The December 26, 2019 annular or ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse was viewed across a narrow track that started at sunrise in Saudi Arabia and ended at sunset over the North Pacific Ocean. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/photos-dec-26-2019-annular-ring-of-fire-eclipse…
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Insane experiment produces giant foam volcano
YouTuber Nick Uhas recently tried to set a new world record by creating a mountain of ‘elephant toothpaste’. A staple of school science experiments, t… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/333170/insane-experiment-produces-giant-foam-volcano…
Image: Hubble’s close-up of spiral’s disk, bulge
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows IC 2051, a galaxy in the southern constellation of Mensa (the Table Mountain) lying about 85 million light-years away. It is a spiral galaxy, as evidenced by its characteristic whirling, pinwheeling arms, and it has a bar of stars slicing through its center. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-12-image-hubble-close-up-spiral-disk.html…
Some Farmers Have Discovered That Online Stardom Can Be More Lucrative Than their Crops or Livestock
An anonymous reader shares a report: It’s not an easy time to be an American farmer. The number of farms in the US is declining, according to the Department of Agriculture, as consolidation makes big operations even bigger. In 2017, the most recent year for the USDA’s industry census, the average farm income was just $43,053, and less than half of…
What’s it Like To Install a Weather Station at the Top of the World?
An anonymous reader shares a report: Earlier this year, researchers installed the world’s highest weather station on the upper reaches of Mount Everest. The roughly 50-kilogram station, taller than a person, is one of five on and near the mountain that are collecting data about jet steam winds and warming conditions in High Mountain Asia, a region jam-packed with the most…
Bones Found in Monastery Atop ‘All-Male’ Mountain May Belong to a Woman
On a mountain where women were banned, one woman may have found a home … in death. Source: https://www.livescience.com/woman-remains-male-monastery-greece.html
Tony Brooker, Pioneer of Computer Programming, Dies At 94
Cade Metz from The New York Times pays tribute to Tony Brooker, the mathematician and computer scientist who designed the programming language for the world’s first commercial computer. Brooker died on Nov. 20 at the age of 94. From the report: Mr. Brooker had been immersed in early computer research at the University of Cambridge when one day, on his way…
The return to Venus and what it means for Earth
Sue Smrekar really wants to go back to Venus. In her office at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the planetary scientist displays a 30-year-old image of Venus’ surface taken by the Magellan spacecraft, a reminder of how much time has passed since an American mission orbited the planet. The image reveals a hellish landscape: a young surface with more…
Geminid meteors to peak this weekend
The shower is best around 2 a.m., but watch from late evening until dawn. The best morning is likely December 14. Mornings leading up to it might also offer some meteors as well, in the rich and reliable Geminid shower. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/december-geminid-meteor-shower…
Researchers describe 71 new species in 2019
New species from 5 continents and 3 oceans include geckos, goblin spiders, flowering plants, and Mediterranean ants. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/new-species-discovered-in-2019…