In early February 2026, the Sun unleashed a torrent of back-to-back solar flares. One specific active region on the Sun was responsible for over 50 of them!
Here’s a close up from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.👇 🤩
You could witness an annular solar eclipse tomorrow! (If you’re in Antarctica, that is. 🥶)
Starting at 5:48 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 17 (that’s 6:48 p.m. local time at Antarctica’s Concordia Station), an annular solar eclipse will be visible over part of Antarctica. Annular eclipses occur when the Moon blocks the Sun but doesn’t appear large enough to cover the whole thing, leaving a “ring of fire” visible around the Moon.
Places outside the path of annularity — including parts of Antarctica (like McMurdo Station), southern Africa, and South America —will see a partial solar eclipse, when the Moon blocks a portion of the Sun. Those of us in the Northern Hemisphere will be none the wiser — the Sun will appear normal like any other day. (But don’t look at it directly without proper solar viewing glasses!)
Curious how that geometry works? Learn more: https://t.co/D9ZlJjejW1
Playing 1,000 shows is quite something, and yet if someone had said it was 5,000 the number would still have felt low, given the extraordinary effort, sacrifice, commitment (and stress) that’s been poured into those shows over the years.
Each tour is a life within a life, a world within a world. Each one a unique adventure. I have been touring my entire adult life, from a nervous, out-of-my-depth, sulky young man to something entirely different today. It’s a life like no other.
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WE ARE OF THE NATION OF THE DREAMS OF THE SANDS OF TIME. DREAM NATION. HERE TO REALISE ALL THE HIGHEST HOPES AND THE VERY MOST POSITIVE DREAMS AND VISIONS OF A HUMANE AND WONDERFUL HUMANITY FOR ALL TIME. ASCENSION IN PROGRESS, 4TH AND 5TH DIMENSION ACHIEVED HEAVEN IS PHYSICAL!
White Buffalo Calf Woman: The Origin of Culture Through Prophecy
White Buffalo Calf Woman’s legend is over 2,000 years old and is central to the spiritual practices of numerous Indigenous nations.
The legend goes that one day two warriors were out hunting buffalo when suddenly they were encountered by the sacred entity of the White Buffalo Calf Women. When they first saw her, she appeared as a white buffalo calf. But as the pair came closer, she turned into a beautiful woman.
One of the hunters approached her with harmful intent, and then a black cloud came over his body and annihilated him. The other hunter kneeled and prayed, gracing her with respect. He was sent on a mission to return to his people and prepare them for her coming.
The White Buffalo Calf Woman arrived among the people, carrying a sacred bundle including the prayer pipe and a fan of sage leaves.
Medicine Wheel
She changed from white to black, and then to red, then yellow. The colours symbolize the four races originating from four directions of the earth and embody concepts such as the four seasons and the sacred path of both the sun and human beings. The red represents Indigenous People endowed as stewards of the land.
Spending four days with the people, White Buffalo Calf Woman taught them seven ways of achieving spiritual balance through Seven Sacred Teachings and ceremonial prayers:
The Sweat Lodge ritual for total purification;
The Naming Ceremony for child naming;
The Healing Ceremony to restore health to the body, mind and spirit;
The Adoption Ceremony for the making of relatives;
The Marriage Ceremony for uniting partners;
The Vision Quest for communing with the Creator in search of wisdom;
The Sundance Ceremony to pray for the well-being of all.
Upon departure, she left the sacred bundle and promised to return to restore harmony and spiritual balance in the world. Women continue to be vital features in legends and myths.”🦬…✨
~ ✌🏾digitalmuseums
See between the stars 🤩
@NASAWebb delivers an unprecedented look at the fine details left after a long-ago supernova heated this interstellar material, causing it to glow in the infrared: https://t.co/N6h8QLdbsH
We're all on this rock together, starting a new orbit around the Sun. Here's to new opportunities, discoveries, and moments of joy in 2025!
Happy New Year from all of us at NASA 💫
All 4 instruments on Voyager 1 are back working, sending us new understanding of what is out in interstellar space. A rugged and mighty robot studying plasma waves, magnetic fields and particles, launched 47 years ago, now 15 billion miles (24 billion km) from Earth.
The latest: https://t.co/MqpZtxeqxV @NASA