• Artificial intelligence system can detect signs of life with 90 per cent accuracy
• It signifies a ‘significant advance’ in our abilities to discover life beyond Earth

By Xantha Leatham Deputy Science Editor For The Daily Mail

Published: 15:00 EDT, 25 September 2023 | Updated: 15:00 EDT, 25 September 2023

A solar storm simultaneously hit Earth, the moon and Mars – the first time an eruption was measured on three planetary surfaces at once.

An international fleet of spacecraft detected the outburst, finding the particles were energetic enough to soar through Earth’s magnetic field that typically shields our planet from such events.

The solar storm pummeled the moon and Mars due to a lack of magnetic fields, which astronomers fear could be deadly for future human exploration.

Human beings are considering going back to the moon and eventually to Mars within the following decades. 

‘We are still facing one major hurdle, ‘space radiation,’ which is a significant and unavoidable risk for crews’ health, especially for long-term stays at future lunar or Martian stations,’ reads the study by scientists with the University of Science and Technology of China.

‘In particular, sporadic solar energetic particles (SEPs) generated via extreme solar eruptions may enhance the lunar or Martian surface radiation levels to potentially hazardous values.’

The solar storm was detected on October 28, 2021, but the scientists published their findings today.

The event was captured by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) Moon lander, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), and German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) Eu:CROPIS Earth orbiter. 

The team stated that the event was an example of a rare ‘ground-level enhancement,’ which means particles released in the explosion are energetic enough to pass through the magnetic bubble surrounding Earth and protect us from less active solar outbursts.

This was only the 73rd ground-level enhancement since records began in the 1940s, and none have been recorded since – but still, the first time a solar storm has hit three planetary surfaces simultaneously. 

Since the moon and Mars are not protected in a ‘bubble’ like Earth, particles from the sun can interact with the soil to create secondary generation. 

However, Mars has a thin atmosphere that stops most lower-energy solar particles and slows down the highly energetic ones. 

ESA shared in a statement that ‘a radiation dose above 700 milligray – the unit for the absorption of radiation – may induce radiation sickness via destruction of the bone marrow, resulting in symptoms such as infection and internal bleeding.’

If an astronaut receives more than 10 gray, they are extremely unlikely to survive more than two weeks. 

The 2021 solar storm did not release enough radiation to harm astronauts in lunar orbit –  NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter clocked in just 31 milligray.

Scientist Jingnan Guo researched the solar event, said: ‘Our calculations of the past ground level enhancement events show that on average one event every 5.5 years may have exceeded the safe dose level on the moon if no radiation protection had been provided. Understanding these events is crucial for future crewed missions to the surface of the moon.’

The study shows ExoMars measured 9 milligray, 30 times more than the 0.3 milligray detected on the surface by the Curiosity rover.

ESA’s inner Solar System missions, Solar Orbiter, SOHO and BepiColombo, were also caught in the blast, providing even more vantage points to study this solar event.

Marco Pinto, an ESA research fellow working on radiation detectors, said: ‘We live in a golden age of Solar System physics. 

‘Radiation detectors aboard planetary missions such as BepiColombo, on its way to Mercury, and Juice, cruising to Jupiter, add a much-needed coverage to study the acceleration and propagation of solar energetic particles.’

A FULL MOON  is the phase of the moon in which its whole disc is illuminated.

During the 29.5-day lunar cycle, we observe a new moon (with 0 per cent illumination), a waxing moon (when the amount of illumination on the moon is increasing), a full moon (100 per cent illumination) and then a waning moon (when its visible surface area is getting smaller).

Because our modern calendar isn’t quite in line with the Moon’s phases, sometimes we get more than one full Moon in a month. This is commonly known as a blue moon. 

Meanwhile, a SUPERMOON  is when the full moon nearly coincides with perigee – the point in the orbit of the moon at which it is nearest to the Earth.

This means a supermoon can appear as much as 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter than when it’s furthest away from Earth. 

There are about three or four supermoons per year, most astronomy websites claim, and they happen at different times each year. 

In a nutshell, a supermoon is a full moon. But it’s bigger and brighter than a normal full moon. 

Lastly, STURGEON MOON simply refers to the time of the year the full moon is appearing.

