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Event: Stargazing Nights

Event: Stargazing Nights

Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events

When: Fri, May 9, 2025 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Welcome to the Frosty Drew Observatory Stargazing Nights! Tonight we will open the Observatory, Science Center and Sky Theatre at 8:30 offering fabulous astronomy experiences. Read about it....
  • By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
  • On: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:21:25 EDT

Old Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 is falling: Details here!

Reported by Space | EarthSky

An old Soviet spacecraft - Kosmos 482 - that has been orbiting Earth for 53 years will reenter our atmosphere as early as May 9, 2025. Updates here. The post Old Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 is falling: Details here! first appeared on EarthSky....
  • By: Space | EarthSky
  • On: Thu, 08 May 2025 21:30 +0000

NASA Astronaut Anne McClain Works on Space Station

Reported by NASA

In this May 1, 2025, photo taken by fellow NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain works near one of the International Space Station’s main solar arrays during a spacewalk. During the May 1 spacewalk – McClain’s third and Ayers’ first – th...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Thu, 08 May 2025 20:14 +0000

NASA Earns Two Emmy Nominations for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Coverage

Reported by NASA

NASA’s coverage of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse has earned two nominations for the 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominations on May 1, recognizing NASA’s outstandin...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Thu, 08 May 2025 17:01 +0000

NASA Telescopes Tune Into a Black Hole Prelude, Fugue

Reported by NASA

NASA released three new pieces of cosmic sound Thursday that are associated with the densest and darkest members of our universe: black holes. These scientific productions are sonifications — or translations into sound — of data collected by NASA teles...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Thu, 08 May 2025 15:40 +0000

Sols 4532-4533: Polygon Heaven

Reported by NASA

Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, Planetary Geologist at University of New Brunswick Earth planning date: Monday, May 5, 2025 Our 29-meter weekend drive (about 95 feet) was successful, and we are still in the band of polygon-rich bedrock. The origin...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Thu, 08 May 2025 14:40 +0000