Sunday, March 17, 2019

March 17 - Electricity-Eating Bacteria

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These bacteria eat and breathe electricity
Scientists have made a successful in situ collection of bacteria living in hot springs in Yellowstone National Park, which use an unconventional source - electricity - for food and energy. Read more.
Coming up … Full supermoon at the equinox
The coming full moon - a supermoon - will crest less than 4 hours after the arrival of the March 20 equinox. It’s the closest coincidence of a full moon with the March equinox since 2000. Read more.
March equinox: All you need to know

The equinox - a seasonal marker in Earth’s orbit around the sun - is coming up on March 20 at 21:58 UTC; translate UTC to your time or read more.

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Tonight … Moon and faint Cancer
The constellation Cancer the Crab is faint, the faintest constellation of the zodiac. Yet tonight's bright moon can help you locate it. Read more.
Jupiter or Earth?
Swirls in Jupiter’s atmosphere (left) and in Earth’s Baltic Sea (right) look a lot alike. That's because the motion of fluids on both planets are governed by same laws of physics. Read more.
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