Event: Summer Stargazing Nights - CLOSED
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Fri, Jul 11, 2025 - CLOSED
Welcome to the Frosty Drew Summer Stargazing Nights! Tonight's forecast for fog will keep the Observatory, Science Center and Sky Theatre closed. Read about it....- By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
- On: Tue, 13 May 2025 12:38:01 EDT
Primordial Black Hole Flybys Could Alter Exoplanet Orbits
Reported by Universe Today
Close encounters with massive objects can alter the orbits of planets around their stars. Stellar flybys can change planetary orbits, and may be responsible for some of the rogue or free-floating planets astronomers have discovered. But stars aren't the on...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:39 +0000
Are We in a Giant Void? That Would Help Explain the Hubble Tension
Reported by Universe Today
It's assumed that our region of the Universe isn't special, and the Hubble Tension, or mismatch of expansion rates of the Universe at different times, is happening everywhere. But what if our place is unusual, for example, if the Milky Way is inside a lowe...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:39 +0000
Ancient Rivers in Noachis Terra Reveal Mars' Long-Lived Wet Past
Reported by Universe Today
In the last couple of decades, evidence has accumulated showing that ancient Mars was a warm planet with abundant water flowing across its surface. The more scientists study the planet, the more evidence they find. New research examining Mars' Noachis Terr...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:39 +0000
Funding Astrobiology Challenges Can Bring Us Closer To Understanding the Origins of Life
Reported by Universe Today
Astrobiology can be split into two very distinct fields. There’s the field that astronomers are likely more familiar with, involving large telescopes, exoplanets, and spectroscopic signals that are pored over to debate whether they show signs of life. Bu...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:39 +0000
This is the Closest Picture Ever Taken of the Sun
Reported by Universe Today
December 24th, 2024, NASA's Parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the Sun so far, coming within just 6.1 million km from the surface of the Sun. During this flyby, it captured data and images, including this incredible picture using the Wide Fiel...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:39 +0000