<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/community/planetarium/bakersfield-night-sky/2024/0303.html" dsn="news"><featured/><title>March 3, 2024</title><item_date>02/26/2024 12:32:24 PM</item_date><author>Nick Strobel</author><description/><image><img src="/_resources/assets/img/news/bakersfield-night-sky/march-03-2024-BNS-h.jpg" alt="Early March at 5 AM looking southeast and Inset: mid-March at 7 PM looking west-southwest"/></image><tags><tag>2024</tag><tag>bns</tag></tags><content_summary>March is named after the Roman god of war, Mars, and the William M Thomas Planetarium is celebrating the month of Mars with our two Mars future missions shows “Mars 1001” and “Destination Mars” being shown on March 7 and 14, respectively. See the...</content_summary></item>