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1 day ago · The City of Moab, Utah, U.S.A. International Dark Sky Community is located in the eastern part of the state on the Colorado Plateau. It is currently home to approximately 5,300 residents, an ancestral home to many more, and a destination for millions. The Moab Valley is a rare place where steep, red rock canyons give way to gentle crossing of ...
1 day ago · Astronomy Picture of the Day. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Explanation: Blown by fast winds from a hot, massive star, this cosmic bubble is huge.
The dashboard displays the next five Earth approaches to within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers or 19.5 times the distance to the moon); an object larger than about 150 meters that can approach the Earth to within this distance is termed a potentially hazardous object.
4 days ago · Anyone along the eclipse’s shadow path can see the total eclipse if the skies are clear. During the total eclipse, the sky will darken. It will look as if it were dawn or dusk.
3 days ago · The absence of an accessible and comprehensive overview prompted DarkSky to publish the first “Artificial Light At Night: State of The Science” in 2022, summarizing the scientific understanding of light pollution. Each year, we have continued to update this report.
3 days ago · Great Basin National Park, Nevada. With some of the darkest skies in the lower 48 states, stargazers can marvel at thousands of stars, the Milky Way, and distant galaxies like Andromeda in...
4 days ago · Competing among eight finalist teams that presented their ideas for aviation-related systems for natural disasters, the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona team earned the top award at the 2024 Blue Skies Forum, hosted at NASA’s Ames Research Center May 30-31. The Forum was judged by subject matter experts from NASA and industry.
