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The Sun and Moon Today

  • The Sun as seen today from NASA SDO.
  • Waning Crescent 2% phase

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Satellite Events for Tonight

Event: Stargazing Nights

Event: Stargazing Nights

Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events

When: Fri, May 15, 2026 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, 12 Mar 2026 12:32:42 EDT

Picturing Earth in a New Light

Reported by NASA

A recent analysis revealed where artificial light at night has intensified, as well as where it has diminished....
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 15 May 2026 04:00 +0000

We've Been Listening for Ten Years. Here's What We Heard

Reported by Universe Today

For ten years, astronomers at UCLA have been pointing one of the world's most powerful radio telescopes at the stars and listening. Not for pulsars or gas clouds, or the hiss of the cosmic microwave background, but for something far more extraordinary. A s...
  • By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
  • On: Thu, 14 May 2026 22:49 +0000

NASA Draws on Industry for Mars Telecommunications Network

Reported by NASA

On Thursday, NASA issued a Request for Proposal (RFP), seeking industry collaboration for the Mars Telecommunications Network. Reliable, high bandwidth communications is necessary to relay science data, high-definition imagery, and critical information dur...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Thu, 14 May 2026 20:53 +0000

A Cataclysmic Upswelling of Groundwater Carved This Channel on Mars

Reported by Universe Today

Shalbatana Vallis is a 1300 km water channel on Mars. It was carved out in one cataclysmic flooding event, possibly triggered by a massive impact. It's more evidence that liquid water once flowed on Mars....
  • By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
  • On: Thu, 14 May 2026 18:57 +0000

UC Student Gets a Closer Look at Lonely Gas Giant

Reported by Universe Today

University of Cincinnati astrophysicist Paul Smith is part of an international team studying TOI-2031Ab, a gas giant orbiting a star 901 light years from Earth. Smith and his colleagues used the James Webb Space Telescope to study its atmosphere....
  • By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
  • On: Thu, 14 May 2026 18:38 +0000