Depending on your locale, equinoxes can be seen as harbingers of longer nights and gloomy weather, or promising beacons of nicer temperatures and more sunlight. Observing and predicting equinoxes is one of the earliest skills in humanity’s astronomical toolkit. Many ancient observatories around the world observed equinoxes along with the more pronounced solstices. These days,
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https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/community/cosmic-origins-second-early-career-workshop-oct-2026 NASA’s Cosmic Origins Program is excited to invite you to the second Early Career Workshop, designed to support and empower the next generation of astrophysics leaders and PIs. The workshop aims to provide insights to early career scientists about the wide range of work done in the Cosmic Origins Program, to explain and demonstrate
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The National Academies Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA) will be holding its fall meeting virtually, on 22-24 September 2026. https://www.nationalacademies.org/units/DEPS-SSB-16-09/event/46929 The full (draft) agenda [PDF] can be found on the meeting webpage. Of special interest to the PhysCOS community are the following: Tuesday 22 September 11:15a NASA Astrophysics Update – Dr. Shawn Domagal-Goldman (NASA Astrophysics Division Director)
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On Sept. 12-13, NASA’s Johnson Space Center employees brought the excitement and wonder of space exploration to Houston’s Japan Festival at Hermann Park. For more than 30 years, the festival has immersed guests in traditional Japanese culture through food, dance, martial arts, music, and more, Johnson has supported the festival as an exhibitor for the
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Explanation: When does a nebula look like a comet? In this crowded starfield covering over two degrees within the high-flying constellation of the Swan (Cygnus), the eye is drawn to the Cocoon Nebula. A compact star forming region, the cosmic Cocoon punctuates a nebula bright in emission and reflection on the lower right, with a
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Explanation: If you went outside at the same time every day and took a picture that included the Sun, how would the Sun’s position change? A visual answer to that question is an analemma, a composite image taken from the same spot at the same time over the course of a year. The featured analemma
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The Roscosmos Progress 96 spacecraft docked to the space-facing port of the International Space Station’s Poisk module at 9:44 a.m. EDT Saturday. The spacecraft is delivering about three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 75 crew and will remain at the space station for about five months before departing for a planned
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NASA is streaming live rendezvous and docking coverage as the Roscosmos Progress 96 cargo spacecraft makes its way to the International Space Station. Watch online at: https://www.nasa.gov/live The unpiloted spacecraft is on track for its planned 9:46 a.m. EDT autonomous docking to the Poisk module’s space-facing port. It launched at 9:33 a.m. (6:33 p.m. Baikonur time)
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Explanation: Also known as the false dawn, a luminous band of zodiacal light is captured in this dark night skyscape. The serene view was recorded just before the beginning of astronomical twilight during September’s star party at the remote Hanle Dark Sky Reserve, Ladakh, India, planet Earth. At about 4,500 meters altitude, the dark sky
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The Republic of Albania will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 12 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 21, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 73rd country signatory. NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson will host Albania’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ferit Hoxha and Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the
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