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
Celebration of Space - Ocotober 30, 2026
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
Tomorrow, Saturday, October 31, 2026 is Halloween, and it is an astronomically aligned date. As we all dress up and celebrate scares, frightful sights, and community, the Earth is also arriving at the point in our orbit where we are half way from the Autum...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:40:24 EDT
This Gamma-Ray Burst Wasn't Dim, It Was Just Misunderstood
Reported by Universe Today
In March 2026, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected a GRB with an unusual light signature. Its initial gamma radiation was dim, and the afterglow exhibited unusual, delayed peaks. As it turns out, we were seeing it from a side angle, and the GRB...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:20 +0000
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Captures Eerie Cat’s Head
Reported by NASA
Intricate structures within the Cat’s Head Nebula are illuminated in this mid-infrared view from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released on Oct. 29, 2026. The distinctive “cat’s head” shape of the nebula was likely sculpted over time by th...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:56 +0000
NASA Explores Potential Commercial Servicing for Hubble Telescope
Reported by NASA
NASA issued a Request for Information Oct. 29 to learn more about industry capabilities for in-space servicing to support the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope....
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:51 +0000
Earth’s “Impenetrable” Space Radiation Shield Was Just Breached From Within
Reported by Universe Today
Remember the big solar storm back in May 2024? The one that caused auroras as far south as Florida and Mexico? Scientists are still parsing out the impacts that storm had on the local environment, and a new paper published in Geophysical Research Letters b...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:34 +0000