Cape Canaveral, Florida — A group of space weather satellites lifted off Wednesday morning to closely observe solar storms that can produce dazzling auroras but also disrupt communications and threaten astronauts in flight. The three satellites soared from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center shortly after sunrise aboard a SpaceX rocket. Their destination: a solar orbit observation post 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) from Earth, each with its own mission.

When a bee approaches, the common reaction is to run, scream, or panic. But a group of researchers decided to do the opposite: observe them closely. Thanks to that patience, they made an unexpected discovery in the Guánica Dry Forest: the presence of a new species of bee for Puerto Rico, named Megachile luctifera.