Frosty Drew Clear Sky Chart

Current seeing conditions at Frosty Drew Observatory

The Sun and Moon Today

  • The Sun as seen today from NASA SDO.
  • Waning Gibbous 59% phase

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Astronomy Picture of the DayIC 342: Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis

Satellite Events for Tonight

Event: Stargazing Nights - CLOSED

Event: Stargazing Nights - CLOSED

Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events

When: Fri, Jan 9, 2026 - CLOSED

Welcome to the Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Stargazing Nights! Tonight we will keep the Observatory, Science Center and Sky Theatre closed due to weather. Read about it....
  • By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
  • On: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:07:06 EDT

Ganges Delta Under a Winter Shroud of Fog

Reported by NASA

Low clouds blanketed the delta while parallel cloud bands rolled over the Bay of Bengal during a January cold wave....
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 09 Jan 2026 05:00 +0000

To Keep Water Liquid, the Red Planet Needed to Freeze

Reported by Universe Today

Mars has a curious past. Rovers have shown unequivocal evidence that liquid water existed on its surface, for probably at least 100 years. But climate models haven’t come up with how exactly that happened with what we currently understand about what the ...
  • By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
  • On: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 20:55 +0000

NASA to Provide Media with International Space Station Update Today

Reported by NASA

NASA will host a live news conference at 5 p.m. EST on Thursday from the agency’s headquarters in Washington to discuss the International Space Station and its crew. On Jan. 7, the agency announced it was postponing a planned spacewalk originally schedul...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:26 +0000

Potentially hazardous asteroid to safely pass Earth Monday

Reported by Space | EarthSky

A potentially hazardous asteroid, 2005 UK1, will safely pass Earth on January 12, 2026. At this time it will be more than 32 times the moon's distance away. The post Potentially hazardous asteroid to safely pass Earth Monday first appeared on EarthSky....
  • By: Space | EarthSky
  • On: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:29 +0000

Best of 2025: Artemis II Countdown Demonstration Test

Reported by NASA

Artemis II crewmembers (left to right) NASA astronauts Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Victor Glover, pilot; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, commander are led by Bill Owens o...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:20 +0000