Hey! Did you hear what happened yesterday?

Guess what crazy thing humans are up to now? Yesterday, we found out about a UK company doing something absolutely wild – they actually sent a factory into space! Not just any factory, but one with a furnace inside that gets super, super hot, like 1,000 degrees Celsius! Imagine that!

Let's break it down!

So, you might be thinking, "Why on Earth (or not on Earth!) would you put a factory in space?" Well, it's pretty clever! Up in space, there's no gravity pulling things down, and the environment is very different from here. This means they can create special materials that are super tricky, or even impossible, to make on Earth. Think about making really pure metals or super strong new materials for future spaceships or even things here on Earth. That 1,000-degree furnace is for melting and shaping these materials in a way that only space can allow. It's like having a cosmic workshop to build things for the future! Pretty cool, right?

NASA's Pick of the Day

Now for something absolutely breathtaking that NASA shared! They've given us a stunning picture of the Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis (or Southern Lights, Aurora Australis, if you're down south!). You know, those incredible dancing ribbons of light in the sky? This particular photo was taken over a very famous mountain called Kirkjufell in Iceland.

What makes this display super special is something called an "auroral corona." Imagine you're standing outside, and energetic curtains of light are streaming *directly* from overhead, like a giant, vibrant light show happening right above your head, all around you! It happened because our Sun was being a bit feisty and had a "solar storm." That means it shot out a whole bunch of tiny, energetic particles. When those particles hit Earth's atmosphere, they make the gases glow, creating these dazzling lights!

Good news for aurora chasers: the Sun is going through a super active period right now, which means 2025 and even into 2026 are going to be fantastic years for seeing these natural fireworks! This incredible photo is actually a huge panoramic masterpiece, stitched together from 21 different pictures. Isn't that wild?