Weather Whiz: June 29, 2025
How well have you been paying attention to the weather this week? Here are five questions that will test your knowledge of what's been going on.
A: The stunning image above shows clouds of gas and dust in the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae, located several thousand light-years from Earth. It combines 678 images taken over just seven hours, revealing faint details—like nebular gas and dust—that would otherwise be invisible. Where was it taken?
B: The first named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season was an uneventful one named _______.
C: On Tuesday, a tornado downed hundreds of trees when it hit a famous summit in what state?
D: The 10 most dangerous beaches in the U.S. are all in ______.
E: Scientists are puzzled after a cosmic particle detector flying high above ______ picked up a series of strange signals – ones that current science cannot explain.
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Answers
A: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
B: Andrea.
C: Colorado.
D: Florida.
E: Antarctica.
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