Hello All!

MICROBES FROM ANTARCTICA SET TO LAUNCH: Only a few hours from now,
Spaceweather.com and the students of Earth to Sky Calculus will launch
approximately 100 billion microbes from Antarctica to the stratosphere, more
than 110,000 ft above Earth's surface. The goal of the high-altitude balloon
experiment is to discover if terrestrial extremophiles can survive extreme
cold and high radiation at the edge of space. Stay tuned for updates. 

MAGNETIC FILAMENTS ON THE SUN: With no sunspots actively flaring this weekend,
solar activity is low. Or is it? There's more to solar activity than sunspots
and flares. "I can't recall ever seeing as many magnetic filaments on the sun
as I have this month," points out amateur astronomer John W. O'Neal of
Amherst, Ohio. "This composite image is my tribute to the filament-ridden sun
of May 2015." 
 

Regards,

Roger 
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