Event: Celebrate The Milky Way
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Sat, Jun 13, 2026 9:30 pm - 11:30 am
Welcome to the Frosty Drew Celebrate Milky Way Viewing Nights! Tonight we will open the Observatory and Sky Theatre at 9:30 offering fabulous astronomy experiences. Read about it....- By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
- On: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:30:33 EDT
Celebration of Space - Friday, June 12, 2026
Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns
Tomorrow, Saturday, June 13, 2026 we will host our first Celebrate the Milky Way event of the year. These are the nights that we think the best views of the Milky Way will be available on a Saturday night. We will open the Observatory and Science Center at...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:44:45 EDT
NASA Study Challenges Theories on Where the Ingredients for Life Came From
Reported by Universe Today
NASA-supported scientists have provided new information about how the early Earth may have acquired some elements necessary for the planet to become habitable. They also suggest a new role for Jupiter in the distribution of these elements throughout the yo...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:15 +0000
The Universe is Still Running Away From Us
Reported by Universe Today
Last year, a study sent a quiet tremor through the field of cosmology. A team of researchers claimed that the universe's expansion might be slowing down, not speeding up, suggesting that dark energy, the mysterious force thought to be driving the cosmos ap...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:49 +0000
The Smallest Window on the Sun
Reported by Universe Today
Every so often, the Sun hurls billions of tonnes of charged particles toward Earth in what are called coronal mass ejections and if a big one hits at the wrong moment, the consequences for satellites, power grids, and communications systems could be catast...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:41 +0000
Reading the Galaxy's Past
Reported by Universe Today
Every galaxy you've ever seen in a photograph is hiding something. Beyond the glowing disc of stars and gas that the camera captures lies a vast, ghostly outer region called a halo, too faint to see easily but packed with clues about how that galaxy came t...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:30 +0000