Full moon in August is called Sturgeon Moon because of the large number of sturgeon fish that were found in the Great Lakes in North America this time of the year. 

Other months of the year correspond to different nicknames – so January is Wolf Moon, February is Snow Moon, March is Worm Moon, April is Pink Moon, May is Flower Moon, June is Strawberry Moon and so on.  

Full moon names were historically used to track the seasons and therefore are closely related to nature. 

The full list of full moon nicknames: 

January: Wolf Moon because wolves were heard more often at this time.

February: Snow Moon to coincide with heavy snow.

March: Worm Moon as the Sun increasingly warmed the soil and earthworms became active.

April: Pink Moon as it heralded the appearance of Phlox subulata or moss pink – one of spring’s first flowers.

May: Flower Moon because of the abundance of blossoms.

June: Strawberry Moon because it appeared when the strawberry harvest first took place.

July: Buck Moon as it arrived when a male deer’s antlers were in full growth mode.

August: Sturgeon Moon after the large fish that was easily caught at this time.

September: Corn Moon because this was the time to harvest corn.

October: Hunter’s Moon after the time to hunt in preparation for winter.

November: Beaver Moon because it was the time to set up beaver traps.

December: Cold Moon because nights at this time of year were the longest.

Source: Old Farmer’s Almanac  

Meet the ‘alien life here on Earth’: Scientists discover 12 new species of sea sponge resembling extraterrestrials, unicorns and a POLAR BEAR

• Experts have discovered 12 new species of sea sponge off Monterey, California
• They have been named after a polar bear, a unicorn and one scientist’s partner 

By Sam Tonkin For Mailonline

Updated: 13:33 EDT, 28 July 2023

The White House has opened the door to an audacious plan to block sunlight from hitting the surface of the Earth in a bid to halt global warming. 

Despite some scientists warning the effort could have untold side effects from altering the chemical makeup of the atmosphere, President Joe Biden‘s administration have admitted they’re open to the idea, which has never been attempted before. 

In a report released Friday by the White House, officials suggested limiting sunlight to rapidly cool the planet, a process known as solar radiation modification (SRM). 

The administration added a note of skepticism to the report by noting that Congress ordered it, insisting it has not made any decision on ‘geoengineering’ policy. 

The report noted several ways authorities could look to achieve SRM, all of which come with potentially devastating consequences if they backfire. 

One method would be to significantly increase the amount of aerosols in the stratosphere, which would reflect the sun’s rays from the planet. 

Other ideas floated included increasing cloud coverage over oceans, or reducing the amount of cirrus cloud formations, which reflect solar radiation back to the Earth. 

The report noted that undertaking the mammoth task could have severe ramifications weather patterns and food supplies, which would in turn impact biodiversity, geopolitics, and health. 

It also suggested that committing to the idea then backtracking and changing course could lead to abrupt warming as the suns rays suddenly heat the Earth once more. 

While insisting that it was not definitively moving ahead with the plan, the Biden administration insisted in its report that the idea appeared promising.

It said a ‘program of research’ into the practice would ‘enable better-informed decisions about the potential risks and benefits’ of blocking the sun. 

The White House added that exploring the idea would also allow a better understanding of ‘the foundational elements of greenhouse gas emissions mitigation and adaptation.’ 

‘SRM offers the possibility of cooling the planet significantly on a timescale of a few years,’ the report claimed. 

In a statement accompanying the report, the administration said ‘there are no plans underway to establish a comprehensive research program focused on solar radiation modification.’ 

Scientists have been split over the potential benefits of the risky plan, with some warning it could result in a catastrophic change in the earth’s atmosphere. 

Others, however, claim it could be used as a last resort if fears over climate change are realized in the coming years and decades. 

‘The fact that this report even exists is probably the most consequential component of this release,’ said Shuchi Talati, the executive director of the Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering, to Politico. 

‘This report also signals that the U.S. government is supportive of well-governed research, including outdoor experimentation, which I think is quite significant.’

The Biden administration made climate policy one of its central policy platforms in recent years, inserting the issue into other sectors including infrastructure and transportation. 

This marked a significant shift in policy from Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, who famously once described climate change as a hoax created by the Chinese. 

In its report, the White House doubled down on its commitment to tackling climate issues. 

