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December 3rd will be the last supermoon of 2017. A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon’s perigee. The perigee is the point when the moon’s orbit brings it closest to Earth. Since it is closer than normal, it makes the moon look huge! Don’t forget to look for it this evening!
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Graphene is a sheet of carbon atoms that looks like chicken wire. A pencil mark is made up of many graphene sheets stacked together. Physicists discovered that the atoms in graphene are constantly jiggling around. They hope to develop that motion into unlimited energy! Maybe one day your pencil will power your phone!
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Max the cat liked to sneak into his local Minnesota library any chance he got. The library put up a sign banning Max and a photo of the sign was posted on Twitter. Now everyone wants to know all about Max’s library escapades and are even writing poems about him. Max is an internet celebrity!
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This week it snowed in Hawaii! Mauna Kea, the highest peak on Hawaii’s Big Island, got up to 8 inches of snow. It is more common for the volcanic peaks to get snow than you would think. Mauna Kea actually means White Mountain. I can’t wait to go sledding down a volcano!
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Scientists unearthed 215 fossilized pterosaur eggs in China, including 16 that contained preserved embryos. Pterosaurs were flying vertebrates that lived 120 million years ago in the Cretaceous period. Researchers think the soft-shelled 3 inch long eggs were so well preserved because a flood washed them into the bottom of a lake.
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Studies have shown that when kids spend more time outside, it may lessen the chances of needing glasses! Myopia is nearsightedness, when you can see things up close but need glasses to see things far away. Sunlight, dopamine, vitamin D, and exercise might prevent myopia, even if your parents wear glasses! Now go out and play!
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Hurricane season officially runs from June 1st to November 30th. That means this year’s hurricane season is finally over! After 10 hurricanes in a row, this was one of the most devastating years ever and many people are still rebuilding. At least they don’t get much snow that far south!
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Last year, 12 year-old Syrafina Mohammed became the youngest person to run a 13 mile half marathon in all 50 states. 9 year-old Aiden Jaquez wants to break that record! He plans to finish the 50 States Half Marathon Challenge by the time he’s 11. But Syrafina’s second record will still stand. She did it in less than a year!
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Christmas decorations are causing traffic jams! A family in Connecticut decorated their house with 350,000 Christmas lights, bringing thousands of visitors who disrupted the neighborhood. After neighbors complained, the Halliwells limited the display hours and got police help to direct traffic, and everyone was happier. It’s so nice when people compromise!
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I’m sure many of you have missed school because of snow. But has your school ever closed for lava? In Bali, which is an Indonesian island, Mount Agung has been erupting for the first time in 50 years. It is spewing clouds of ash more than five miles high. Nearby residents are evacuating before an even bigger eruption happens.
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