[Thursday, March 5, 2009] Gases rising from deep within the Earth are fueling the world's highest-known microbial ecosystems, which have been detected near the rim of the 19,850-foot-high Socompa volcano in the Andes by a University of Colorado at Boulder research team

[Friday, March 6, 2009] The Delta II rocket carrying the Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft lifted off on time at 10:49 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

[Thursday, March 12, 2009] Using NASA's Spitzer Telescope, an international research team has found evidence that some stars in the center of the Milky Way galaxy have both carbon and oxygen in the dust that surrounds them, a rare combination in galactic dust.

[Tuesday, March 17, 2009] NASA scientists analyzing the dust of meteorites have discovered new clues to a long-standing mystery about how life works on its most basic, molecular level.

[Wednesday, March 18, 2009] Salty, liquid water has been detected on a leg of the Mars Phoenix Lander and therefore could be present at other locations on the planet, according to analysis by a group of mission scientists led by a University of Michigan professor.

[Thursday, March 19, 2009] NASA will post online nine names that are finalists for the agency's Mars Science Laboratory mission and invite the public to vote for its favorite. The non-binding poll to help NASA select a name opens online Monday, March 23.

[Thursday, March 19, 2009] Does a twin Earth exist somewhere in our galaxy? Astronomers are getting closer and closer to finding an Earth-size planet in an Earth-like orbit.

[Tuesday, March 24, 2009] "Fly me to the moon" - to Saturn's moon Titan, that is. New Titan movies and images are providing a bird's-eye view of the moon's Earth-like landscapes.

[Tuesday, March 24, 2009] Astronauts working outside the ISS used a device to detect how biological material may be spread in space. The experiment is a critical step in developing procedures to monitor and mitigate biological contamination in future missions to other worlds.

[Wednesday, March 25, 2009] Fortunately, it wasn't large enough to require intervention by Bruce Willis, but asteroid 2008 TC3 is the first space rock to have been spotted before it crashed to Earth

[Friday, March 27, 2009] The following Twitter posts were made by Dale Andersen from McGill Arctic Research Station (MARS) on Axel Heiberg Island on 27 March 2009:

[Saturday, March 28, 2009] I got an email from Dale Andersen telling me to get on Skype. Dale is currently working at the McGill Arctic Research Station (MARS) on Axel Heiberg Island. Within a few moments we had an amazingly good connection with excellent picture quality.

[Monday, March 30, 2009] The first Moon flower will become a reality when private lunar expedition partners Odyssey Moon and Paragon Space Development Corporation deliver a biological greenhouse to the lunar surface.