The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Astronomers say it should be visible in both hemispheres. The Eta Aquarids occur every year in early May.
The Hubble Space Telescope, proclaimed by NASA to be the most significant advance in astronomy since Galileo, was placed in orbit on this day in history, April 25, 1990.
The Lyrid meteor shower, occurring annually in mid-to-late April, is currently underway with its peak activity expected Sunday into Monday, officials say.
Astronomers predict that a star system located 3,000 light years away from planet Earth will become visible this year as a nova explosion is to occur, NASA officials say.
Astronomers have detected a black hole positioned roughly 2,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquila. It was identified through the Gaia mission.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Texas, told students the moon was a planet and that it was made up of gases while speaking to them before the solar eclipse on April 8.
Total solar eclipses occur every few years, but they are often only able to be seen from somewhere in the ocean. These are the next times a total solar eclipse will pass over land.
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