Event: Spooky Views - A Halloween Stargazing Experience
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Fri, Oct 30, 2026 6:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Join the Frosty Drew Astronomers for a night under spooky skies on the Friday before Halloween as we celebrate the departure from the lighter half of the year and plunge into the darker half.- By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
- On: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:45:46 EDT
Slice of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001
Reported by NASA
Description This slice of Teghaza 001, one of the most ancient Martian meteorites ever found on Earth, was used to determine the age of the rock. Reflected light images like these serve as a scientist’s road map, helping them find minerals of interest to...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 23:32 +0000
It's a Ghost! No, It's a Stellar Crèche!
Reported by Universe Today
Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO), the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) zeroed in on a wispy-looking region of the Carina Nebula and found a ghostly looking cloud seemingly floating in isolation among the other clouds of gas and dust. ...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 23:25 +0000
Examining the Cat's Head Nebula with the Hubble and JWST
Reported by Universe Today
Star formation is a complicated process. It involves metallicity, gas temperature and density, dust grains, and stellar feedback from existing stars. Sometimes, studying all these factors and how they work means studying some of Nature's most beautiful str...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:38 +0000
Halloween Aboard the International Space Station
Reported by NASA
Although no ghouls, goblins, or trick-or-treaters come knocking at the International Space Station’s front hatch, crew members aboard the orbiting laboratory still like to get in the Halloween spirit. Whether individually or as an entire crew, they dress...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 21:44 +0000
A Brief-ish History of METI. Part II: From Interplanetary to Interstellar
Reported by Universe Today
The latter half of the 20th century saw a major expansion of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), accompanied by corresponding advances in Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI). A key development was the first interstellar SETI and...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:22 +0000