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Archive for March 28th, 2021

How can some planets be hotter than stars? We’ve started to unravel the mystery.

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Until the early 2000s, the only known planets were located in our own neighborhood, the Solar System.

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How asteroid dust helped us prove life’s raw ingredients can evolve in outer space

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Scientists have long known that certain ingredients are needed to support life, especially water and key organic chemicals like carbon.

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On This Day in Space! March 28, 1963: Last test flight of NASA’s Saturn 1 rocket booster

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On March 28, 1963, NASA launched the first stage booster of its new Saturn 1 rocket on a fourth and final test flight. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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The Paschal full moon of 2021 rises tonight to make way for Easter

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Palm Sunday, March 28 brings us the first full moon of the new spring season: the Paschal full moon.

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Legacy of shattered alien-seeking Arecibo telescope will live on for millions of years

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Arecibo Observatory’s collapse on Dec. 1, 2020 was a devastating blow for science, but its decades of observations will inform research for years to come.

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