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Event: Stargazing Nights

Event: Stargazing Nights

Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events

When: Fri, Apr 10, 2026 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Welcome to the Frosty Drew Observatory Stargazing Nights! Tonight we will open the Observatory, Science Center and Sky Theatre at 7:30 offering fabulous astronomy experiences. Read about it....
  • By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
  • On: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:27:25 EDT

Celebration of Space - April 10, 2026

Celebration of Space - April 10, 2026

Reported by Scott MacNeill's Columns

It’s been over a week since the Artemis II mission launched (Wednesday, April 1, 2026). On Monday, April 6, 2026, the Artemis II crew module (Orion Mult-Purpose Crew Vehicle or MPCV) executed a flyby maneuver around the Moon and embarked on the return jo...
  • By: Scott MacNeill
  • On: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:36:54 EDT

NASA Welcomes Record-Setting Artemis II Moonfarers Back to Earth 

Reported by NASA

The first astronauts to travel to the Moon in more than half a century are back on Earth after a record-setting mission aboard NASA’s Artemis II test flight. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency)...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:31 +0000

Student Team Finds One of the Oldest Stars in the Universe that Migrated to the Milky Way

Reported by Universe Today

A class of undergraduate students at University of Chicago has used data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to discover one of the oldest stars in the universe, a star that formed in a companion galaxy and migrated to the Milky Way....
  • By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
  • On: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:28 +0000

Why Does Jupiter Have More Large Moons than Saturn?

Reported by Universe Today

The two largest planets in our Solar System, Jupiter and Saturn, have the largest systems of moons. However, Jupiter has more large moons than Saturn, which has only one. Since both planets are gas giants, the reasons for the differences in these satellite...
  • By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
  • On: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:07 +0000

It's Not Supposed To Be Like This: A Giant Planet Orbits A Small Star

Reported by Universe Today

According to theory and models of planet formation, large gas giants should form around massive stars. That's because massive stars have more massive protoplanetary disks. But astronomers have the opposite arrangement in some cases. New research highlights...
  • By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
  • On: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:15 +0000