Current Astronomy News

  • 2023 Supermoons

    According to the folks at EarthSky (and they checked with Fred Espenak, formerly of NASA) there will be four successive Supermoons this year on July 2-3, August 1, August 30-31, and September 28-29.

  • Asteroid Day – Friday, June 30, 2023

    66 million years ago, asteroid day wasn’t much fun for the dinosaurs. Just recently, there was another article about an asteroid having a close encounter with the Earth. Despite these warnings, the odds of one hitting us is very low. However, if you’re worried (or even if you’re not), Friday, June 30, 2023 is Asteroid…

  • Total Lunar Eclipse – Morning of Tuesday November 8

    It’s the dark side of the Moon! No, wait! It’s actually the light side of the Moon and a Full Moon! But there’s more! The last total lunar eclipse of the year begins on the morning of Tuesday, November 8th just after 4 am EST in the Winston-Salem area. It reaches totality, when it looks…

  • A Call to Arms for ALL Citizen Scientists

    If you’re into astronomy, (chuckles lightly), you have most likely heard of the Osiris Rex mission to the asteroid Bennu. Part of that mission is to do a sample return of an actual piece of an asteroid. The folks at the Planetary Science Institute, that wrote the software to help determine the best place for…

  • GTCC – 19th annual Fall Astronomy Day Lecture

    GTCC’s Cline Observatory and the GTCC Foundation present Our 19th annual Fall Astronomy Day Lecture Friday, 2 October 2015, 7:30 p.m. Koury Auditorium, GTCC, Jamestown The MESSENGER Spacecraft Mission to Mercury:  Surprises from the Innermost Planet Sean Solomon, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University With all the attention the New Horizons Mission to Pluto has generated…

  • Bring on the Perseids……

    The International Meteor Organization has forecast peak of the Perseids meteor shower to occur Wednesday night/Thursday morning, August 12/13, between 2:30am and 5:30 am. This is a great opportunity for viewing one of the best showers of the year, the Moon is not an issue, clear skies are forecast, and the peak occurs during the…

  • Ten Celestial Events for 2015

    Looking for things to view and have fun looking for, here are a few Ten Celestial Events for 2015, have fun looking up as there is a lot to see.  

  • Rosetta Comet Landing Nov 12

    Mission Rosetta launched in 2004 and arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 6 August 2014. It is the first mission in history to rendezvous with a comet, escort it as it orbits the Sun, and deploy a lander to its surface. Rosetta is an ESA mission with contributions from its member states and NASA. Rosetta’s Philae…

  • One week, one giant sunspot, six massive solar flares

    Check out this report – One week, one giant sunspot, six massive solar flares with more information at Space Weather. Marcia