Mozart manuscript back to life

Click Here to Read: Mozart manuscript back to life: A long-forgotten manuscript by composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will be brought to life this weekend in Paris. The newly rediscovered work – composed in 1778 when the Austrian prodigy was just 22 – will be performed in public for the first time ever at France’s National Library  on the France 24 website on June 19,2026.

Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ImageL Barbara Krafft (1764–1825).  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

 

How to spot these electric-blue clouds that form at the edge of space

Click Here to Read: How to spot these electric-blue clouds that form at the edge of space Forming 50 miles above Earth’s surface, noctilucent clouds offer a rare glimpse into one of the least-understood layers of the atmosphere By  Stefanie Waldek on the National  Geographic website on June 11, 2026.

Noctilucent clouds, Kuresoo bog, Soomaa National Park, Estonia. Image: Martin Koitmäe. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

 

 

What makes a Stradivarius violin so special?

Click Here to Read: What makes a Stradivarius violin so special? Scientists traced it to one forest in Italy. A new tree-ring study solves the mystery of where the famed instrument-maker Anton Stradivari sourced timber for his violins during his “golden age.”  By Richard Kemeny on the National Geographic Website on June 9, 2026.

Gould Stradivarius. Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.