Event: Stargazing Nights - CLOSED
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Fri, Feb 27, 2026 - CLOSED
Welcome to the Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Stargazing Nights! Tonight we will keep the Observatory, Science Center and Sky Theatre closed. Read about it....- By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
- On: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:22:47 EDT
Harnessing the Sun to Extract Oxygen on the Moon
Reported by NASA
Light shines onto a solar concentrator being tested in this Aug. 7, 2025, photo. The concentrator is part of the Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration (CaRD) project, which aims to produce oxygen from simulated lunar regolith for use at the Moon’s south p...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:48 +0000
6 Million Years Ago Something Slammed Into Modern-Day Brazil
Reported by Universe Today
Researchers in Brazil have discovered another tektite field. Tektites are gravel-sized chunks of natural glass formed by impacts and spread over a wide area. Their presence indicates that a powerful impact occurred 6 million years ago....
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:35 +0000
JWST Digs Into the Uranian Ionosphere
Reported by Universe Today
Uranus is a planet that seems to roll around on its side as it orbits the Sun. That's because it's tipped over, with an axial tilt of 97.8 degrees. That weird tilt gave the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) a chance to probe the ionosphere using the Near I...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:08 +0000
NASA’s Home for Experimental Flight Advances Aeronautics Mission
Reported by NASA
Nestled in the Mojave Desert, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, pushes the boundaries of flight to advance the agency’s aeronautics mission. This is where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier and engineers are now pioneeri...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:46 +0000
NASA Adds Mission to Artemis Lunar Program, Updates Architecture
Reported by NASA
As part of a Golden Age of exploration and discovery, NASA announced Friday the agency is increasing its cadence of missions under the Artemis program to achieve the national objective of returning American astronauts to the Moon and establishing an en...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:37 +0000