Space &Skywatching
- Blue Origin Launches Celebrities Katy Perry,Gayle King Into Space From West TexasApr 14,2025,7:13 pm EDTSinger Katy Perry and journalist Gayle King were part of an all-woman crew that launched into space aboard a Blue Origin rocket Monday. Blue Origin is owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos. His fiancee and three other women rounded out the first all-female crew to launch to space from U.S. soil.
- Sky Watch:What's Up In the April 14 - 21 Night Sky,Including A First Look At The Lyrid Meteor ShowerApr 14,2025,12:43 pm EDTThe night sky this week brings a first peek at the Lyrids Meteor Shower before its actual peak,plus planets including Venus,Saturn and Mars. Here's a look at what to watch for while stargazing this week,plus a heads up on the weather.
- European Test Rocket Crashes Into Norwegian SeaApr 13,2025,12:00 pm EDTA highly anticipated test flight aimed at launching satellites from Europe ended when Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket exploded 40 seconds after liftoff from a Norwegian spaceport. Despite the fiery crash,officials insisted the mission was a “success,” claiming the data collected will help refine future European space launches.
- Explosive Simulation Of Galaxy Formation Revealed by NASAApr 13,2025,9:40 am EDTA new simulation released by NASA’s Ames Research Institute reveals a stunning vision of the evolution of a galaxy. Blue influx gases,white stars and red satellite galaxies are shown moving thousands of miles per second into massive collisions that eventually form a galaxy roughly the same size as our Milky Way. The supercomputers at Ames’ Advanced Supercomputing facility in Silicon Valley rendered 12.5 billion years of galaxy formation into a single minute.
- What To See In This Week’s Night SkyApr 13,2025,7:22 am EDTThe first week of April brings Mars and Jupiter to the night sky,some well-known constellations,plus a chance to see a rare phenomenon visible in the spring and fall. It’s called zodiacal light. Here’s your guide to the night sky this week.
- New Supercomputer Simulation Shows How Galaxies InteractApr 12,2025,1:32 pm EDTEver wondered what more than 10 billions years looks like? Well,here's your chance.
- More Aurora Spotting Is Likely Over The Next Several MonthsApr 12,2025,12:00 pm EDTThe Sun has reached its solar maximum,which will likely lead to more solar and geomagnetic storms and more aurora spotting.
- Time-Lapse Shows Comet A3 Soaring Over ColoradoApr 12,2025,12:00 pm EDTComet A3 only comes this close to Earth every 80,000 years. Watch the comet as it glimmered over Colorado and South Dakota Monday night.
- Stargazing Could Be Key To Your Well Being,And A Clear Sky Is All You Need To Reap The BenefitsApr 11,2025,5:10 pm EDTResearch shows that feeling a sense of awe can make you feel better. So can being outside in nature. Some scientists point to a combination of the two as a potential way to improve mental health - specifically by gazing at a dark,star-filled,wondrous night sky.
- Neptune’s Auroras Captured For First TimeApr 11,2025,12:00 pm EDTNeptune has auroras,but they’re different from what we see on Earth. Now,thanks to the James Webb telescope,we know what they look like.
