A newly discovered interstellar comet makes it closest approach to Earth, a best-selling children’s author plans to release 50 new books, and the history of the first digital camera are a few of the interesting stories I’ve read and enjoyed in the past month.
I hope you enjoy them, too!
What I Found Interesting
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If you like stargazing and the night sky, consider getting up early December 19 to view the pre-dawn sky.
Only discovered in summer 2025, Comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth this week.
What’s so fascinating about this particular comet?
It’s only the third object in history to be spotted in our solar system that we know has traveled here from outside of our region.
You’ll need a telescope to view the comet, scanning east to northeast. Find the comet underneath Regulus, a star in the constellation Leo.
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I remember my transition from a film camera to digital camera. But I doubt I would have made the transition if I had to hold a digital camera the size of a toaster!
Wonderful story to read about the first handheld digital camera developed in 1975 by young Eastman Kodak electrical engineer Steve Sasson.
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I’ve lived in Michigan my entire life. And only learned this week that hydrologically Lake Huron and Lake Michigan (two of the Great Lakes) are considered one lake.
Huron and Michigan are hydrologically a single lake because the flow of water through the straits keeps their water levels in overall equilibrium.
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These hopeful images of 2025 show some of the kindness, joy, and caring in the world around us.
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At 80 years old and living with dementia and Parkinson’s, prolific best-selling children’s author Robert Munsch plans to release about 50 new books after his death.
Munsch’s books have sold over 90 million copies in North America and have been translated into 50 languages worldwide.
His Love You Forever book was one of my favorite books to read with my son.
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Australia is on track to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035. Screening and vaccination programs have been key in achieving results.
Under Australia’s National Immunisation Program, “…Gardasil vaccine to protect against human papillomavirus (HPV) is offered for free to people aged 9–25 years.”
In 2021, for the first time since recordkeeping began in 1982, no cervical cancer cases were diagnosed in women under the age of 25.
