March 23 - Top Stories This Week

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These bacteria eat and breathe electricity Scientists have discovered bacteria in Yellowstone's hot springs that use electricity for food and energy. 83 more supermassive black holes Astronomers have found 83 new quasars - powered by central, supermassive black holes - in the very early universe. Jupiter or Earth? Swirls in Jupiter’s atmosphere and in Earth’s Baltic Sea. Click here to visit EarthSky Community Photos for many great photos of this week's equinox sun and full moon, plus more pics from recent days. More top stories Goldilocks stars: Just right for habitable planets Astronomers clock a super-fast pulsar How aspen leaves could save Mars rovers Do you have a magnetic compass in your head? March equinox: All you need to know Fastest sunsets happen near equinoxes Mining the moon Why isn't Easter this Sunday?

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Westward shift of Orion and all the stars As Earth makes its grand tour around the sun each year, the constellations all shift westward in our sky. Orion is a good one to notice. Read more.

Star trails over Colorado View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Marc Slover captured these star trails on March 17 at Karval Reservoir State Wildlife Area in Colorado. He wrote: "The week of the equinox brought a calming and relaxing feeling. Aside from a few coyotes early in the evening, even the wildlife were quiet."  Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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