You might have seen an interesting phrase popping up in your social media feeds lately: “Chiron is in retrograde.” If you’re anything like me, you’ve never heard of Chiron before – and I’m a professional astronomer. So what is Chiron, and what does it mean to be in retrograde? The short answer is that Chiron is an asteroid-slash-comet orbiting somewhere …
Read More »Indiana Fever point guards Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald sustained season-ending injuries Thursday night in a 95-60 road loss to the Phoenix Mercury. The Fever announced Friday that Colson tore the ACL in her left knee, and McDonald broke a bone in her right foot. Advertisement Since star Caitlin Clark is still sidelined with a right groin issue, Indiana currently …
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article PHOENIX – 18-year-old Kaden Lopez was arrested while at a Phoenix Mercury game after police say he threw a sex toy toward the seats in front of him, hitting a man and his niece. What we know: The Aug. 5 incident was captured on video, police say, showing a “green dildo” hitting a man and his 9-year-old niece. “Video …
Read More »Caitlin Clark’s team in the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game just lost a starter. Phoenix Mercury forward Satou Sabally announced via Instagram on Wednesday that she will not play Saturday as she tries to return from an ankle injury. She said she would still be in Indianapolis on Thursday to take part in CBA negotiations as talks with the WNBA continue. …
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CNN — Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would make them the first identified fragments of the solar system’s innermost planet. The least studied and most mysterious of the solar system’s rocky planets, Mercury is so close to the sun that exploring it is difficult even for …
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