New Scientist: A partial eclipse of the Sun will start tomorrow morning on the west coast of Africa and end four hours later in Western China. Observers in northern Sweden will witness the eclipse’s greatest extent—86%—at 09:50 local time. The next total eclipse will occur on 13 November 2012 and be visible from Northern Australia and other locations in the southern Pacific.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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