‘Climate change is already having profound effects on the physical and natural world, and on human well-being, and these effects will only grow as greenhouse gas concentrations increase and warming continues,’ the report stated. 

‘Understanding these impacts is crucial to enable informed decisions around a possible role for SRM in addressing human hardships associated with climate change.’ 

Astronomers know full well that the sun is very slowly getting brighter, and in a billion or so years time it will make Earth too hot to live on. 

One scientist is now proposing a radical solution that will let humans live on this planet for longer – physically moving it away from the sun. 

Albert Zijlstra, a professor of astrophysics at the University of Manchester, suggests shifting Earth further back from the sun by about three million miles. 

At the moment, Earth is orbiting the sun at a distance of 93 million miles (150 million km) but this needs to extended to at least 96 million miles (155 million km), he says. 

This movement would extend a year to 380 days, meaning we’d have to insert an extra 15 days into a calendar year somewhere. 

‘Earth will get warmer, and warmer – best estimates are that in one or two billion years, the oceans will begin to boil away,’ Professor Zijlstra told MailOnline. 

‘Shortly after we will be like Venus, with temperatures of several hundred Celsius, so we will have to move before that happens.

‘In order to make the living world last for longer than one billion years, we need to move a few million kilometers away from the sun.’ 

To explain how the ambitious project would all work, a bit of simple astrophysics is essential first. 

When a planet (such as Earth) slows down in its orbit, it moves closer to the sun, due to the immense gravitational pull our star has on its planets. 

Likewise, when a planet speeds up in its orbit, it moves away from the sun, partly because this speed lets it better resist the sun’s gravitational pull. 

Just like all the solar system’s planets, Earth is gradually spiralling away from the sun – but not enough to substantially cool the planet down. 

Professor Zijlstra’s concept for moving away from the sun would involve a gravity assist or ‘slingshot’ manoeuvre, commonly used already for speeding up spacecraft after they’ve been launched from Earth. 

By approaching a planet, such spacecraft can make use of the planet’s gravitational pull to increase its velocity, which in turn makes the planet itself slow down slightly in its orbit. 

And as we know, due to the laws of physics, as a planet slows down, it moves closer to the sun.  

It’s a little-known fact that gravitational slingshots can also be used to reduce the speed of the spacecraft, which have the opposite effect on the planet, speeding it up in its orbit. 

And when the planet speeds up in its orbit, it drifts further away from the sun. 

This is the basic concept on which the project would work, but instead of a spacecraft (which would be much too small) Professor Zijlstra suggests using a massive asteroid – about 30 miles (50 km) in diameter, the size of a major city. 

He proposes somehow altering the orbit of the asteroid while it’s still in space, perhaps by nudging it with a robotic probe at a certain angle and speed. 

If nudged successfully, the asteroid would do a loop around the sun and head back towards Earth, before slingshotting itself on Earth’s orbit.

This would slow the asteroid down and, all importantly, speed Earth up – although doing the whole process just once would not be enough.   

‘Because the Earth needs to speed up in order to move away from the sun, we need to let the asteroid lose speed as it moves to the inner solar system,’ said Professor Zijlstra. 

‘Do this a million times and the Earth will increase its velocity by the amount we need. 

‘After a million fly-bys, the Earth is in its new, up-town orbit. 

‘And as we have a billion years for the move, this means we only need one fly-by from the asteroid every one thousand years. 

‘Do this once every thousand years, and over a billion years we can move the Earth enough to keep its temperature constant while the sun brightens.’ 

Ultimately, it sounds like a job big enough only for NASA, or even a consortium of international space agencies working together.

Meanwhile, the costs involved would surely be many times more than NASA’s DART project last year to nudge an asteroid, which cost $324.5 million (£258 million).

The public may also have concerns about such a huge asteroid coming close to Earth, especially bearing in mind that it was an asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Professor Zijlstra stresses that there are two types of global warming to contend with. 

The first, which is well-publicised, is caused by greenhouse gas emissions from human activity, such as burning fossil fuels. 

Meanwhile, the second, less well-known form of global warming involves the natural brightening of the sun, which, as it stands, will make Earth too hot to live on in around one billion years. 

