Event: 401Gives to Frosty Drew
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Wed, Apr 1, 2026 6:00 am - 11:30 pm
This is the day that Rhode Island gives to local non-profit organizations that are making a difference in our communities. Help Frosty Drew attain its goal for a fabulous 2026!- By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
- On: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:21:18 EDT
Réunion Island Lava Reaches the Sea
Reported by NASA
The February 2026 eruption at Piton de la Fournaise has lasted longer and produced a larger volume of lava than recent eruptions from this frequently active volcano....
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:01 +0000
Liftoff! NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Artemis Moon Mission
Reported by NASA
Spurred by American ingenuity, astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission are in flight, preparing for the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Spa...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:44 +0000
The Largest Survey of Exoplanet Spins Confirms a Long-held Theory
Reported by Universe Today
For some time, astronomers have theorized that there is a connection between planetary mass and rotation. Using the W.M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawai'i, a team of astronomers confirmed this relationship by studying dozens of gas giants and brown dwa...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:01 +0000
Scouring TESS Data With AI Reveals A Hundred New Exoplanets
Reported by Universe Today
New AI tool validates over 100 new planets, finds thousands of candidates, and gives our best estimate for how likely it is to find certain planets around Sun-like stars....
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:18 +0000
Exploding Primordial Black Holes Might Have Reshaped the Early Universe - And Created All Matter As We Know It
Reported by Universe Today
The early universe is absolutely so far outside our understanding of how the world works it's hard to describe in words. Back then, the cosmos wasn’t filled with stars and galaxies but with a boiling soup of quarks and gluons, with a few microscopic blac...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:23 +0000