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• 22 Mar 2025 (12 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  21-03-2025 23:45
  
  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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• Is Netflix's 'The Electric State' a sci-fi retelling of 'The Wizard of Oz'?

  21-03-2025 23:00 via space.com
  
  Both "The Electric State" and "The Wizard of Oz" latch onto the themes of family, home, tolerance, identity and the interconnectedness of the individuals we share our lives with.
  
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• 22 Mar 2025 (13 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  21-03-2025 22:58
  
  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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• China now has a 'kill mesh' in orbit, Space Force vice chief says

  21-03-2025 22:00 via space.com
  
  "That capability gap is significantly narrowed, and we've got to change the way we're looking at space, or that capability gap may reverse and not be in our favor anymore."
  
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• 22 Mar 2025 (14 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  21-03-2025 21:35
  
  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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• 22 Mar 2025 (15 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  21-03-2025 21:03
  
  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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• How the James Webb Space Telescope is helping size up tiny dwarf planets

  21-03-2025 21:00 via space.com
  
  A new model that incorporates data gathered by the JWST could help scientists understand the composition and mass of objects in the distant Kuiper Belt and beyond.
  
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• Into the deep (field) with ESA's Euclid 'dark universe' telescope: Space photo of the day

  21-03-2025 20:55 via space.com
  
  Many galaxies are visible in this deep field exposure, and its just a part of a larger mosaic, zoomed in 16 times.
  
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• Why I'm going to New Brunswick, Canada, to see next week's 'sunrise' solar eclipse

  21-03-2025 20:00 via space.com
  
  Home to the world's highest tides and biggest lobsters, New Brunswick will experience a partial solar eclipse at sunrise on March 29, 2025. For one eclipse-chaser, it's the ultimate moon-shot.
  
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• 22 Mar 2025 (16 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  21-03-2025 19:37
  
  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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• This solar filter attaches to your telescope, camera lens or spotting scope for safe eclipse viewing. With a 15% discount, grab it now in time for this month's solar event

  21-03-2025 19:12 via space.com
  
  Celestron EclipSmart Safe Solar Eclipse filter is ideal for viewing the eclipse safely with a telescope or DLSR camera
  
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• Next month NASA's Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that's been waiting 150 million years to say hello

  21-03-2025 19:00 via space.com
  
  NASA's Lucy spacecraft will soon travel by asteroid Donaldjohanson, which formed roughly 150 million years ago.
  
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• 22 Mar 2025 (17 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  21-03-2025 18:32
  
  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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• New research on 'Death Star' that looks like a cosmic pinwheel reduces gamma-ray burst threat to Earth

  21-03-2025 18:00 via space.com
  
  The cosmic pinwheel that astronomers feared could one day shower Earth with lethal gamma rays may not be as dangerous as once thought.
  
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• 22 Mar 2025 (18 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  21-03-2025 17:45
  
  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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• Saturn's rings will 'disappear' this weekend. Here's why this phenomenon happens in cycles

  21-03-2025 17:00 via space.com
  
  Saturn's iconic rings will seemingly "disappear" from view this weekend as they align edge-on with Earth for the first time since 2009.
  
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• Saturn's iconic rings will 'disappear' this weekend. Here's why

  21-03-2025 17:00 via space.com
  
  Saturn's iconic rings will seemingly "disappear" from view this weekend as they align edge-on with Earth for the first time since 2009.
  
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• 22 Mar 2025 (19 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  21-03-2025 16:35
  
  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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• Upcoming Marvel Phase 6 movies & TV shows: The Fantastic Four, Avengers: Doomsday & more

  21-03-2025 16:00 via space.com
  
  Marvel's Thunderbolts will close out phase 5, but the MCU will continue into late 2025 and beyond with these highly-anticipated movies and shows.
  
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• 22 Mar 2025 (20 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  21-03-2025 15:55
  
  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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• Apollo 10, Soyuz capsule among artifacts moving to new space gallery in London

  21-03-2025 15:00 via space.com
  
  The spacesuit worn by the first Briton in space, the Soyuz that brought the first UK astronaut back to Earth and the only Apollo capsule to be on display outside the U.S. will soon be on the move.
  
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• 22 Mar 2025 (21 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  21-03-2025 14:44
  
  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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• Get your monthly sci-fi hit with our Watch This Space entertainment newsletter

  21-03-2025 14:30 via space.com
  
  We are far too proud of the name of this one.
  
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• 22 Mar 2025 (22 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  21-03-2025 14:05
  
  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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• Stellar nursery sparkles at the edge of our galaxy in gorgeous Hubble Telescope image

  21-03-2025 14:00 via space.com
  
  The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284, is an immense region of gas and dust that fuels new star formation. It lacks elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, much like the environment of the early universe.
  
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• 22 Mar 2025 (23 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  21-03-2025 12:34
  
  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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• What happened to all the water on Mars? Here's why the debate continues

  21-03-2025 11:00 via space.com
  
  The Mars water debate continues. A team of scientists suggests vast oceans of water may not be locked within the Red Planet's crust, despite InSight lander data.
  
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• Cosmic 'tornadoes' rage around the heart of the Milky Way and its supermassive black hole

  21-03-2025 10:00 via space.com
  
  Astronomers have discovered filaments of matter swirling tornado-like around the heart of the Milky Way, home to the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*.
  
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• 25 Mar 2025 (4 days away): Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner passes perihelion

  21-03-2025 01:14
  
  Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner makes its closest approach to the Sun.
  
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• 25 Mar 2025 (4 days away): 1 Ceres at aphelion

  21-03-2025 01:14
  
  1 Ceres passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun.
  
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• 24 Mar 2025 (3 days away): Mercury at inferior solar conjunction

  21-03-2025 01:14
  
  Mercury passes around the near side of the Sun.
  
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• 23 Mar 2025 (2 days away): Venus at inferior solar conjunction

  21-03-2025 01:14
  
  Venus passes around the near side of the Sun.
  
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• 23 Mar 2025 (2 days away): Saturn ring plane crossing

  21-03-2025 01:14
  
  Saturn's seasons are changing, making its rings appear edge-on from the Earth.
  
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• 22 Mar 2025 (Tomorrow): Moon at Last Quarter

  21-03-2025 01:14
  
  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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