting most of the South Pacific including Australia and New Zealand: map. Stay tuned for updates about this developing story. Solar flare alerts: SMS Text.
FARSIDE SUNSPOT EMERGES: As expected, a large sunspot and complex sunspot group is emerging over the sun’s southeastern limb. Current images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory reveal a primary dark core approximately 3 times wider than Earth:
Even Gary Larson finds a place in the narrative!
The *real* reason Congress becomes extinct?
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