Event: Summer Stargazing Nights
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Fri, Jul 25, 2025 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Welcome to the Frosty Drew Summer Stargazing Nights! Tonight we will open the Observatory, Science Center and Sky Theatre at 6:30 pm offering fabulous astronomy experiences. Read about it....- By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
- On: Tue, 13 May 2025 12:38:47 EDT
Astronomers Find Five Rocky Planets Around a Small Red Dwarf, Including a Super-Earth in the Habitable Zone
Reported by Universe Today
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) detected three rocky planets around the M-dwarf L 98-59 in 2019. While two are expected to be hot, rocky worlds, the third could be covered by a global ocean. A fourth planet was discovered in 2021, and n...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:22 +0000
When Moon Dust Becomes a Weapon!
Reported by Universe Today
Every time a spacecraft touches down on the moon, it creates a spectacular but dangerous light show of dust and debris that could threaten future lunar bases. Now, after decades of mystery, scientists have finally figured out why these dust clouds form suc...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:22 +0000
NASA's Junocam Heals Its Radiation Damage
Reported by Universe Today
The JunoCam on NASA's Juno spacecraft has given us fantastic images of Jupiter and its moons, especially volcanic Io. But the instrument is suffering after years of exposure to Jupiter's intense radiation. There are few options for repairing that damage fr...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:22 +0000
NASA’s Artemis Albatross
Reported by Universe Today
While all the technology of the Apollo program still exists in the form of blueprints and designs, all the human expertise that went into crafting those rockets and spaceships is now either retired or passed away....
- By: Paul Sutter (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter)
- On: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:22 +0000
ExoMars Tests Its Parachute By Dropping From The Stratosphere
Reported by Universe Today
Recreating the environment that most spacecraft experience on their missions is difficult on Earth. Many times it involves large vacuum chambers or wind tunnels that are specially designed for certain kinds of tests. But sometimes, engineers get to just do...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:22 +0000