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Astronomy Picture of the Day

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Satellite Events for Tonight

Discovery of a disintegrating planet with cometlike tail

Reported by Space | EarthSky

Astronomers have discovered a disintegrating planet. It's being roasted by the giant sun it orbits, leaving a long tail behind in its orbit. The post Discovery of a disintegrating planet with cometlike tail first appeared on EarthSky....
  • By: Space | EarthSky
  • On: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 18:28 +0000

First Results from the Eclipse Soundscapes Project: Webinar on May 7

Reported by NASA

How do the sudden darkness and temperature changes of a solar eclipse impact life on Earth? The Eclipse Soundscapes project invited you to document changes in the environment during the week of the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse, using your own senses o...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:52 +0000

Sunshine on Earth

Reported by NASA

The Sun’s glint beams off a partly cloudy Atlantic Ocean just after sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above on March 5, 2025. The space station serves as a unique platform for observing Earth with both hands-on and automate...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:26 +0000

Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System

Reported by NASA

Our solar system has eight planets, and five officially recognized dwarf planets. Which planet is biggest? Which is smallest? What is the order of the planets as we move out from the Sun? This is a simple guide to the sizes of planets based on the equatori...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:04 +0000

Animal That Once Lived With Dinosaurs Helps Keep NASA Kennedy In Balance

Reported by NASA

They’re known as “living fossils”. For over 450 million years, horseshoe crabs have been an ecologically vital part of our planet. They’re one of the few surviving species on Earth dating back to the dinosaurs. At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in F...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:03 +0000

Entrepreneurs Challenge Winner PRISM is Using AI to Enable Insights from Geospatial Data

Reported by NASA

NASA sponsored Entrepreneurs Challenge events in 2020, 2021, and 2023 to invite small business start-ups to showcase innovative ideas and technologies with the potential to advance the agency’s science goals. To potentially leverage external funding sour...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:00 +0000