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• Mercury re-rising: Stoke Space to balance past and future at historic Florida launch pad

  10-03-2023 23:02 via space.com
  
  Launch Complex 14 (LC-14), the long-retired launch pad where John Glenn lifted off to become to the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth, has been allocated to Stoke Space.
  
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• NASA's Ingenuity helicopter captures breathtaking shot of Martian sunset (photo)

  10-03-2023 21:00 via space.com
  
  NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter recently took to the skies for its 45th flight, traveling nearly one-third of a mile (0.5 kilometers) — and photographing a Red Planet sunset in the process.
  
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• Say goodbye to winter stars and watch the night sky transition to spring this month

  10-03-2023 20:00 via space.com
  
  The sky is in transition throughout March as we watch the glorious wintertime stars and bright constellations give way to the somewhat dimmer stars of spring.
  
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• Boom! Japanese astronomer catches meteorite smashing into the moon (video)

  10-03-2023 19:00 via space.com
  
  Japanese astronomer Daichi Fujii captured the telltale flash of a meteorite impacting the moon, causing a brief flash on our celestial neighbor's nightside.
  
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• SpaceX Crew-5 and Crew-6 astronaut mission: Live updates

  10-03-2023 17:07 via space.com
  
  Read the latest news about SpaceX's Crew-5 and Crew-6 missions to the International Space Station for NASA.
  
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• SpaceX, NASA targeting March 14 for next cargo launch to space station

  10-03-2023 16:30 via space.com
  
  SpaceX will launch its next cargo mission to the International Space Station next Tuesday (March 14), if all goes according to plan.
  
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• Mandalore: Everything you need to know about the Mandalorian home planet

  10-03-2023 16:02 via space.com
  
  Now we're finally getting to see Mandalore in live-action in The Mandalorian season 3, here's everything you should know about the Mandalorian home planet.
  
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• Hubble Space Telescope images increasingly affected by Starlink satellite streaks

  10-03-2023 16:00 via space.com
  
  Starlink satellite streaks have been found spoiling Hubble Space Telescope images, and the situation is only bound to get worse, a new study has revealed.
  
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• Earth spouts 'biosignatures' into space, hinting that other life-bearing worlds may do the same

  10-03-2023 15:00 via space.com
  
  Forms of oxygen created by living organisms can be found in space around our planet, a new study has revealed, hinting at a potential new method for tracing life on exoplanets.
  
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• 'Starfield' release date confirmed! Bethesda's epic space game launches Sept. 6

  10-03-2023 13:32 via space.com
  
  Bethesda Softworks announces the official release date for their long-delayed "Starfield" RPG. It launches on Sept. 6.
  
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• Newly discovered asteroid the size of a swimming pool has a 1-in-600 chance of colliding with Earth, NASA says

  10-03-2023 12:00 via space.com
  
  The newly discovered asteroid 2023 DW could collide with Earth in February 2046, although the odds of an impact are low.
  
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• A comet coming in 2024 could outshine the stars - if we're lucky

  10-03-2023 12:00 via space.com
  
  A comet recently discovered zooming through our solar system has the potential to be quite bright when it arrives late in 2024, but comets have let us down before.
  
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• 19 Mar 2023 (9 days away): The Moon at perigee

  10-03-2023 01:11 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon makes its monthly closest approach to the Earth, making it appear fractionally larger than at other times of the month.
  
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• 17 Mar 2023 (7 days away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  10-03-2023 01:11 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• 15 Mar 2023 (5 days away): γ-Normid meteor shower 2023

  10-03-2023 01:11 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The γ-Normid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 15 Mar 2023 (5 days away): Neptune at solar conjunction

  10-03-2023 01:11 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Neptune is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next.
  
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• 15 Mar 2023 (5 days away): Moon at Last Quarter

  10-03-2023 01:11 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 13 Mar 2023 (3 days away): Lunar occultation of Delta Scorpii

  10-03-2023 01:11 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Delta Scorpii (Dschubba), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including New Zealand, Fiji, French Polynesia and Samoa amongst others.
  
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• 19 Mar 2023 (10 days away): The Moon at perigee

  10-03-2023 00:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon makes its monthly closest approach to the Earth, making it appear fractionally larger than at other times of the month.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (9 days ago): The Wishing Well cluster is well placed

  10-03-2023 00:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Wishing Well open star cluster (NGC 3532; mag 3.0) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (8 days ago): The Wishing Well cluster is well placed

  10-03-2023 00:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Wishing Well open star cluster (NGC 3532; mag 3.0) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (7 days ago): The Wishing Well cluster is well placed

  10-03-2023 00:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Wishing Well open star cluster (NGC 3532; mag 3.0) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (6 days ago): The Wishing Well cluster is well placed

  10-03-2023 00:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Wishing Well open star cluster (NGC 3532; mag 3.0) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (5 days ago): The Wishing Well cluster is well placed

  10-03-2023 00:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Wishing Well open star cluster (NGC 3532; mag 3.0) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (4 days ago): The Wishing Well cluster is well placed

  10-03-2023 00:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Wishing Well open star cluster (NGC 3532; mag 3.0) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (3 days ago): The Wishing Well cluster is well placed

  10-03-2023 00:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Wishing Well open star cluster (NGC 3532; mag 3.0) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (2 days ago): The Wishing Well cluster is well placed

  10-03-2023 00:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Wishing Well open star cluster (NGC 3532; mag 3.0) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (10 days ago): The Wishing Well cluster is well placed

  10-03-2023 00:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Wishing Well open star cluster (NGC 3532; mag 3.0) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 17 Mar 2023 (8 days away): Mercury at superior solar conjunction

  10-03-2023 00:09 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (Yesterday): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (9 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (8 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (8 days ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (7 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (7 days ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (6 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (6 days ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (50 minutes ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (5 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (5 days ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (4 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (4 days ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (35 minutes ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (3 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (3 days ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (23 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (22 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (21 minutes ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (21 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 09 Mar 2023 (20 hours ago): The Moon at aphelion

  10-03-2023 00:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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