Frosty Drew Clear Sky Chart

Current seeing conditions at Frosty Drew Observatory

The Sun and Moon Today

  • The Sun as seen today from NASA SDO.
  • Waxing Crescent 2% phase

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Satellite Events for Tonight

Event: Stargazing Nights

Event: Stargazing Nights

Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events

When: Sat, Apr 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: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:39:33 EDT

What Happens When Light Goes Boom? Part 3: Brad Bradington Sprints

Reported by Universe Today

We have the crowd. We have the star. Now it's time to put them together. Here's exactly what happens — and why — when a charged particle outruns the local speed of light in a material. Also: why it's always blue....
  • By: Paul Sutter (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter)
  • On: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:06 +0000

CSDA Quality Assessment Report Evaluates Satellogic NewSat Data

Reported by NASA

The report adds to the growing documentation on commercial data’s contributions to Earth science research and applications....
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:21 +0000

How a Black Hole and a Shredded Star Could Light Up a Galaxy

Reported by Universe Today

In 2014, a strange cloudy object called G2 made a close approach to Sagittarius A*, (Sag A*) the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy. Astronomers were pretty excited, partly because they thought it might get torn apart by Sag A*'s ...
  • By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
  • On: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:03 +0000

Webinar 4/29: NASA CSDA Program Vendor Focus- MDA Space

Reported by NASA

Join us April 29 at 2:00 p.m. EDT to learn more about CSDA program vendor MDA Space....
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:33 +0000

Small Trojan Asteroids Defy Expectations

Reported by Universe Today

Understanding the beginning of the solar system requires us to look at some very strange places. One such place is at the so-called “Trojan” asteroids that share Jupiter’s orbit in front of and behind it. But for a long time, these cosmic time capsul...
  • By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
  • On: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:47 +0000