Cosmic Calendar

On July 10 at 20:37 London time, 15:37 New York time, and 12:37 Los Angeles time, we will witness the Buck Moon — a full Moon in the constellation Sagittarius. Although the moment of full Moon lasts only an instant, when the Moon is exactly opposite the Sun, its disk appears fully illuminated the day […]

Moon, Saturn, and Neptune in the pre-dawn sky The visibility of Saturn is slowly improving, and in the middle of summer, it can be seen almost the entire second half of the night. In addition, the planet’s rings are gradually opening up. If you have a telescope, you can see another planet, Neptune, next to […]

July is a great month for observing the Milky Way. It contains many nebulae and open clusters. First of all, you can pay attention to the Lagoon Nebula and the Trifid Nebula in the constellation Sagittarius. They are wort your attention – if only because they were among the first objects the new Vera Rubin […]

The Delta Aquarids meteor shower is a medium-activity shower that can produce up to 20 meteors per hour at its peak. It originates from debris left behind by the Marsden and Kracht comets. The shower is active annually from July 12 to August 23, and this year its peak will occur on the night of […]

Eris is the first Australian orbital rocket built by startup Gilmour Space. It is capable of launching up to 215 kg of cargo into a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit and up to 300 kg into a 500-kilometer equatorial orbit. The first attempt to launch Eris took place on May 17. However, at that time, it never […]

SpaceX Crew-11 is the eleventh manned flight of the American spacecraft Crew Dragon by SpaceX under the NASA Commercial Crew Program. It will carry four astronauts to the ISS and stay there until April 2026. The crew includes NASA astronauts Zena Cardman (crew chief) and Edward Fincke (pilot), JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui (mission specialist), and […]

On August 31, the European probe JUICE will make a close flyby of Venus. It will use its gravity for acceleration, as well as conduct several test observations and measurements. This will allow scientists to check the work of the instruments of the spacecraft and calibrate them. The ultimate goal of the mission is Jupiter’s […]

New Glenn is an ultra-heavy rocket from Blue Origin. As part of its second mission, it will launch for the first time a payload in the form of the Elytra Dawn space tugboat from Firefly Aerospace, a pair of NASA-built EscaPADE probes designed to study Mars, and other bypass cargo. An attempt will also be […]

On September 7, 2025, a rare and very beautiful event will be visible — a total lunar eclipse. From 18:30 to 19:52 London time, 13:30 to 14:52 New York time, and 10:30 to 11:52 Los Angeles time, the Moon will pass completely into Earth’s shadow and take on a dark red color. That is why […]