Event: Stargazing Nights
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Fri, Sep 18, 2026 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Welcome to the Frosty Drew Observatory Stargazing Nights! Tonight we will open the Observatory, Science Center and Sky Theatre at 8:00 offering fabulous astronomy experiences. Read about it....- By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
- On: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:58:28 EDT
Researchers Develop a Way to Check the Weather on a Exoplanet
Reported by Universe Today
Scientists from Trinity have developed a powerful way to unravel the changing weather patterns on distant worlds. Using this approach, they discovered that the weather on a well-studied brown dwarf, “SIMP 0136”, previously linked with Northern Lights-l...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 23:18 +0000
NASA Awards Launch Services for StarBurst Gamma-Ray Detector
Reported by NASA
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s StarBurst mission, a small satellite designed to investigate neutron star mergers and the origins of short gamma-ray bursts. StarBurst will launch aboard a Bandwagon rideshare mission o...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:37 +0000
A Zombie White Dwarf Star is Born Again. Hallelujah!
Reported by Universe Today
30 years ago, an amateur astronomer noticed a white dwarf star suddenly getting brighter. New research shows this is due to a Very Late Thermal Pulse, a type of helium flash. The star has heated up and become brighter, and is now called a 'born again' star...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:11 +0000
NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 35th Resupply Launch to Space Station
Reported by NASA
Media accreditation is open for the next cargo launch that will deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. The 35th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for NASA will li...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:32 +0000
Catching 2026 Jovian Moon Mutual Eclipse Season
Reported by Universe Today
It’s that time of the decade again. Late 2026 going into early 2027 is a special time for the major Jovian moons, as they trade places passing one in front of another as seen from our Earthly point of view. We call this mutual transit-eclipse season, a f...
- By: David Dickinson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/david-dickinson)
- On: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:13 +0000