To the left of Castor and Pollux lies the constellation Cancer, the crab, the core of which plays host to the 100-strong stellar population of the Beehive Cluster (M44), which is visible as a small, misty patch of light on moonless nights.
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Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
19 Mar. 2026
Other images similarly mix the romantic and the mundane, with glamorous students in front of kitschy backdrops of misty woodlands or positioned between towering candelabras.
After a rainy Easter Sunday in Maryland, temperatures will drop below normal for the next few days.
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Rachael Jay,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
The mighty tiny shellear from Africa The shellear fish (Parakneria thysi) begins its ascent up the vertical wall of the falls in the splash zone at the end of the rainy season (April-May).
—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Apr. 2026
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