Tonight … 1st Saturn-Mercury conjunction | | | The November 28 conjunction of Mercury and Saturn is the 1st in a series of 3 conjunctions between these 2 planets ... that is, the first part of what astronomers call a triple conjunction. | | |
When is my earliest sunset? | | | At the latitude of Miami, Florida or Brownsville, Texas in the U.S. - or, say, the city of Naha in Okinawa, Japan - the earliest sunsets of the year are happening now. How earliest sunset varies with latitude, but always comes before the winter solstice. | | |
Now we know Earth blocks neutrinos | | | “This achievement is important because it shows, for the first time, that very-high-energy neutrinos can be absorbed by something — in this case, the Earth.” | | |
Most blue whales are 'right-handed' | | Of course, they don't have hands. But scientists used motion-sensing tags to show that most blue whales roll to the right as they feed – except when swimming upward. | | |
