Event: Perseid Meteor Shower 2026 - CLOSED
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Wed, Aug 12, 2026 - CLOSED
Due to wildfire smoke and cloud cover we will stay closed for the Perseid Meteor Shower Peak at Frosty Drew Observatory. Read about it....- By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
- On: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:37:20 EDT
APOD: 2026 August 13 – Total Solar Eclipse Over Spain
Reported by NASA
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 13 – Total… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating u...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 04:05 +0000
Two Million X-Ray Sources, and One Cluster That Doesn't Fit
Reported by Universe Today
The eROSITA telescope has released its second great catalogue of the X-ray sky with close to two million sources across half the sky, roughly double what it published before. Buried in it is a result from Bonn that matters more than the headline number. A ...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:52 +0000
Twenty Years of Watching One Galaxy, and It Made Less Sense
Reported by Universe Today
Blazars are galaxies with a jet aimed almost directly at us, and they flicker across every part of the spectrum at once. Almost everything we think we know about them comes from short observing campaigns just a handful of days, every year or two, in one na...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:20 +0000
Nine Hundred Telescopes and One Chance a Year
Reported by Universe Today
Reading the atmosphere of another world means catching starlight as it filters through that planet's air during a transit. The signal is about one part in a million and a true Earth twin transits only once a year, so you cannot simply repeat the measuremen...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:03 +0000
NASA Data Helps Commercial Space Plan Living Off Our Moon
Reported by NASA
The barren lunar landscape has some important resources, such as water and minerals like iron and titanium, but extracting and processing them will require special equipment. Where those resources can be found will dictate where to land and how to mine the...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:40 +0000