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The phenomenon of the sky becomes an interesting thing to witness to accompany your boredom at home. For those of you who like to watch the phenomena of the sky this month, please note what phenomena are present in this month and when is the date. 1. Occultation of Mars by the Moon: August 3 Explained by amateur astronomer Marufin Sudibyo that occultation is an eclipse-like event in which a celestial body appears to cover another celestial body viewed from the Earth, a special aspect of conjunction events. "Mars opposition by the Moon will occur for an average of 1 hour on Monday, August 3, 2020, depending on its location," Marufin told Kompas.com, Saturday (1/8/2020). Also Read: Rarely Occur, Researchers Find Two Meteorites in Two Weeks The only regions that can see the occultation of Mars by the Moon are parts of South America and Antarctica. The rest of the Earth's surface will only see Mars very close to the Moon. 2. Triple conjunctions: August 1-3 ...

Scientists in China have managed to unearth fossil evidence from creatures such as 512 million years old worms that limit the growth of marine intervertebrates — providing the earliest evidence of a parasitic relationship. The ancient organism is kleptoparasite - meaning it takes food from its host. Etching from tubular animals is well preserved in brachiopod fossils in Maotianshan Shales, a paleontological spot in Yunnan province, Southwest China. The creature lived during the Cambrian period, a time when life had not colonized dry land. Microscopic plants, microbes, and intervertebrates with exo skeletons including trilobites and arthropods, are some of the dominant forms of marine life, along with shell organisms known as brachiopods. Also Read: The Oldest and Largest Monument of Mayan Relic Revealed Research researchers, published in the journal Nature, argue that the emergence of such parasites contributes to the so-called "Cambrian eruption", the event of th...