March 4 - Planet 9 Boost

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Success! Thank you, everybody! Thanks, everybody for a great 2019 crowd-funding campaign. We love you!  Planet 9 hypothesis gets a boost A large, unknown Planet 9 in our solar system continues to elude astronomers. But a new review article in Physics Reports explains why some scientists still think they'll find it. Read more. Found: World’s biggest bee Last seen in 1981 and thought lost to science, Wallace's giant bee has been rediscovered in the forests of Indonesia. Check out its size, in contrast to ordinary bees. Bees change scent as they age A new study finds that honey bees develop different scent profiles as they age, and guard bees respond differently to returning foragers than to younger bees who've never ventured out. Watch video.

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Tonight … A tangle of stars in Berenices' Hair Berenices' Hair - aka Coma Berenices - requires a dark sky to be seen. But it's worth the effort, a wonderful star cluster! Read more.

North Star over New Mexico View larger at EarthSky Community Photos. | Polaris - aka the North Star - is in the center of the great turning wheel of stars in this photo. It's the star around which the entire northern sky appears to turn. Photo by Mike Lewinski. Thanks, Mike!  Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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