Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Tori. Today is Tuesday, August 19th, 2025. And we begin

with a towering teenage basketball player getting compared to the best players in the game. At

six feet nine inches tall with a wingspan stretching seven four, West Africa's Muhammad de Bonnet is

already being likened to NBA superstars

Yanis Anteocunbo and Victor Yembenyama. And according to the next gen Euroleague's official website,

he's only 13 years old. This fall, when many kids his age will be heading to high school,

Muhammad will be on the court with Barcelona's senior team, a rare opportunity for

someone so young. While he won't be eligible for the NBA draft until 2030, scouts already

have their eyes on this unicorn, noting his rare skill and size for a player at such a young age.

His highlight reels are, not surprisingly, already blowing up online.

A space storm high above Earth could mean a dazzling light show for the northern U.S. tonight.

Residents of Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin,

Michigan, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine

are in the path of the northern lights, which might be brighter than normal because this week's

moon is making the night sky appear even darker. Northern lights occur when atoms and molecules

and Earth's atmosphere clash with a solar flare, and this causes the atoms in the upper atmosphere

to glow. According to Noah, the best viewing times for vibrant streaks of pink and green

will be when you should be sleeping, between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. America is getting faster wheels on its rails. Later this month, Amtrak will roll out new

next-gen-a-scella high-speed trains that will whisk passengers up to 160 miles per hour on some of its

popular East Coast routes. Amtrak will start with five of the new high-tech trains zipping between Washington, D.C., New York City, and Boston, before adding up to 28 by the year

27 as part of a major modernization push. Amtrak still has a ways to go in competing with its European

counterparts, with some trains reaching eye-popping speeds of more than 200 miles per hour.

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