Step outside one hour before sunrise Thursday and you'll be treated to the sight of several planets bright in the morning sky.
Look southeast and you'll be able to spot the three bodies, Jupiter being the brightest. Mars will be in the middle of Jupiter, to the right and Saturn, to the left.
Don't worry, while the planets looks close together in the sky, they're still practicing social distancing being extremely far apart in reality.
And here's another article:
Preventing the contamination of other planets | Euronews
While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to develop rapidly the world's knowledge of contamination is rising in parallel with the sale of hand sanitizer.
Large and small events have been cancelled globally and air-traffic is drifting to a standstill. The spread of the deadly virus has almost brought our busy planet to a halt.
The effect contamination can have on a planet is not just a recent important topic for consideration. In 1967 a treaty was drafted called 'The Outer Space Treaty'. Now over 50 years old, the treaty has 109 signatory countries. It provides the basic framework on international space law. The treaty was a progressive step to make space travel a peaceful endeavour by stating 'space and celestial bodies cannot be appropriated by a nation’.
Solar System's Turbulent Formation Quickly Gave Way to Current Planetary Configuration
Model developed by Brazilian researchers shows chaotic phase that placed objects in current orbits beginning within first 100 million years after formation of giant planets.
The hypothesis that the Solar System was born from a gigantic cloud of gas and dust was first floated in the second half of the eighteenth century. It was proposed by German philosopher Immanuel Kant and developed by French mathematician Pierre-Simon de Laplace. It is now a consensus among astronomers. Thanks to the enormous amount of observational data, theoretical input, and computational resources now available, it has been continually refined, but this is not a linear process.
Gamasutra - Press Releases- Explore strange planets and terrible dangers in Galaxy of Pen & Paper
Plug in Digital and Behold Studios are pleased to announce the release of Galaxy of Pen & Paper™ on April 8th. Preorders open today.
This third opus will be available on Play Station 4 , Nintendo Switch and Xbox One , and will come with a bundle containing all of the opuses of Pen & Paper series.
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Galaxy of Pen & Paper is a turn-based RPG that takes the pen and paper games of your childhood and launches them into space . Set in the year 1999, a group of friends brave the perils of a strange new galaxy , armed with dice and unique skill sets .
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Victoria Kolanski’s “Let’s Not Ruin the Planet for the
Ten years. The progress accomplished in the next ten years will pave the way for the future of our planet. We have ten years to reverse the damage we have done and establish new hope for the future of this beautiful planet we call home. We humans rely on the Earth to survive in so many ways. But the climate of the Earth is changing. Some continue to believe that climate change is simply a natural cycle of the Earth and something that should not be a concern.
In 2015, 195 countries and the UN negotiated and signed the Paris Agreement. The US, among the 195 countries, "submitted a pledge to cut emissions by 26%-28% relative to 1990 levels by 2025. In 2017, however, the federal government announced its intent to withdraw from the agreement after a new administration took office (Paris). Besides the brief Paris Agreement, the United States has made no positive actions towards reversing the effects of high CO2 emissions.
Can You Answer These Real Jeopardy! Clues About Earth? – 24/7 Wall St.
Many people are spending most if not all of their time indoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and they're going to need activities to beat the boredom. Luckily, technology allows for virtual gatherings, which people can use to play one of the most beloved games in American television history.
“Jeopardy!” premiered in 1964 as a daytime TV show. Due to its growing popularity, it was moved to primetime television in 1984 and Alex Trebek took over as host. During the show, three contestants battle it out in trivia while answering clues from different categories. They can vary wildly – from basics like history and geography to more odd ones like “Slowly I turned” or “Impostor!”
Why we'll succeed in saving the planet from climate change
My mother's brown hair is long and parted in the center. She is sewing a eucalyptus seedpod to a dress made of pale green drapery fabric, laughing with her friends. She is 19 years old.
It is February 1970, a few months before the first Earth Day, and students at San Jose State College in California are throwing a "Survival Faire," during which they plan to bury a brand-new yellow Ford Maverick. The Maverick and all combustion engines are to be declared dead because they belch pollutants that have helped create vile, ground-hugging smog in San Jose and cities around the world.
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