Massive Flare Seen Close to Our Solar System: What It Means for Chances of Alien Neighbors
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The sun isn’t the only star to produce stellar flares. On April 21, 2021, a team of astronomers published new research describing the brightest flare ever measured from Proxima Centauri in ultraviolet light. To learn about this extraordinary event, and what it might mean for any life on the planets orbiting Earth’s closest neighboring star, The Conversation spoke with Parke Loyd, an astrophysicist at Arizona State University and co-author of the paper. Excerpts from the conversation are below and have been edited for length and clarity.
Bill and Melinda Gates were married for 27 years.
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Bill Gates, the co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft, and his wife Melinda Gates on Monday announced that they were separating after 27 years of marriage.
In a joint statement on Twitter, they said that after a great deal of thought and a lot of work on their relationship, they had decided to part ways. Over the last 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives, they tweeted, adding, but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives .
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WHO Urges Tanzania to Report COVID-19 Cases Amid Concerns Over Its Pandemic Response
The country’s president has refused to impose lockdowns and has declared the country COVID-free.
Why Global Citizens Should Care
It is important for everyone, everywhere to adhere to the COVID-19 regulations to ensure the safety of all people. Globally hundreds of millions of people have been tested positive for coronavirus. The United Nations’ Global Goals 3 calls for good health and wellbeing. You can take action here to help fight COVID-19.
Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has issued a statement pleading with Tanzania to start reporting COVID-19 cases and share its data about the pandemic.
Here is what to know about Groundhog Day
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The ever famous groundhog on his big day! www.groundhog.org
I love Groundhog Day! I know it’s silly to some, but we do know that the groundhog really exists (unlike some of our favorites). Like any good forecaster, Punxsutawney Phil takes great pride in telling us what the future will bring. In case you forgot, if Phil sees his shadow then obviously it’s a sunny, clear day and we get six more weeks of winter. If Phil doesn’t see his shadow, look for an early spring.