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Andromedids: See a forgotten meteor shower caused by a dead comet this weekend
A colour lithograph from 1877 depicts the Andromedid meteor shower of 1872 Antiqua Print Gallery/Alamy A “lost” meteor shower may surprise skywatchers this weekend, astronomers have found, with the potential for as many as 200 meteors per hour on 2 December. The shower in question is the Andromedids, which is caused by dust and rocks…
Why you don’t need to bother raking up dead leaves from your lawn
Max belchanko/Shutterstock IT IS late autumn where I live in London – a time of year that sees millions of gardeners like me, across the northern hemisphere, donning their thickest jumpers and spending hours raking giant piles of leaves into plastic bags at the end of driveways. In the US alone, nearly 10 million tonnes…