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The Sun and Moon Today

  • The Sun as seen today from NASA SDO.
  • Waning Gibbous 54% phase

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Astronomy Picture of the DayThe Medusa Nebula

Satellite Events for Tonight

Event: Stargazing Nights - CLOSED

Event: Stargazing Nights - CLOSED

Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events

When: Fri, Nov 22, 2024 - CLOSED

Welcome to the Frosty Drew Observatory Stargazing Nights! Tonight's forecast for rain, fog, and clouds will keep us closed. Read about it....
  • By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
  • On: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 08:58:09 EDT

New Supercomputer Simulation Explains How Mars Got Its Moons

Reported by Universe Today

One mystery in planetary science is a satisfying origin story for Mars's moons, Phobos and Deimos. Were they chunks of Mars blasted into space by a meteor impact? Were they captured asteroids from the belt? A new supercomputer simulation found that a reaso...
  • By: Universe Today
  • On: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:31 +0000

Texas A&M Breaks Ground at NASA Johnson for Giant Leap in Space Innovation

Reported by NASA

The future of human space exploration took a bold step forward at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Nov. 15, 2024, as Texas A&M University leaders’ broke ground for the Texas A&M University Space Institute. Texas state officials, NASA l...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:43 +0000

The Early Universe May Have Had Giant Batteries of Dust

Reported by Universe Today

The largest magnetic fields in the universe may have found themselves charged up when the first stars began to shine, according to new research. Magnetic fields are everywhere in the universe, but most of those magnetic fields arise from a process called a...
  • By: Universe Today
  • On: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:54 +0000

Hubble Captures an Edge-On Spiral with Curve Appeal

Reported by NASA

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a spiral galaxy, named UGC 10043. We don’t see the galaxy’s spiral arms because we are seeing it from the side. Located roughly 150 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Serpens, UGC 100...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00 +0000

Star outside the Milky Way seen about to blow in closeup image

Reported by Space | EarthSky

Astronomers have taken the first close-up image of a star outside the Milky Way. This star - WOH G64 - appears to be getting ready to go supernova. The post Star outside the Milky Way seen about to blow in closeup image first appeared on EarthSky....
  • By: Space | EarthSky
  • On: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:15 +0000