Skywatching for September 2016
This is your monthly guide to observing the planets, celestial events, moon phases, this day in space history, NASA launches, and other astronomy resources.
Skywatching for August 2016
This is your monthly guide to observing the planets, celestial events, moon phases, this day in space history, NASA launches, and other astronomy resources.
Summer Star Party Friday July 29th
Please join us on Friday July 29, 2016 at 8:30pm for an evening under the stars. Come earlier at 7:00pm if you want to view the Sun from a Solar Telescope. Come see Mars, Jupiter and Saturn along with other astronomical objects (Weather Permitting).
- WHEN: Friday, July 29, beginning at 8:30pm (or come at 7:00pm if you would like to view the sun through a solar telescope)
- WHERE: Next to the Prestonwood Baptist Church pond in Plano, Texas. Address: 6801 W. Park Blvd. Plano, TX 75093 (Click here for a Google Map and directions).
- WHAT TO BRING: Invite all your friends and family! Bring your picnic blankets, lawn chairs, snacks, drinks, camera, telescopes, bug spray, etc…
Please check the PrestonwoodExamine.org or Day4.org website after 6pm on Friday to be sure the event is still on in case of cancelation due to cloud cover or inclement weather.
Skywatching for July 2016
This is your monthly guide to observing the planets, celestial events, moon phases, this day in space history, NASA launches, and other astronomy resources.
Skywatching for May 2016
This is your monthly guide to observing the planets, celestial events, moon phases, this day in space history, NASA launches, and other astronomy resources.
The Sun Now: Sunspots
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Creation Science Update
- Omnipotent Creator or God Particle? [Podcast] June 22, 2017Does science support the Big Bang? Should Christians trust scientific headlines? ICR physicist Dr. Jake Hebert provides answers to common questions about origins, the Big Bang, and the scientific method. From the ocean floor to the physics of outer space, join Dr. Hebert in examining the science, logic, and historical data that indicate a young […]
- Visiting the Ark Encounter June 19, 2017About 40 minutes south of Cincinnati, Ohio, an Ark of biblical dimensions sits atop a Kentucky hill near Interstate 75. Open for about a year now, the Ark Encounter—sponsored by Answers in Genesis—sees thousands of visitors every day. Is it worth the trip? More...
- New Doubts about Dinosaur Feathers June 15, 2017Scholarly illustrations, museum mock-ups, and even children’s cartoons show tyrannosaurs covered in feathers. Two new fossil descriptions give reasons to doubt the tales of feathered dinosaurs. More...
NASA/JPL News
- Mars Rover Opportunity on Walkabout Near Rim June 23, 2017NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is examining rocks at the edge of Endeavour Crater for signs that they may have been either transported by a flood or eroded in place by wind.
- Witness Cassini's Finale at Saturn Live from JPL June 22, 2017NASA invites social media users to apply for access to Cassini end-of-mission events at JPL, culminating with the spacecraft's entry into Saturn's atmosphere early Sept. 15.
- Why No One Under 20 Has Experienced a Day Without NASA at Mars June 22, 2017As the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft approached its destination on July 4, 1997, no NASA mission had successfully reached the Red Planet in more than 20 years.
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory News Feed
- SOHO's 20th Birthday December 2, 2015SOHO was launched on 2 December 1995, for what was originally planned as a two-year mission. Twenty years later, it's still going strong.
- SOLAR PICK: SOHO COMET CONTEST WINNERS September 15, 2015We are pleased to announce the winner and runner-ups in our SOHO 3000th comet contest. The entries had to guess the time and date of perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) of our 3000th comet discovery...
- SOHO featured in the APOD November 3, 2015SOHO is featured in the Astronomy Picture of the Day.
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