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The Sun and Moon Today

  • The Sun as seen today from NASA SDO.
  • Waxing Gibbous 84% phase

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Astronomy Picture of the DayThe Great Carina Nebula

Satellite Events for Tonight

Event: Stargazing Nights - CLOSED

Event: Stargazing Nights - CLOSED

Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events

When: Fri, Apr 19, 2024 - CLOSED

Welcome to the Frosty Drew Observatory Stargazing Nights! Tonight we will open the Observatory, Science Center and Sky Theatre at 8:00 offering fabulous astronomy experiences. Read about it....
  • By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
  • On: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 12:52:52 EST

Celebration of Space - April 19, 2024

Celebration of Space - April 19, 2024

Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns

This coming Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at 9:56 am ET, the Moon will orbit into alignment on the opposite side of Earth than the Sun. This is the full Moon, and brings with it the brightest nighttime period of the 29.5 day lunar synodic period. Now that we ar...
  • By: Scott MacNeill
  • On: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:33:21 EDT

The Giant Planets Migrated Between 60-100 Million Years After the Solar System Formed

Reported by Universe Today

Untangling what happened in our Solar System tens or hundreds of millions of years ago is challenging. Millions of objects of wildly different masses interacted for billions of years, seeking natural stability. But its history—including the migration of ...
  • By: Universe Today
  • On: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:27 +0000

Is alien life purple? Researchers look beyond Earth’s green

Reported by Space | EarthSky

Is alien life purple? Researchers from Cornell University think that as far as alien worlds go, purple may be the new green. The post Is alien life purple? Researchers look beyond Earth’s green first appeared on EarthSky....
  • By: Space | EarthSky
  • On: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:45 +0000

Venus’ atmosphere is leaking gases into space

Reported by Space | EarthSky

The BepiColombo spacecraft, headed for Mercury, flew past Venus and found that carbon and oxygen ions are escaping into space from Venus' atmosphere. The post Venus’ atmosphere is leaking gases into space first appeared on EarthSky....
  • By: Space | EarthSky
  • On: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:08 +0000

Artemis Astronauts Will Deploy New Seismometers on the Moon

Reported by Universe Today

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, Apollo astronauts set up a collection of lunar seismometers to detect possible Moon quakes. These instruments monitored lunar activity for eight years and gave planetary scientists an indirect glimpse into the Moon’s inte...
  • By: Universe Today
  • On: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:14 +0000