‘That is a very long time away but scientists are paid to find solutions to problems of the future, before anyone else is thinking about it,’ he told MailOnline. 

‘This concept is not a solution to the current, human-caused global warming. 

‘It takes much too long to help us now – we need to solve human-caused global warming in other ways. 

‘But it will solve the long term changes in the sun.’ 

Humans have breached almost all of the boundaries that make the Earth a safe and just environment, researchers have said.

In quantifying the limits of the planet’s life-support systems, a team of more than 40 international scientists found humans have exceeded seven of the eight Earth System Boundaries (ESBs) they identified.

They said social and economic systems based on unsustainable resource extraction and consumption are causing rapid changes that undermine these systems while pushing the Earth towards irreversible destabilisation.

Publishing their work in the journal Nature, the scientists analysed climate, biodiversity, freshwater and different kinds of pollution to air, soil and water.

They defined safe and just limits as those which regulate the state of the planet, protect other species, reduce significant harm to humans and support inclusive human development.

Only in the category of aerosol pollutants has this limit not been breached, with climate having passed its just limit of 1C but not its safe limit of 1.5C above the pre-industrial global average temperature.

The scientists, working under the Earth Commission, said ‘significant societal impacts’ are already being felt, with tens of millions of people already affected by the changing climate.

Professor Johan Rockstrom of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and lead author of the study said: ‘The results of our health check are quite concerning.

‘Within the five analysed domains, several boundaries, on a global and local scale, are already transgressed.

‘This means that unless a timely transformation occurs, it is most likely that irreversible tipping points and widespread impacts on human well-being will be unavoidable.

‘Avoiding that scenario is crucial if we want to secure a safe and just future for current and future generations.’

UN member states since 2015 have agreed to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C and protect biodiversity in 30% of the world’s land, sea and freshwater areas.

The Earth Commission scientists said we are not on track to meet these targets and that ‘nothing less than a just global transformation across all ESBs is required to ensure human well-being’.

These transformations must also be systemic and address the economic, technological and political drivers of Earth’s degradation and ‘ensure access for the poor through reductions and reallocation of resource use’, they said.

Co-author Professor Joyeeta Gupta of the University of Amsterdam said: ‘Justice is a necessity for humanity to live within planetary limits.

‘This is a conclusion seen across the scientific community in multiple heavyweight environmental assessments.

‘It is not a political choice. Overwhelming evidence shows that a just and equitable approach is essential to planetary stability.

‘We cannot have a biophysically safe planet without justice.’

The researchers said their work is intended for businesses, cities and governments to set science-based targets when addressing human exposure to climate change, biodiversity decline, water shortages, ecosystem damage from fertiliser overuse coupled with lack of access elsewhere and health damage from air pollution.

Prof Gupta said: ‘Potential future tipping points are not the only risks we consider, damage is already happening to millions of people at 1C of climate warming.

‘Our climate Earth System Boundary exposes the injustice in current targets and underscores the urgency of immediately phasing out fossil fuels and accelerating work from all directions to meet Paris Agreement goals.

‘By setting our climate Earth System Boundary at 1C we are not advocating that the world should adopt this ambitious target, but we are exposing the injustice inherent in current world targets.’

Earth has a new moon – or at least a ‘quasi-moon’, a new study has revealed. 

A quasi-moon is a space rock that circles the Earth, but is gravitationally bound by the sun. 

This quasi-moon, called 2023 FW13, was discovered by experts using the Pan-STARRS telescope at the top of the Haleakala volcano in Hawaii, and is one of a handful of known quasi-moons. 

Experts think the ancient cosmic companion has been in Earth’s vicinity since 100 BC and will keep circling our planet for at least another 1,500 years, until AD 3700. 

Thankfully, neither 2023 FW13 or a similar quasi-moon called 469219 Kamoʻoalewa are thought to pose any danger to people on Earth. 

Quasi-moons, also known as ‘quasi-satellites’, often look like they are orbiting our planet much like our natural satellite the moon (affectionately known as ‘Luna’).

But they are given the prefix ‘quasi’ because they are gravitationally bound to the sun rather than Earth, rather than the other way around as is the case for Luna.

2023 FW13 is different from our moon because it orbits well outside of Earth’s ‘Hill sphere’, the region around a planetary body where its own gravity is the dominant force attracting satellites. 

