Marine biologists have discovered an enormous great white shark they’re calling the “queen of the ocean” off the coast of Nova Scotia. Source: https://www.livescience.com/great-white-shark-queen-discovered.html
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See Mercury beneath Venus at dusk
February 2020 presents a good evening showing of Mercury for the Northern Hemisphere. This world will appear over the sunset point on the horizon as dusk gives way to nightfall for the next few weeks. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/mercury-returns-to-evening-sky…
Don’t miss young moon and Venus after sunset (Neptune’s there, too)
After sunset on January 26, 27 and 28, 2020, watch for the young moon and planet Venus in the west at dusk and nightfall. Use the lit side of the moon to locate Mercury, the innermost planet. If you have a telescope, use Venus to locate the Neptune, the farthest planet. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/see-young-moon-venus-after-sunset-2…
Transit of Mercury on November 11, 2019
Our solar system’s innermost planet, Mercury passes directly in front of the sun on November 11, 2019. Who will see it, how to watch, equipment needed, transit times. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/transit-of-mercury-on-november-11-2019…
New Research Promises Electric Car Batteries That Last For a Million Miles
A team of battery researchers from Halifax, Nova Scotia’s Dalhousie University believes it has come up with a recipe that can make electric car batteries last for a million miles. Gizmodo reports: In a paper published in the The Journal of the Electrochemical Society earlier this month, battery researchers describe a new lithium-ion battery that could potentially power an electric vehicle…
Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds over Nova Scotia
Photographer Tanvi Javkar spotted Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds spread across the sky on June 28, 2019, in Nova Scotia. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/kelvin-helmholtz-clouds-nova-scotia-photo…
Buddha Buzz Weekly: Paying Respects
Buddhists across the world pray for the Sri Lanka church-bombing victims and US senators pay a visit to Thich Nhat Hanh in Vietnam. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
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Unexplained Ghostly Sighting Along A Dirt Road Leaves Couple Frightened
The scene was already a creepy one – like the beginning of a horror movie – a Friday night drive down a dirt road, surrounded by fog. But what a couple witnessed alongside the dirt road left them terrified. The couple was driving on Old Pinevale Road, which cuts into the town of Lochaber, Nova… Continue reading Unexplained Ghostly Sighting Along A Dirt Road Leaves Couple Frightened