Event: Stargazing Nights
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Fri, Feb 20, 2026 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Welcome to the Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Stargazing Nights! Tonight we will open the Observatory, Science Center and Sky Theatre at 7:00 offering fabulous astronomy experiences. Read about it....- By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
- On: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:22:18 EDT
John Glenn 1st American in orbit 64 years ago today
Reported by Space | EarthSky
John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth on February 20, 1962, 64 years ago today. His space capsule was called Friendship 7.
The post John Glenn 1st American in orbit 64 years ago today first appeared on EarthSky....
- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:30 +0000
Searching Out Missing Links in Galaxy Evolution
Reported by Universe Today
How do galaxies evolve? When did they start forming? Those are questions astronomers and cosmologists are working to answer. The standard path includes early bright starforming activity, a middle age, and then a quiescent old age where they stop making sta...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:26 +0000
Winds Whip Up Fires and Dust on the Southern Plains
Reported by NASA
Dry, gusty conditions spurred fast-growing fires in Oklahoma and Kansas, along with dangerous dust storms across the region....
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:01 +0000
Why Cosmic ‘Dark Matter’ Is Living On Borrowed Time
Reported by Universe Today
A plethora of newly discovered baryonic (or normal) dark matter signals the first step toward the end of dark matter theory. Or so say the authors of a new paper just accepted by the journal Physical Review D....
- By: Bruce Dorminey (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/bruce)
- On: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 03:21 +0000
Report Blames NASA and Boeing for Botched Starliner Flight Test
Reported by Universe Today
Nearly two years after Boeing’s botched Starliner mission to the International Space Station, NASA put the mishap in the same category as the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters — and said the spacecraft wouldn’t carry another crew until ...
- By: Alan Boyle (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog)
- On: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 01:49 +0000