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
- Professor Says He Can "Slam Dunk" Creationists September 21, 2017Paul Braterman, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, recently claimed that evolutionists can “slam dunk” creationists by simply confronting them with the evidence for evolution. What evidence is he referring to? More...
- RNA Editing in Corals Stupefies Evolution September 18, 2017Corals are thought to be one of the earliest forms of multicellular life to have evolved. Today, corals are foundational to ocean life, but are they primitive? A new study shows that a highly complex system of genetic recoding called RNA editing is active in today’s corals. Does this fit the evolution model or the […]
- Dinosaur Algae Alive and Well Today September 14, 2017Botanists recently discovered a large form of green algae named Lychnothamnus barbatus in North American lakes. Before this discovery the only hints of this particular type of algae in the Americas came from their fossils mixed with dinosaurs in Argentina. Somehow, it avoided evolutionary tinkering for over “65 million years.” More...
NASA/JPL News
- What Looks Good on Paper May Look Good In Space September 22, 2017Origami has taken on new shape at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
- Legacy of Herschel Space Observatory September 22, 2017To celebrate the legacy of ESA's Herschel Space Observatory, which had significant NASA contributions, the European Space Agency (ESA) has designated this week as Herschel Week, highlighting some of the mission's accomplishments.
- NASA Tech Aids Search Following Mexico Quake September 22, 2017Disaster relief workers in Mexico City who are responding to a 7.1-magnitude earthquake used a suitcase-sized radar instrument than can detect human heartbeats under rubble.
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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