On Feb. 17, 2026, an annular solar eclipse will be visible from a remote part of Antarctica, forming a “ring of fire” for up to 2 minutes, 20 seconds as 96% of the sun’s center is eclipsed by the moon. Few will witness that moment, but observers in the rest of Antarctica — including those on cruise ships on late-season …
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Topline The five-planet parade continues with its last best week, with Venus, Jupiter and Saturn easy to see and Neptune at its annual opposition on Tuesday. It’s also the autumnal or fall equinox on Monday, Sept. 22 — along with a dramatic solar eclipse in the Southern Hemisphere. September’s planetary parade features five planets, three of them visible to the …
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The sun has been unusually active lately, and the increase in solar activity is raising concerns among scientists. After nearly 20 years of quiet, the sun has begun to ramp up its behavior, with powerful solar winds and intense solar storms that could affect everything from power grids to communication systems, the Daily Mail reported. A surprise change in solar …
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IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 The **X-37B spaceplane** completed its longest mission, spending 908 days in orbit. 🔬 The mission included a groundbreaking experiment on **space-based solar power transmission**. 📚 The Air Force Academy’s **Falcon-SAT-8** was deployed to provide training for future Space Force guardians. 🌍 NASA conducted experiments on **long-duration space exposure** to inform future crop production in space. The …
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LIVE: Partial Solar Eclipse – September 21/22, 2025 – YouTube Watch On A partial solar eclipse will darken Earth’s sky on Sept. 21 and you can watch it unfold live online courtesy of a livestream hosted by Time and Date, starting at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT). During a partial solar eclipse, the moon passes directly between our planet and …
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Topline A deep solar eclipse will occur at sunrise as seen from the Southern Hemisphere this weekend. In the wake of a partial solar eclipse in North America on March 29, skywatchers in New Zealand, Antarctica and the South Pacific who get up early will see up to 86% of the sun’s disk blocked by a new moon — a …
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Astronomers have been fascinated after spotting an object earlier this year that came from interstellar space as is now hurtling through our inner solar system. Since then, they’ve been using powerful telescopes to study the mysterious object, trying to understand its unusual composition and exact origins. Most agree that it’s probably a comet, albeit an unusual one, though at least one …
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Saturn, like Jupiter, lacks a surface. Its atmosphere of hydrogen and helium would offer no oxygen to breathe. With average temperatures of –178°C, you’d freeze almost instantly. Falling deeper, atmospheric pressure would become millions of times greater than Earth’s, compressing gases into liquids and metals, easily fatal to a human. Source link
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The age of exoplanets began in 1992, when astronomers detected a pair of planets orbiting a pulsar. Then, in 1995, astronomers discovered the first exoplanet orbiting a main sequence star. As NASA’s Kepler and TESS missions got going, the number of confirmed exoplanets continued to rise. By 2015, NASA announced that Kepler had discovered its 1,000th exoplanet. 2016 was a …
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Our sun has unexpectedly begun to ramp up its activity, which could lead to more severe solar storms that cause blackouts and disrupt global communications. NASA revealed that our solar system‘s home star had been getting quieter and weaker for about 20 years, but that surprisingly changed in 2008 and scientists are still trying to figure out why. Scientists found that …
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