March 14 - Rare Earthquake

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Mexico City earthquake was rare 'bending' quake A new study on the 2017 quake that killed 300 in Mexico City finds that both its location and cause were unusual. But seismologists say it could happen again. Happy birthday, Albert Einstein Born on this date in 1879, Einstein changed our notions of space, time and matter - launched modern physics - and became a household name. A peculiar galactic crash This pair of barred spiral galaxies have just begun a magnificent merger. Tonight … A mysterious star called Epsilon Aurigae Epsilon Aurigae's light dims for a period of about 2 years, in a 27-year cycle. The star's last dimming was from 2009 to 2011.

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Tonight … A mysterious star called Epsilon Aurigae Epsilon Aurigae is easy to see. It's part of an asterism - or noticeable pattern of stars - called The Kids.

Sun pillar at Vancouver Island Sun pillars happen when sunlight reflects from plate-like ice crystals, drifting through Earth's atmosphere with a horizontal orientation, gently rocking from side to side as they fall. Photo taken March 12 by Wally Roth, near Lantzville, British Columbia. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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