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Event: Summer Stargazing Nights - SOLD OUT

Event: Summer Stargazing Nights - SOLD OUT

Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events

When: Fri, Jul 18, 2025 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm

Welcome to the Frosty Drew Summer Stargazing Nights! Tonight we will open the Observatory, Science Center and Sky Theatre at 6:30 pm offering fabulous astronomy experiences. Read about it....
  • By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
  • On: Tue, 13 May 2025 12:38:26 EDT

NASA Tests Scalable Satellite Tech to Launch Sensors Quicker

Reported by NASA

NASA’s Athena Economical Payload Integration Cost mission, or Athena EPIC, is a test launch for an innovative, scalable space vehicle design to support future missions. The small satellite platform is engineered to share resources among the payloads ...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 22:18 +0000

Deepening stirling engine analysis: optimized model offers more accurate performance predictions

Reported by Universe Today

A Chinese team presents a new model for accurately predicting the performance of Sterling engines, which are being investigated as a possible means of powering...
  • By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
  • On: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 21:11 +0000

A Rare Object Found Deep in the Kuiper Belt

Reported by Universe Today

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope have discovered a new object in the Kuiper Belt, beyond the orbit of Pluto. Designated 2023 KQ14, it's categorized as a "sednoid," with an extremely eccentric orbit - only the 4th ever discovered. Its orbit is much di...
  • By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
  • On: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 21:11 +0000

Gemini North Sees Brightening Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS in Detail

Reported by Universe Today

We’re getting better views of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, as it makes its speedy passage through the inner solar system. This week, astronomers at the Gemini North observatory located on Mauna Kea in Hawai’i turned the facility’s enormous 8.1-meter ...
  • By: David Dickinson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/david-dickinson)
  • On: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 21:11 +0000

Astronomers Spot Unusual Magnetic Field Around A Massive Young Protostar

Reported by Universe Today

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  • By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
  • On: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 21:11 +0000