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
How You Squeeze Planetary Minerals Changes Everything
Reported by Universe Today
Studying the interiors of planets is essential for understanding planetary formation, evolution, and their ability to potentially host life as we know it. To accomplish this, researchers use a combination of Earth as an analog, computer models, meteorites,...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 02:28 +0000
Map Showing Potential Origins of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001
Reported by NASA
Description This global map of Mars shows 13 locations that match the mineralogy and chemistry of Teghaza 001, one of the most ancient Martian meteorites ever found on Earth. While scientists can never know for sure where a Martian meteorite originated, Te...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:07 +0000
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