In the Blue Letter Bible Click on for Treasury of Scripture , or click on underlined reference for a list of commentaries. When Russia's Mir Space Station return to Earth in late March, it will be bringing with it mutated forms of fungus which have developed in the unique environment of the space station for some 15 years. It will splash down in the ocean near New Zealand.
Scientists are concerned about the possible effects of the new strains here on Earth.
The article gives links to Internet sites where you may observe the phenomenon. But the configuration of these eight bodies is more of a rarity. They lined up in a somewhat similar fashion in 1962 and won't do so again until 2675, according to Don Yeomans and Steve Edberg of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. They are on their way to an even bigger gathering of planets in early May, when Mercury and Venus will join them in the same general area of the sky. Unfortunately much of this grand grouping will be obscured by the Sun.