March 9 - Top Stories This Week

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Great white shark genome decoded It'll help explain their "superpowers" like wound-healing and long lifespans - and why they've thrived for more than 400 million years. Black hole found near Milky Way's heart The intermediate-mass black hole might be one of over 100 million quiet black holes lurking unseen in our galaxy. Planet 9 hypothesis gets a boost A new review article in Physics Reports explains why some scientists remain optimistic about finding it. Don't forget clock change tonight Lurch forward an hour "A squeal of distress will go flying across America ... It’s all those clocks, being twisted an hour forward, away from the natural time they were born to show." Insights on time from Guy Ottewell, here. More top stories Hubble solves puzzle of Neptune mystery moon First photos in 100 years of black panther in Africa Found: World’s biggest bee Asteroids are harder to destroy than we thought How the moon got its sunburn Eclipse shows moon move in reverse

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Young moon after sunset March 7-10 Assuming your sky is clear, you should more easily see the young moon Saturday evening. Notice Mars above it! The moon will be moving up past Mars in the evenings ahead.

Light painting View at EarthSky Community Photos | Joseph Cavallo captured this image in Florida on February 28. He wrote, "Drove 40 miles west of Miami on a gorgeous clear night to attempt to catch the Milky Way, started playing with some light painting and came up with this image." Thanks Joseph!  Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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