EarthSky News - March 5 - Top Stories This Week

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March guide to the bright planets This month, 4 of the 5 bright planets - Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Mercury - are in the evening sky. Saturn is still a morning planet, for now. SpaceX to send 2 people around moon Two individuals offered to pay for a flight around the moon and back. Astronauts' brains change shape in space MRIs show that astronauts' brains compress and expand in space. World's oldest microfossils in Canada New discovery provides direct evidence of one of Earth's oldest life forms. Storm chasers honor Bill Paxton Amazing tribute - stretching across Tornado Alley - honors Twister star Bill Paxton, who died a week ago. Jupiter abstract This gorgeous image isn't a painting. It's a photo by the Juno spacecraft. See it! Last night's moon hides Aldebaran The occultation by the moon of Aldebaran - brightest star in Taurus the Bull - was visible from North America. Great set of photos here from the EarthSky community. Tonight and next few evenings … Moon and Winter Circle Look at the stars around the moon, and you can pick out the Winter Circle, a very large star pattern made of very bright stars.

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Moon and Winter Circle next few evenings Look at the stars around the moon, and you can pick out the Winter Circle, a very large star pattern made of very bright stars.

See it! Last night's moon hides Aldebaran The occultation by the moon of Aldebaran - brightest star in Taurus the Bull - was visible from North America. Great set of photos here from the EarthSky community. This one is from Gowrishankar Lakshminarayanan in upstate New York. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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