Mars Rover Opportunity Prepares To Weather Dust Storm
The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is currently weathering a dust storm the size of North America.
Category: Spacey Stuff
Our Solar System Once Had 21 Planets
Pluto’s demotion from planetary status bringing membership in our solar system down to 8, but did you know there were as many of 21 celestial bodies considered to be planets before the definition of the word itself got under control?
New Exoplanet Hunting Mission Scheduled for Launch Today
NASA is looking to launch its latest exoplanet hunter TESS or satellite Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite later today, April 18, 2018. TESS is expected to find thousands of Earth and larger sized planets orbiting suns 200 light years from our solar system.
Help NASA & NOAA Improve Forecasts With Your Smart Phone
NASA’s Globe Observer citizen science project enables smart phone users to help improve weather forecasts by gathering images from clouds from below as climate satellites pass over from above. This free app is fun and easy to use and even tells you when a satellite is approaching.
China’s First Space Station is Deorbiting, and It’s Okay.
Tingong-1, China’s prototype space station is expected to complete an uncontrolled reentry sometime between March 29 and April 9. Claims that it will hit somewhere specific on a specific date are wild speculation.
GOES-16 Images Of GOES-S Launch
Awesome images caught by GOES-16 while the Atlas-V rocket was giving it’s sister, GOES-S, a lift into orbit.
Asteroid Passes Within A Lunar Distance
Yesterday afternoon, Feb 25, asteroid 2018 DU, passed inside the orbit of the Moon, you probably didn’t hear about it and that’s okay.
Huntsville Stands Ready as NASA Johnson Space Center Rides Out Harvey
One of the areas impacted by Harvey is NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Located on relatively low ground on the west side of Galveston Bay, the center remains closed today, Monday, August 28 with only mission essential personnel on site.
Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Saturday Morning
The eclipse is 2 weeks away, but a meteor shower this weekend will have us looking skyward. This will happen the evening of Friday, Aug 11 into the morning of Aug 12. The best time to view is about 6:00 am Saturday morning. Look to the darkest part of you sky for best results.
Eclipse viewing events planned across the Southland
We are 4 weeks out and If you’ve not made plans yet on where to experience the total eclipse, NASA and the Space Science Institute may have some ideas for you. NASA’s eclipse website has everything you need, including interactive maps, links to live streams, and lists of events in your area. There are maps […]
Solar Eclipses Past and Future
6 weeks from today, a total solar eclipse will sweep across the continental United States. You’ve probably see headlines claiming this is a first in 99 years, which is true, if you are talking about coast to coat eclipses. These headlines refer to the eclipse on June 8 of 1918 which passed trough Washington State, […]
Happy Asteroid Day!
Today is Asteroid Day, in honor of the anniversary of the largest asteroid impact in Earth’s recent history – an event that took place in 1908 over Russia, known as the Tunguska explosion.
What’s In An (Asteroid) Name?
The names given to asteroids and comets is as varied as the interests of the astronomers who discover them.
Eclipse Glasses Safety
A total solar eclipse is about as bright as a full moon, and just as safe to look at. But the partial eclipses lasts 2-3 hours and requires the right kind of protection to prevent eye injury.
