The predawn hours of Aug. 8 present a perfect opportunity to see Jupiter’s four largest moons line up next to the “King of the Planets” as it voyages through the stars of the constellation Gemini. Stargazers in the U.S. will see Jupiter rise above the eastern horizon roughly two hours before sunrise on Aug. 8, with Venus visible as a …
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GREEN BAY – The Packers practiced in shells on Thursday at Nitschke Field, their final public tune-up before Saturday’s preseason opener against the New York Jets. Here are five things we learned: Josh Jacobs is ready to thump (if called on to thump). Head Coach Matt LaFleur’s message to his team this week has been to be ready to play …
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Heads up aurora chasers! The northern lights could illuminate skies overnight on Aug. 7-8 as an incoming coronal mass ejection (CME) may spark geomagnetic storm conditions, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Though only a glancing blow is predicted from the CME, any impact could disrupt Earth’s magnetic field, which in turn can trigger geomagnetic storms and …
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On the evening of Aug. 3, 2025, NASA photographer Bill Ingalls captured a fleeting ‘shooting star’ over the night skies in West Virginia during two different meteor showers. As these events continue to rain meteors across the sky, stargazers plan to see these events in areas with little light pollution. What is it? Meteor showers occur when Earth, on its …
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Update for Aug. 7: NASA and SpaceX have delayed the return of Crew-10 due to weather concerns. “NASA and SpaceX are standing down from the Thursday undocking opportunity of the Crew-10 mission from the International Space Station due to high winds forecasted for the splashdown locations off the coast of California,” the agency wrote in a statement. SpaceX and the …
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United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket will conduct its first-ever national security launch next week, if all goes according to plan. ULA announced on Tuesday (Aug. 5) that it’s targeting Aug. 12 for USSF-106, a U.S. Space Force mission that will lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. “This is the first national security space …
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Training Camp Report: Aug. 6 Steelers.com Training Camp Report: Aug. 5 Steelers.com Aaron Rodgers and the 4 concerns emerging for Steelers offense in camp – The Athletic The New York Times Steelers inside the ropes: Defense again holds twice in 2-minute drills TribLIVE.com WATCH: Steelers’ Mike Tomlin unusually upbeat at training camp? Darnell Washington at tackle? Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Source link
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Zoom image will be displayed The Hubble Space Telescope image of 3I/ATLAS shows diffuse emission that extends ahead of the object as it approaches the Sun. The yellow and green arrows mark, respectively, the projected negative heliocentric velocity vector and the projected anti-solar direction. (Image credit: Jewitt et al. 2025) Today, two new papers about 3I/ATLAS were posted online. The …
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Sunspot region 4168 is certainly making quite a name for itself! Earlier this week, active region 4168 churned out three M-class flares within 24 hours, ending weeks of calm on the sun. Then, on Aug. 5, it fired off a strong M4.4-class flare, peaking at 11:58 a.m. EDT (15:58 GMT), and hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. But though …
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Zoom image will be displayed The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was discovered in a region of the sky that is crowded with stars, making it difficult to notice. The discovery image by the ATLAS telescope is shown in the inset image bracketed by the red box, which provides a zoomed-in view of the region where 3I/ATLAS was discovered. (Image credit: ATLAS/University …
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