4+ hour, 13+ min ago  (311+ words) Large Magellanic Cloud Star Brightening Leaves Astronomers Chasing Phoebe mogazmasr. com A star in the Large Magellanic Cloud flashed brighter for about one hour on the evening of December 18, 2019, and astronomers now think the culprit was an object they have…...

20+ hour, 42+ min ago  (410+ words) Cape Canaveral faces rare doubleheader as Space X and ULA plan back-to-back launches mogazmasr. com Cape Canaveral is set for a rare one-two punch on Friday, May 29, with Space X planning to send a Falcon 9 rocket into space from the…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (321+ words) May's full moon will arrive on May 31, 2026, with a rare double designation that gives skywatchers two reasons to look up. It will peak at 8: 45 a. m. UTC, and it will be both a blue moon and a micromoon. The moon will not…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (239+ words) SSAFA has marked the 15th anniversary of the end of UK Armed Forces operations in Iraq, saying the Iraq War still lives on for many veterans and families even though Operation TELIC formally ended on May 22, 2011. The charity said the anniversary…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (436+ words) Psyche uses Mars flyby to test instruments before 2029 arrival mogazmasr. com NASA's Psyche spacecraft swung past Mars last Friday and used the planet's gravity for a slingshot that put the probe on track for its 2029 arrival at the asteroid Psyche....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (811+ words) A geomagnetic storm happens when energy from the sun disturbs Earth's magnetic field. The most common trigger is a coronal mass ejection, or CME, a large burst of magnetized plasma that leaves the sun and can reach Earth in one…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (566+ words) Moon study suggests Neptune's Nereid may be a lone survivor mogazmasr. com A new study suggests Neptune's moon Nereid may not be a stray from the Kuiper Belt after all. Instead, it may have been born in a steady, circular…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (461+ words) Stargazers have already had three meteor showers to mark on the 2026 calendar, and the next major display is coming fast. The Eta Aquarids peaked on May 5-6 after becoming active on April 19, and the shower will stay visible until May 28. That…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (445+ words) Asteroid 2026 Jh2 to make rare close pass by Earth Monday mogazmasr. com Asteroid 2026 JH2, a space rock about 62 feet wide, is due to glide within about 57, 000 miles of Earth on Monday, a close pass that will bring it to peak brightness around…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (308+ words) Venus is glistening in the west at sunset, and by the end of the month it is closing in on a near encounter with Jupiter. In the meantime, the crescent moon will slide through the same stretch of evening sky…...