Event: Summer Stargazing Nights
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Fri, Jun 5, 2026 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Welcome to the Frosty Drew Summer Stargazing Nights! Tonight we will open the Observatory, Science Center and Sky Theatre at 6:30 pm offering fabulous astronomy experiences. Read about it....- By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
- On: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:45:16 EDT
NASA Bids Farewell to MAVEN Mars Mission in Public Teleconference
Reported by Universe Today
The first mission devoted to observing the Martian atmosphere and its evolution, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution), has ended after more than 11 years in orbit at Mars and a decade beyond its primary, one-year mission....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:39 +0000
NASA’s X-59 Aircraft Flies Supersonic for First Time
Reported by NASA
NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft marked a major milestone Friday, June 5, when it flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time, setting the stage for demonstrating its quiet supersonic capabilities later this year. NASA test pi...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:44 +0000
Astronomers Make "Live" Observation of a Nearby Protoplanetary Disk's Rotation
Reported by Universe Today
Ever since the first protoplanetary disk was discovered in 1984 around the star Beta Pictoris, these objects have presented astronomers with laboratories to study the births and evolution of worlds around distant stars. A team at France's National Center f...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:22 +0000
NASA Announces Winners of 2026 University Innovation Competition
Reported by NASA
NASA announced the Massachusetts Institute of Technology project, Exploration-Class Lunar Integrated Power SystEm, as the first place winner for the 2026 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition, wh...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:17 +0000
NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission Research Continues on Earth
Reported by NASA
Since NASA’s Artemis II crew members safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 10 after their record-setting mission around the Moon, science teams have been busy collecting more data and combing through observations collected on the test flight...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:16 +0000