Meteor showers, planetary skies and clustered giants create spectacle over southern Utah

SAINT GEORGE – July marks the beginning of a spectacular display in the skies over southern Utah, where clear skies and a waning gibbous moon set the stage for planetary encounters, astronomical flights into the gas giant, and the start of one of the year’s richest meteor showers. Stock photo of meteor shower for illustration … Read more

Cosmic Fireworks: Celebrate Independence Day with Webb’s Star Formation Spectacle

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This new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows a young protostar in the process of forming inside a fiery, hourglass-shaped molecular cloud. Captured with the MIRI instrument, the scene reveals dynamic outflows and bright regions caused by interactions with surrounding gases and dust. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI Webb’s latest mid-infrared image shows … Read more

‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ nova explosion will add a new star to the night sky in a dazzling spectacle: NASA

American news By means of Patrick Reilly Published June 12, 2024, 10:59 PM ET Scientists around the world are eagerly awaiting a cosmic nova event that NASA says will add a “new star” to the night sky sometime between now and September. The spectacle will be so bright that it will be visible to the … Read more

Another chance to see the Northern Lights, plus another solar spectacle

Another coronal mass ejection from the sun could make the Northern Lights visible again over parts of New England on Friday evening. Even if the aurora’s geomagnetic glow doesn’t light up the sky over Massachusetts, there’s still a spectacular chance to see another solar phenomenon. Three weeks ago, a solar storm erupted from a huge … Read more