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The Sun and Moon Today

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Astronomy Picture of the Day

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Satellite Events for Tonight

Event: Stargazing Nights - CLOSED

Event: Stargazing Nights - CLOSED

Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events

When: Fri, Mar 28, 2025 - CLOSED

Welcome to the Frosty Drew Observatory Stargazing Nights! Tonight's forecast for overcast conditions will keep the Observatory, Science Center and Sky Theatre closed. Read about it....
  • By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
  • On: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:12:37 EDT

Visiting Mars on the Way to the Outer Solar System

Reported by NASA

Written by Roger Wiens, Principal Investigator, SuperCam instrument / Co-Investigator, SHERLOC instrument at Purdue University Recently Mars has had a few Earthly visitors. On March 1, NASA’s Europa Clipper flew within 550 miles (884 kilometers) of the R...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:23 +0000

Turning Vanes inside the Altitude Wind Tunnel

Reported by NASA

Men stand in front of turning vanes inside the Altitude Wind Tunnel (AWT) at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in this February 1944 publicity photo. The photo was taken just weeks after the tunnel became o...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:51 +0000

Sols 4493-4494: Just Looking Around

Reported by NASA

Written by Alex Innanen, atmospheric scientist at York University Earth planning date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 It’s my second shift of the week as the Environmental theme lead and keeper of the plan (a bit of a mouthful we shorten to ESTLK) and today s...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:14 +0000

NASA Employee Meets Success at NASA Stennis

Reported by NASA

A career path can unfold in unexpected ways. Ask NASA’s Rebecca Mataya. The journey to NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, was not planned but “meant to be,” she said. While working for a local business, the Picayune, Missi...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:45 +0000

Hubble Spots a Chance Alignment

Reported by NASA

The subject of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 5530. This galaxy is situated 40 million light-years away in the constellation Lupus, the Wolf, and classified as a ‘flocculent’ spiral, meaning its spiral...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:39 +0000