Editorial Policy
FLASHGALE covers severe weather, climate, skywatching, astronomy and related natural and cosmic events for a broad public audience. We select topics according to a clear test: public relevance, observational value, scientific significance, timing, clarity of available evidence and the likelihood that a reader needs explanation rather than noise.
How we choose stories
We publish fast-moving news when there is a material development: a damaging outbreak, an official climate update, a notable launch or mission result, a meteor-shower peak, an asteroid-risk update, a visible conjunction or a strong solar event. We publish slower explainers when the audience need is durable: what a warning means, how to read sky conditions, what a risk scale does and does not say, how a telescope class differs or why a celestial object matters.
Story types
News reports a fresh event or update.
Analysis connects verified developments and explains implications.
Explainer defines a concept, process, object or risk language.
Guide helps readers act: observe, prepare, compare or plan.
Review evaluates tools, apps or consumer devices against explicit criteria.
Profile focuses on a mission, object, institution or recurring phenomenon.
Evidence and proof standard
We prefer primary sources for primary claims. That means national weather services, space agencies, observatories, peer-reviewed research, official mission notes, public datasets, scientific bulletins and named expert commentary. Secondary sources are used for context, not to replace primary verification. Screenshots, archived pages and social posts are treated as leads until confirmed.
How we write deep pieces
Longer pieces start with a source map. We identify which claims are stable, which are provisional and which are likely to change. We separate observation from interpretation. We keep definitions close to the point where readers need them. We avoid false certainty in developing events, especially in risk-heavy weather and asteroid stories.
Updates and page maintenance
When facts move, we update the page rather than silently rewriting history. Material updates are timestamped in-line. Evergreen guides are reviewed on a rolling basis, especially when annual meteor-shower calendars, mission timelines, visibility windows or forecast language change. Pages that no longer meet our accuracy standard are revised, consolidated or retired.
Use of archives, quotes and visuals
Archived pages are useful evidence, but we label them as archival. Quotes are attributed to named people or named institutions. We do not crop screenshots in a way that changes meaning. Imagery from agencies, observatories or public-domain sources is credited according to the terms available at publication.
Competence and transparency
Our competence comes from repetition, source familiarity and editorial discipline. We maintain subject-specific taxonomies so that the same phenomenon is described consistently over time. We keep the boundaries between reported fact, analysis and advice visible to the reader. That is a publishing choice, not an afterthought.