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Apart from twin comets’ flyby of earth, there is another reason to observe sky this week: penumbral lunar eclipse pairing with bright Jupiter.

The moon will enter earth’s shadow in the morning of Wednesday and lead to a penumbral eclipse. People in the East Coast will be able to observe the celestial event with a very bright Jupiter that is scheduled to appear with the moon on Tuesday night.

During the eclipse, residents of the central and western US will see a slightly darkened moon. Other regions of the globe, such as Asia, Australia and Pacific will also be able to catch the glimpse of this special sky event, said Fred Espenak, who is an eclipse expert.

A number of studies have highlighted the threat of climate change to coastal cities and dry areas around the globe, but a new research suggests that French vineyards are enjoying the earth’s rising temperature. But how?

Dramatic rise in earth’s temperature is having an effect on the way grapes are grown and harvested, as per the study. This affect is altering the taste of French wine and making it even better, it added.

During to the increased global warming, wine manufacturers are harvesting wines roughly two weeks earlier than in the past. In wine industry, early harvesting means good quality wine. The rising temperature may be good news for French wine today, but it will not be able to maintain this wine taste forever, study researchers speculated.

As part of its Mars exploration initiative, American space agency NASA has released a new gravity map of the red planet that is believed to have the potential of providing minutest and most detailed look of the planet’s unforeseen interiors. The improved resolution may help scientists crack certain mysteries associated with various regions of the planet that still continue to perplex humans.

The gravity maps play the same role in scanning the inside of a planet as a doctor does while conducting an X-ray to see the close organ details of a patient, said Antonio Genova from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in a NASA press release.

Sky gazers have focused their telescopes towards the sky in the search of twin comets that will make a historic flyby of earth. One of the tiny comets, Comet 252P/LINEAR, has already zoomed past earth at a safe distance of 3.3 million miles from us on Monday, while the second is scheduled to whiz past on Tuesday.

On Tuesday at around 7:30 am, Comet P/2016 BA14 will be just 2.2 million miles away while passing close to earth. It will be the third closest comet flyby in history, as per astronomers.

Astronomers and space agency have already said that the two space objects will not pose any harm to people on earth, but they may help scientists know more about comets. It will be an opportunity for astronomers to understand what these space objects actually are.

Undoubtedly, rate of planet-warming carbon dioxide is increasing at an alarming rate. A study has suggested that today’s carbon-release rate is highest since dinosaur era. In other words, we are releasing carbon into the planet’s oceans and atmosphere faster than in the past many decades.

Today, the release rate of carbon dioxide (CO2) is roughly 10 times faster than an event some 56 million years ago when earth had extreme warming temperature, as per the study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience. The new figure should be taken as a warning for how much climate change may affect earth and earthlings in coming times, the study added.

The students of middle school students who take breakfast at school, even after eating breakfast at home, have less chances of becoming overweight or obese in comparison to students who don’t eat breakfast at all.

The results have added to the going on debate on policy efforts to boost the number of children who get daily school breakfasts. Earlier research had shown that food consumption in the morning is linked to enhanced academic performance, improved health, and healthy body weight for children.

However, there has been a fear that a second breakfast at school after eating breakfast at home may increase the child’s vulnerability to unhealthy weight gain. In fact, breakfast packed with proteins helps teenagers cut calories.