Utqiavik, Alaska: 65 days without sunlight, plus Cosmonauts sheltered on ISS during severe solar storm; and Father, daughter killed after being swept into ocean in California
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-The northernmost town in North America will say goodbye to daylight this week as it enters its annual polar night. Residents won't see the sun again until Jan. 22, 2026.
-During the Nov. 11–12 solar storm, Russian cosmonauts temporarily relocated their sleeping quarters as a precaution against increased radiation exposure, NASA confirmed.
-A family was swept into the ocean Friday around noon near Garrapata State Park, about 8 miles south of Monterey, California, as one of the most powerful storms in months hit California. According to the local sheriff's office, the father jumped into the powerful waves to save his 7-year-old daughter, but both were swept out to sea.
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