Event: Celebrate The Milky Way - CLOSED
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Sat, Jul 26, 2025 - CLOSED
Welcome to the Frosty Drew Celebrate Milky Way Viewing Nights! Tonight we will open the Observatory and Sky Theatre at 9:00 offering fabulous astronomy experiences. Read about it....- By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
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The Universe's Brightest Flash Reveals the Secrets of Cosmic Jet
Reported by Universe Today
Scientists studying the brightest gamma ray burst ever recorded have discovered evidence that these explosions produce complex, layered jets rather than simple uniform beams. This remarkable finding helps solve a long standing puzzle about how the universe...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 02:44 +0000
New Findings Indicate that the Origin of Life Started in Space
Reported by Universe Today
In the young V883 Orionis system, ALMA observations have revealed signatures of complex organic compounds such as ethylene glycol and glycolonitrile – potential precursors to amino acids, DNA, and RNA. These findings indicate that the building blocks of ...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 02:44 +0000
Ice in Space Isn't the Same as Ice on Earth
Reported by Universe Today
Next time you're drinking a frosty iced beverage, think about the structure of the frozen chunks chilling it down. Here on Earth, we generally see it in many forms: cubes form, sleet, snow, icicles, slabs covering lakes and rivers, and glaciers. Water ice ...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 02:44 +0000
Astronauts' Hearts Stay Healthy Years After Space Missions
Reported by Universe Today
A new five year study of 13 NASA astronauts shows that their arteries remain healthy and disease free long after returning from the International Space Station, offering reassuring news for future long duration space missions and suggesting the human cardi...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 02:44 +0000
Seasonal Frosts Could Lead to Patches of Briny Water on Mars' Surface
Reported by Universe Today
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2025
Recent research led by Vincent Chevrier of the University of Arkansas offers new evidence that brines-salt-rich liquid water-could form on the Martian surface under specific seasonal conditions. Drawing on decades of rese...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 02:44 +0000