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Rebecca Jean T.

Rebecca Jean T.

Aurora Across the United States: Rare Solar Storm Leads to a Stunning Display

Stunning displays of aurora visible to viewers across the US thanks to a historic solar storm.

4 min read5 days ago

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Image of pink and green aurora at night above a black treeline.

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Rebecca Jean T.

Tonight’s Historic Geomagnetic Storm: Look Out for Aurorae

A rare severe geomagnetic storm hitting Earth could allow viewers as far south as Alabama to witness aurora tonight.

3 min read6 days ago

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Green and pink aurorae on a black and purple sky dotted with white stars. A hill is in the foreground in the lower quarter of the image.

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Astronomers Find Evidence of Ancient Volcano on Mars

A new look at Martian satellite imagery suggests there’s been another volcano the entire time.

4 min readMay 3, 2024

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Image of Mars in space, surrounded by a black background.

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Rebecca Jean T.

How Do Colors Change During an Eclipse?

How does a solar eclipse change your surroundings? More than you might think!

3 min readApr 30, 2024

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How Do Colors Change During an Eclipse?

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Aha!

How Do We Know if Other Worlds Harbor Life?

In a universe vast and seemingly empty, where do we look, and what do we look for?

6 min readApr 15, 2024

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Concept art of an Earth-like planet orbiting a yellow star from a distance. Three other planets can be seen in the distance as small dots orbiting the star.

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Our Solar System Through the Eyes of The James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope is primarily an infrared observatory, giving us a new look at our solar systems’ familiar planets.

7 min readApr 12, 2024

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Dark brown Saturn surrounded by bright glowing rings. Three planets sit on the left hand side of it.

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Aha!

The Weirdest Things That Happen During a Solar Eclipse

Shadows get freaky, day becomes night, and the Sun begins to look strange.

6 min readApr 4, 2024

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The black circle of the Moon blocking the Sun, leaving on a white halo visible on a black sky.

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Making Your Own Solar Filters for the Upcoming Eclipse

As you prepare for the total solar eclipse crossing America next month, you’ve probably heard a lot about solar filters and safely viewing…

5 min readMar 13, 2024

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Image of the sun taken through an amateur telescope. The surface is perfectly round and orange. A few sunspots are visible as faint black smudges.

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April Brings America’s First Total Eclipse Since 2017: What You Need to Know

7 min readMar 8, 2024

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A string of images showing the phases of a total eclipse with a yellow sun slowly being block, becoming completely blocked in the middle, and then being unblocked.

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Mars Insight Mission Finds Evidence for a Molten Layer Covering the Martian Core

While geologists have been studying our own planet’s interior using seismic waves for over a century, it has only been over the past few…

4 min readMar 6, 2024

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Art of Mars cut in half. In one half, the layers of Mars are demonstrated through a white and yellow inner circle, an orange and red middle, and a thin black outer ring. Lines representing seismic waves cut through the layers.

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Rebecca Jean T.

Rebecca Jean T.

Published author on NASA’s Radio Jove newsletter and contributing writer for Aha!. Researching science topics to deliver to you in bite-sized stories.

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