Event: Summer Stargazing Nights - CLOSED
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Fri, Jun 12, 2026 - CLOSED
Welcome to the Frosty Drew Summer 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: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:46:07 EDT
Celebration of Space - Friday, June 12, 2026
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
Tomorrow, Saturday, June 13, 2026 we will host our first Celebrate the Milky Way event of the year. These are the nights that we think the best views of the Milky Way will be available on a Saturday night. We will open the Observatory and Science Center at...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:44:45 EDT
The Universe is Still Running Away From Us
Reported by Universe Today
Last year, a study sent a quiet tremor through the field of cosmology. A team of researchers claimed that the universe's expansion might be slowing down, not speeding up, suggesting that dark energy, the mysterious force thought to be driving the cosmos ap...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:49 +0000
The Smallest Window on the Sun
Reported by Universe Today
Every so often, the Sun hurls billions of tonnes of charged particles toward Earth in what are called coronal mass ejections and if a big one hits at the wrong moment, the consequences for satellites, power grids, and communications systems could be catast...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:41 +0000
Reading the Galaxy's Past
Reported by Universe Today
Every galaxy you've ever seen in a photograph is hiding something. Beyond the glowing disc of stars and gas that the camera captures lies a vast, ghostly outer region called a halo, too faint to see easily but packed with clues about how that galaxy came t...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:30 +0000
NASA to Cover 34th SpaceX Resupply Mission Space Station Departure
Reported by NASA
NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Tuesday, June 16, for its return to Earth. Watch NASA’s live undocking...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:32 +0000