An illustration of potential plants on an alien planet that orbits two suns.
Mark Garlick
(Inside Science) -- This March, we take a look at images of space that echo the signs of spring we’re starting to see in the Northern Hemisphere. From budding potential life on other worlds, to a butterfly-shaped galaxy filled with young stars, these images evoke life and energy found in the most distant corners of the universe.
NRAO/AUI/NSF/Composite by Jayanne English, University of Manitoba; F. Schinzel et al.; NRAO/AUI/NSF; DRAO/Canadian Galactic Plane Survey; and NASA/IRAS.
The Moon passes four bright planets this week, one by one. And as Venus wanes to a thinner but ever larger crescent, can you detect its tiny crescent shape in twilight with your unaided eyes?
