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Wednesday marks a rare solar eclipse that will be visible - weather permitting - from France. But the protective glasses needed to safely watch the eclipse are selling out fast.
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In the coastal forests of a tropical Japanese island near Okinawa grows an inconspicuous plant that is easy to mistake for a mushroom. It is a non-green parasite that feeds on the roots of other plants and produces up to 1 million tiny seeds, each covered in a minuscule, dry fruit.
Get ready for a rare double feature in the sky on Wednesday, when parts of the United States will be able to see a partial solar eclipse during the day, then the Perseid meteor shower peak in the evening. Meanwhile, Europe is on deck for a full solar eclipse. Here’s what to know.
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The magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck western and central Colombia on Monday has a different tectonic origin from the earthquakes recorded in Venezuela in June, despite comparable magnitudes, said…
A total solar eclipse will take place tomorrow, visible in parts of the Northern Hemisphere but not in Saudi Arabia or the wider Arab world.
