March 27 - What Happened Before the Big Bang?

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What happened before the Big Bang? How can we get an inkling of what existed before our universe began? Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics suggest a way. Read more. What we're reading   A return to the moon in 5 years? Via Alan Boyle at GeekWire … At yesterday's meeting of the National Space Council at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, VP Mike Pence called for American astronauts to return to the moon in 5 years, laying down a challenge comparable to the 1960s Space Race. Read more. Plus ... a wandering planet Jupiter's 700,000-year journey toward the sun Scientists in Sweden say that Jupiter - largest planet in our solar system - formed 4 times farther away from the sun than its current orbit. They believe it moved inward towards the sun in a journey lasting 700,000 years. Read more.

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Before sunup … Moon, Jupiter, Saturn On Thursday morning, you'll find the moon approaching Saturn. The ringed planet is fainter than Jupiter, but as bright as our sky's brightest stars. Read more about planets before sunup.

SOHO looks at equinox sun Here are 4 views of the sun, taken by the SOHO solar observatory last week, on the morning of the 2019 March equinox. Read more. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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