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Race Rewind: Thrilling Daytona duel under the lights for regular-season finale  NASCAR.com Source link

H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler, the longtime head of Charlotte Motor Speedway whose showmanship and innovation played an integral role in NASCAR’s rise in popularity in the 1990s and early 2000s, died on Wednesday. He was 86. Known as the “P.T. Barnum of race promoters,” Wheeler was credited with bringing night races to speedways. He also orchestrated wild pre-race shows and crazy …

Social media has been abuzz with users in Japan reporting sightings of a mysterious object that briefly lit up skies across the country’s west on Tuesday night as it fell. A Kyodo News livestream of a volcano on Sakurajima in Kagoshima Prefecture captured the moment at about 11:08 p.m. An official at the Japan weather agency’s Kagoshima meteorological office said …

A huge fireball dashed across the skies of western Japan, shocking residents and dazzling stargazers, though experts said it was a natural phenomenon and not an alien invasion. Videos and photos emerged online of the extremely bright ball of light visible for hundreds of miles shortly after 11.00pm local time (1400 BST) on Tuesday. “A white light I had never …

Mystery object lights up night skies across western Japan  Japan TodayView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Updated on: Aug 20, 2025 05:03 am IST Meteors are when meteoroids enter the Earth’s atmosphere, or of any other planet, at high speed and burn up, resulting in fireballs or ‘shooting stars’. A fireball meteor tore through the Earth’s atmosphere and lit up the sky with bright blue light in Japan’s Kyushu and Shikoku, with Fukuoka Airport’s camera catching …

Tonight into tomorrow, the night sky may put on a colorful show for skywatchers in several lucky states. On Aug. 18 and Aug. 19, a fast-moving stream of solar wind could spark a geomagnetic storm, potentially lighting up the sky with Northern Lights across 15 U.S. states, according to forecasters from NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) and the U.K. Met Office. “There …

BOSTON — When Nathaniel Lowe was designated for assignment by the Nationals on Thursday, he knew he’d likely have to decide on his new team in short order. Once he cleared waivers and was released, he was available to all teams for the prorated portion of the major league minimum. By Sunday, he was in Boston ahead of signing a …

The northern part of the United States could get a chance to see lights in the sky Monday night, when the view line for the auroras lands on the Oregon-Washington border. The planet is still experiencing “solar maximum” of solar cycle 25, an approximately 11-year cycle of magnetic activity coming from the sun. Solar maximim will last into 2026 and …

The northern lights could illuminate skies overnight on Aug. 18-19, thanks to a fast-moving stream of solar wind that may spark geomagnetic storm conditions, potentially triggering visible auroras across 15 states, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Forecasters from NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) and the U.K. Met Office predict a chance of minor (G1) geomagnetic …