But there could be a tornado or two late this afternoon or early this evening in Southwest Alabama and later tonight in Southeast Alabama. For North and Central Alabama, there is no threat of severe weather north of a line from Monroeville to Troy to Eufaula with the best chance over coastal Alabama, Northwest Florida, and extreme Southeast Alabama.
Mars is shining brightly in the eastern sky as it comes its closest in years, a fact NASA uses to maximize the payload sent to the red planet.
60 years ago today (Sept 8), the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama was dedicated. The center has been involved in every major NASA propulsion system, the Hubble and Chandra Space Telescopes, micrometeoroid and weather research and more.
NASA plans the launch of Perseverence and upgraded version of the Curiosity rover to continue our understanding of Mars and prepare for humans to one day live there.
Comet C/2020 can be seen in the northeastern sky about 2 hours before sunrise. on Monday it will be more visible in the evening sky about 2 hours after sunset.
As of 12:45 pm, we have numerous showers covering the radar across Central Alabama with about 75% of the area receiving rain at the moment. Where rain is not currently falling, skies are overcast.
Saturday Feb 29, 2020 is a leap day, an extra day added to the calendar mellinia in the making.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station celebrate Thanksgiving with their crew mates. Their table probably looks a lot like your table, except there is no table. You can put NASA’s version of cornbread dressing on your table with this recipe.
Mercury will pass in front of the Sun on Monday, November 11 from around sunrise through early afternoon. You can watch with eclipse glasses.
As Nestor moves out and skies clear, look for meteors from the Orionid meteor shower around midnight.
Saturn is easy to spot this week near the Moon and the “teapot” of Sagittarius. You might even see a few Perseid meteors.
You can watch the total solar eclipse passing over South America via several live streams.