Earth’s Hill sphere has a radius of 932,000 miles (1.5 million km), while the radius of 2023 FW13 from Earth is quite a bit larger – around 1.6 million miles. 

‘The dimension of the loop – about 0.18 astronomical unit in radius – is so large that Earth plays essentially no role in its motion,’ Alan Harris, senior research scientist at Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado, told Sky & Telescope. 

‘[2023 FW13 is] in no way associated with Earth other than by chance.’ 

2023 FW13 was first observed on March 28 by PanSTARRS before its existence was confirmed by several other telescopes. 

After being confirmed, 2023 FW13 was listed by the Minor Planet Center at the International Astronomical Union (IAU). 

Although the size of 2023 FW13 is unconfirmed, asteroid specialist Richard Binzel estimates it to be about 30 to 50 feet in diameter (10 to 15 metres). 

This is just a tiny fraction of the diameter of our moon, which is 2,159 miles (although a moon is classified as such because of its orbital characteristics rather than its size). 

2023 FW13’s orbit around the sun takes almost exactly the same time as Earth – 365.42 days (1.0005 Earth years). 

While it performs a circle of Earth on its orbital journey, this orbit is so elongated that it reaches out halfway to Mars and reaches in halfway to Venus. 

Earth has several known cosmic companions, many of which are quasi-satellites, although as 2023 FW13 demonstrates there are likely many more to be discovered.

Quasi-satellites tend to follow a ‘stable’ path around Earth for more than a few decades before eventually leaving the planet’s orbit.

2023 FW13 is special because it will has been in its quasi-state for centuries and will remain so ‘for many more centuries to come’, said amateur astronomer Tony Dunn. 

An online simulator created by Dunn shows the orbit of 2023 FW13 in relation to the moon, the sun and other planets in the solar system. 

Another famous quasi-satellite known as 469219 Kamoʻoalewa or 2016 HO3 was also discovered by PanSTARRS back in April 2016. 

469219 Kamoʻoalewa, which is up to 330 feet in diameter, will only be in this orbit for around 300 years in the future, according to Renu Malhotra, a University of Arizona expert. 

Malhotra authored a recent study that found 469219 Kamoʻoalewa could be an ancient fragment of our moon. 

Analysis of light reflected from the space rock suggested it’s made from the same material as minerals in lunar rocks from NASA‘s Apollo missions.

A giant black dot four times the size of the Earth has appeared on the sun – and you can see the phenomenon with the naked eye RIGHT NOW

By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com

Updated: 18:52 EDT, 24 May 2023

Life in the world’s northernmost town isn’t for the fainthearted, as one hardy resident has revealed. 

Eveline Lunde moved to Longyearbyen several years ago and says she is still adjusting to the icy wilderness.

The colorful town is nestled in a valley and home to around 2,300 residents. In terms of its location, it is in the heart of Svalbard which is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean and some 800 miles from the North Pole. 

In a first-person piece for Insider, Eveline says some of the things that surprised her after moving there from the bright lights of Oslo, Norway, was the lack of trees, the abundance of polar bears and the 24 hours of daylight which comes during the spring and summer months. 

There is sunlight 24 hours-a-day for five months 

Writing for Insider , Eveline explains that in Longyearbyen the amount of daylight they receive varies drastically depending on the time of year.

During the spring and summer months from April to August, they have midnight sun and it stays light for 24 hours a day. 

Eveline says this makes it tricky to sleep and ‘many locals cover their windows with aluminum in order to keep out the sunlight.’

Then, come the winter months from November to February, the polar night brings 24-hour darkness. 

Eveline concludes: ‘Essentially, there are only two and a half months a year when we can experience the normal day and night cycle I was used to before I moved.’ 

There aren’t any trees in Longyearbyen

Svalbard has a high Arctic climate which means a thick subsurface layer of soil remains frozen throughout the year.

Eveline says as a result of this ‘permafrost,’ ‘there are no trees and almost no vegetation here.’

When things thaw out slightly during the summer, the adventurer says some flowers grow but residents and visitors are not allowed to pick them.

The Svalbard Environmental Protection Act states that no person may damage or remove flora from the archipelago as it will take many years for the landscape to recover. 

