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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 9, 2026
Destruction of Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS)
As the crew of Artemis II travelled towards the Moon this week, Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) was expected to have its closest approach to the Sun on Monday. At this point, comet and Sun would be closer than half the distance separating the Earth and Moon. The comet did not survive; the featured video was made with 40 hours of data and shows the comet plunging toward the Sun, like a moth to a flame. Observing the comet so close to our bright star requires a coronagraph, an instrument that blocks the Sun and is used for studies of its corona. This composite video combines, starting from the outside, views from: the wider angle coronagraph (blue) and the narrower angle coronagraph (red), both on NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (black). We can see the comet approaching the sun, stretching, disappearing behind the coronagraph's occulting disk and reappearing as a cloud of debris that dissipates.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGSIcRCl-Hs
The Sun Triggers Hurricanes, Pre-Quake Signals | S0 News and frens
Apr.9.2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqAVkTdPEg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf-I-ISulDQ (S0: Leave Breadcrumbs For Your Loved Ones)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9haJkWqYjyE (The EarthMaster: Cascadia Slow slip events continue with 720 recorded. Wednesday Night Earthquake update)
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-student-coronal-holes-space-weather.html
https://x.com/Landeur/status/2041944132915019801
https://x.com/weatherdak/status/2041942864540922007
https://x.com/maniaUFO/status/2042242486794371294
https://www.weather.gov/hfo
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes-volcanoes/news/299563/Volcano-earthquake-report-for-Thursday-9-Apr-2026.html
https://meteoagent.com/schumann-resonance-forecast
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
https://spaceweather.com/
https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/a-volcanic-medley-near-mammoth-lakes/
A Fireball Blazing over Hawai‘i
April 8, 2026,
In the pale orange sky above Gemini North, a blazing rock shoots through the atmosphere as observed by a Gemini North Cloudcam.
Gemini North is one half of the International Gemini Observatory, funded in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated by NSF NOIRLab.
The object soaring over Hawai‘i Island is a meteor, also known as a shooting star. This one, however, is a special type of meteor, known as a fireball for its impressive brightness.
The American Meteor Society (AMS) defines fireballs as meteors that appear brighter than the magnitude of brightness of Venus in the morning or evening sky to an observer on Earth.
In rare instances, these types of meteors can even make impressive sounds as they travel through the atmosphere. If an exceptionally bright fireball explodes in the stratosphere, there is a chance that a sonic boom can be heard by an observer on the ground, even during daytime.
So, if you’re committed enough to wishing on a shooting star, you can look (or listen) for them during the day!
You can see other fireballs that were captured around NSF NOIRLab Program sites here.
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw/?search=fireball&nocache=true
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2614a/
moar fireballs, meteors,, comets and a little extra space telescopes
https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/rare-daytime-fireball-streaks-across-new-jersey-sky-rattles-homes-across-five-states/
https://943thepoint.com/new-jersey-meteor-fireball-history/
https://www.geo.tv/latest/659242-artemis-ii-astronauts-witness-6-meteorites-colling-with-moon
https://www.sciencealert.com/nasas-artemis-ii-crew-saw-meteorites-striking-the-moon-in-real-time
https://menafn.com/1110961915/Lyrid-Meteor-Shower-To-Light-Up-Sky
https://www.livescience.com/space/comets/how-to-see-comet-panstarrs-as-it-brightens-in-the-night-sky-this-week
https://www.gulftoday.ae/lifestyle/2026/04/09/meet-the-pennsylvania-man-who-hunts-meteorites-for-a-living
https://abc13.com/post/rice-university-researchers-studying-meteorite-landed-southeast-texas/18858224/
https://avi-loeb.medium.com/artemis-ii-headed-home-but-do-we-have-neighbors-672bec23aaa4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3rsyom6Bq0 (Stefan Burns: A Wave of Comets is Flying into the Solar System…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsWk5UIZgQU (Stefan Burns: NASA's Best Moon Photos EVER, But Where are the Stars?!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSnZb7rHnhQ (Ray's Astro: Did We REALLY See Artemis Near the Moon? I Took a Picture | What They Don’t Explain)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lNcuZgcp04 (Chuck's Astro" Live: Let's Capture NGC 3344 "Sliced Onion Galaxy")
all 69 of them??