March 15 - Pluto Craft's Next Target

March 15 Pluto Craft's Next Target by:

Pluto craft's next target is Ultima Thule New Horizons passed Pluto in 2015. With public input, the mission team has nicknamed the spacecraft's next target - on the fringes of our solar system - Ultima Thule. Why beware the Ides of March? The Ides of March are March 15. We in modern times probably wouldn't know about them, if it weren't for William Shakespeare. Have you seen Venus and Mercury yet? Mercury is still in the same binocular field as brilliant Venus, and both are in the west after sunset. Plus, the moon will soon sweep past them. Hubble finds relic galaxy close to home The Hubble Space Telescope looks at a very rare and odd assemblage of stars that has remained essentially unchanged for the past 10 billion years.

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Where's the moon? Waning crescent Tom Boz in North Wildwood, New Jersey, caught the waning crescent moon of March 14. New moon is March 17. If you see the moon before dawn before then, it'll be a very slender crescent.

Have you seen Venus and Mercury yet? Mercury is still in the same binocular field as brilliant Venus, and both are in the west after sunset. Plus, the moon will soon sweep past them. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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