However, the Visit Svalbard website says that ‘damage resulting from lawful access, passage or approved activities is excepted from this provision’ and the collection of fungi and seaweed for private use is also permitted.

Polar bears are a constant threat

According to the Visit Svalbard website, the polar bear population in the Svalbard archipelago and Barents Sea is around 3,000, which exceeds the human population.

For this reason, Eveline says residents always need to watch out for bruins and are ‘often encouraged to carry rifles.’

In the supermarket, post office and other stores, there are secure lockers for people to store their guns while they run errands. 

As polar bears are protected in Norway and it is illegal to kill them, Eveline points out that you can only ‘shoot in a life-threatening situation.’

While Longyearbyen is considered a ‘safe zone,’ there have still been sightings in the town.

She recounts one particular incident, writing: ‘During Christmastime in 2019, a polar bear walked down our main street. Luckily, it was early in the morning, so there weren’t many people around to begin with. Eventually, the police scared the bear away.’

There are remote cabins to rent 

Dotted around Svalbard, Eveline says that she discovered tiny cabins that can be rented out. 

These can be accessed via snowmobile or on skis and she says ‘lots of locals take the opportunity to rent the cabins at a low rate.’

As the cabins are very remote with no phone signal, a satellite communication device is necessary. 

The Visit Svalbard website sums up cabin life as ‘simple Arctic luxury.’ 

Eveline warns about leaving any food or goods behind though as she has heard of polar bears breaking through cabin walls and windows to get their paws on things.   

The ice and snow formations are unreal 

Along with stunning mountain ranges, Eveline says Svalbard has ‘beautiful snow and ice formations’ like glaciers, which cover 60 per cent of the archipelago.

Lurking below the surface, there is a maze of frozen channels and caves which can sometimes run for miles. 

She adds: ‘The caves can be miles long and several feet below ground. 

‘With the proper helmets, spikes, and headlights, you can safely explore their beautiful ice formations and even some fossils.’

Photos posted to Eveline’s Instagram account @evelinelunde show her dressed in the appropriate gear as she explores a spread of otherworldly ice formations in piercing shades of blue. 

Although the caves are ‘beautiful,’ she warns that they can pose a ‘big threat’ to snowmobilers as snow covering the cavernous spaces can often collapse.

Residents use snowmobiles and boats instead of cars

Instead of traveling by road, Eveline says Svalbard residents generally get around on snowmobiles. 

There are ‘about 27 miles of road’ in Longyearbyen but these do not connect to other settlements around the archipelago. 

While residents use snowmobiles or dog sleds to get around in the winter, boats are the favored mode of transport come the summer. 

For international travel, there is an airport on the outskirts of Longyearbyen serving the archipelago, with serval flights scheduled per day. 

Pregnant people and dead bodies are transported to the mainland

‘The town handles childbirth and deaths differently than most places I’ve been,’ Eveline says. 

As the small emergency medical hospital is not equipped to handle childbirth, ‘pregnant people are advised to travel to the mainland about a month before their due date.’

Turning to deaths, the Visit Svalbard website notes that coffin burials are not permitted in Svalbard because of the permafrost. 

It explains: ‘As well as affecting the decomposition of corpses, the repeated thawing and freezing throughout the seasons can cause coffins to be slowly pushed upwards.’

Therefore, coffin burials must take place on the mainland, with corpses and coffins transported via plane.  

Urn burials, on the other hand, are permitted for people who were resident in Svalbard at the time of their death.

There are still some luxuries to be had

Despite its remote location, Eveline says Longyearbyen is ‘home to some great restaurants and a luxury hotel.’

One of her recommendations when it comes to fine dining is the Huset Restaurant, which she says ‘focuses on using as much of an animal as possible and relies on local ingredients.’

It offers a tasting menu, with some of the dishes including warm and cold cuts of reindeer, an Arctic king crab lollipop, and smoked Svalbard seal.

Meanwhile on the hotel front, she and her boyfriend like to check into the Funken Lodge for a swanky staycation as the place serves up ‘amazing cocktails, ‘a fantastic atmosphere,’ and a wine cellar ‘with one of the largest selections in Norway.’ 

‘A private tasting is perfect for a date night,’ she adds.