Event: Stargazing Nights
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Fri, May 3, 2024 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm
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 12:53:57 EST
Hubble Hunts Visible Light Sources of X-Rays
Reported by NASA
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the dwarf galaxy IC 776. This swirling collection of new and old stars is located in the constellation Virgo, in the Virgo galaxy cluster, 100 million light-years from Earth. Although IC 776 is a dwarf ga...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 03 May 2024 11:02 +0000
NASA Research Park Public Documents
Reported by NASA
Economic Benefits Study: Development Plans: NASA Research Park Environmental Reports: Environmental Management Division Public Documents: Environmental Impact Statement: RFP Housing Asbestos & Lead Based Paint Documents: FP Housing Misc Due Diligence D...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 02 May 2024 21:14 +0000
Two Stars in a Binary System are Very Different. It's Because There Used to be Three
Reported by Universe Today
A beautiful nebula in the southern hemisphere with a binary star at it’s center seems to break our standard models of stellar evolution. But new data from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) suggests that there may once have been three stars, and...
- By: Universe Today
- On: Thu, 02 May 2024 20:35 +0000
The Highest Observatory in the World Comes Online
Reported by Universe Today
The history of astronomy and observatories is full of stories about astronomers going higher and higher to get better views of the Universe. On Earth, the best locations are at places such as the Atacama Desert in Chile. So, that’s where the Universi...
- By: Universe Today
- On: Thu, 02 May 2024 20:29 +0000
Is the JWST Now an Interplanetary Meteorologist?
Reported by Universe Today
The JWST keeps one-upping itself. In the telescope’s latest act of outdoing itself, it examined a distant exoplanet to map its weather. The forecast? An unending, blistering inferno driven by ceaseless supersonic winds. WASP-43b is a hot Jupiter orbi...
- By: Universe Today
- On: Thu, 02 May 2024 19:42 +0000