Event: Stargazing Nights
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Fri, Mar 13, 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 09:31:15 EDT
Celebration of Space - March 13, 2026
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
Geek alert! Saturday, March 14, 2026 is Pi (đťś‹) Day! When formatting the date with a single digit month and day, separated by decimal points, you get: 3.14, which is the common recognition of Pi.
Pi, which is the ratio of a circle's circumference to i...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:28:57 EDT
Volunteers Find Oddly High Solar Flare Rates
Reported by NASA
Patches of the Sun’s surface often show strong magnetic fields. These fields can emerge within a matter of hours, and can decay slowly or quickly, sometimes over days, weeks, or even months. Thanks to a new study about these long-lived active regions, we...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:07 +0000
Extra Extra! Extra Data Stream Added to the Daily Minor Planet!
Reported by NASA
The Daily Minor Planet citizen science project is expanding! In addition to data received nightly from the Catalina Sky Survey’s Mt. Lemmon telescope in Arizona, the project’s science team is now processing images from the Bok 2.3-meter telescope at Ki...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:42 +0000
A Glorious Spiral of Star Formation
Reported by Universe Today
Stars peek through the dusty, winding arms of NGC 5134, a spiral galaxy located 65 million light-years away, in this Feb. 20, 2026, image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument collects the mid-infrared light emitted...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:36 +0000
NASA Selects Finalists in Student Aircraft Maintenance Competition
Reported by NASA
NASA has selected eight student teams as finalists in the 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, giving them the resources to help address a critical challenge for U.S. aviation: maintenance. Challe...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:17 +0000