EarthSky News - March 8 - Top Stories This Week

March 8 Top Stories This Week

March 2015 guide to the five visible planets  Three of the five visible planets are in good view this month. Venus and Jupiter shine first thing at nightfall. Saturn adorns the late night and predawn sky. How often does a solar eclipse happen on the March equinox?  There's a total solar eclipse coming up at this month's equinox. When is the next one after this, and how often do we get an equinox-eclipse? Dawn spacecraft arrived at Ceres!  Dawn spacecraft made history - first to a dwarf planet, first to orbit two worlds beyond Earth - when it successfully slipped into orbit around Ceres on Friday. Slushy wave off coast of Nantucket  Sure, the ocean freezes. But this photo of partly frozen waves - caught by photographer and surfer Jonathan Nimerfroh - fascinated even the experts. Plus … Use Big Dipper to find Mizar and Alcor  Spot the faint star Alcor next to the star Mizar in the handle of the Big Dipper. Try an EarthSky astronomy kit! Great for beginners.  It'll help you learn the stars.

TODAY'S IMAGE Mars lost an ocean of water to space