Event: Stargazing Nights
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Fri, Nov 22, 2024 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Welcome to the Frosty Drew Observatory 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: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 08:58:09 EDT
NASA Langley Employees Earn Silver Snoopy Awards
Reported by NASA
Two employees from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia recently earned the prestigious Silver Snoopy award, an honor given to NASA employees and contractors across the agency for outstanding achievements related to astronaut safety or mis...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:09 +0000
The First Close-Up Picture of Star Outside the Milky Way
Reported by Universe Today
Like a performer preparing for their big finale, a distant star is shedding its outer layers and preparing to explode as a supernova. Astronomers have been observing the huge star, named WOH G64, since its discovery in the 1970s. It’s one of the larg...
- By: Universe Today
- On: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:33 +0000
NASA Awards Test Operations Contract
Reported by NASA
NASA has selected Sierra Lobo, Inc. of Fremont, Ohio, to provide for test operations, test support, and technical system maintenance activities at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The NASA Stennis Test Operations Contract is f...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:08 +0000
First close-up image of a star outside the Milky Way
Reported by Space | EarthSky
Astronomers have taken the first close-up image of a star outside the Milky Way. This star - WOH G64 - appears to be getting ready to go supernova.
The post First close-up image of a star outside the Milky Way first appeared on EarthSky....
- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:09 +0000
Here’s What We Know About Earth’s Temporary Mini-Moon
Reported by Universe Today
For a little over a month now, the Earth has been joined by a new ‘mini-moon.’ The object is an asteroid that has been temporarily accompanying Earth on its journey around the Sun. By 25th November it will have departed but before then, astronomers acr...
- By: Universe Today
- On: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 21:07 +0000