13 March
2003: On 13 March 2003, a mainly European team led by Alfred Vidal-Madjar (Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS, France) reported in Nature the observation of the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet evaporating into space.
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1835: On 14 March 1835, Giovanni Schiaparelli was born.
Schiaparelli was an Italian astronomer who was the Director of the Milan Observatory.
He was the main populariser of the theory that Mars had 'canals'. He also established the connection between the orbits of meteor streams and the orbits of comets.
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12 March
2004: On 12 March 2004, the Sun ejected a spectacular 'eruptive prominence' into the heliosphere. SOHO, the ESA/NASA solar watchdog observatory, faithfully recorded the event.
11 March
2004: On 11 March 2004, the Rosetta Science Working Team made the final selection of the asteroids that ESA's Rosetta will observe at close quarters during its journey to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
10 March
1977: On 10 March 1977, the rings of Uranus were discovered from Earth.
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