Event: Stargazing Nights
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Fri, Mar 29, 2024 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Welcome to the Frosty Drew Observatory Stargazing Nights! Tonight we will open the Observatory, Science Center and Sky Theatre at 8:00 offering fabulous astronomy experiences. Read about it....- By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
- On: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 12:50:50 EST
Lunar Night Permanently Ends the Odysseus Mission
Reported by Universe Today
On February 15th, Intuitive Machines (IM) launched its first Nova-C class spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. On February 22nd, the spacecraft – codenamed Odysseus (or “Odie”) – became the ...
- By: Universe Today
- On: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 23:17 +0000
Webb Joins the Hunt for Protoplanets
Reported by Universe Today
We can’t understand what we can’t clearly see. That fact plagues scientists who study how planets form. Planet formation happens inside a thick, obscuring disk of gas and dust. But when it comes to seeing through that dust to where nascent plan...
- By: Universe Today
- On: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 20:45 +0000
This Supernova Lit Up the Sky in 1181. Here’s What it Looks Like Now
Reported by Universe Today
Historical astronomical records from China and Japan recorded a supernova explosion in the year 1181. It was in the constellation Cassiopeia and it shone as bright as the star Vega for 185 days. Modern astronomers took their cue from their long-gone counte...
- By: Universe Today
- On: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:18 +0000
Hubble Sees a Star About to Ignite
Reported by Universe Today
This is an image of the FS Tau multi-star system taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The bright object at the nebula's heart is FS Tau A, a newly ignited T Tauri star, but its companion on the right side, FS Tau B, hasn't ignited yet. It's still in the pr...
- By: Universe Today
- On: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:51 +0000
This Black Hole is a Total Underachiever
Reported by Universe Today
Anyone can be an underachiever, even if you’re an astronomical singularity weighing over four billion times the mass of the Sun. At least the quasar H1821+643 doesn’t have parents to be disappointed in it. But its underachievement could shed li...
- By: Universe Today
- On: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:57 +0000