8 March
1979: On 8 March 1979, Volcanoes were discovered on Io, a moon of Jupiter.
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2004: On 9 March 2004, astronomers working with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope unveiled the deepest portrait of the visible Universe ever achieved.
Called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), the million-second-long exposure reveals the first galaxies to emerge from the so-called 'dark ages', the time shortly after the 'Big Bang' when the first stars reheated the cold, dark Universe. The new image should offer unprecedented insights into what types of objects reheated the Universe long ago.
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7 March
1996: On 7 March 1996, the first surface photos of Pluto were released.
6 March
1989: On 6 March 1989, ESA's Meteosat 4 launched from Kourou, French Guiana.
5 March
2003: On 5 March 2003, the inauguration ceremony took place for the European Space Agency’s first deep space ground station in New Norcia, 150 kilometres north of Perth, Australia.
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