# Astronomy News Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [November 4, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832 "2020-11-04T20:25:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/202 "2025-03-13T14:43:30Z")
Lunar eclipse tonight if it’s clear in your area and you feel like getting up: [https://nyti.ms/4iKjUL3](https://nyti.ms/4iKjUL3) ---
**Author:** ![now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/now_samantha/32/24815_2.png) [@now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/u/now_samantha)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/203 "2025-03-13T17:19:54Z")
Forecast here is for clouds. Will probably get up anyways just to make sure nothing is visible. ---
**Author:** ![T-roy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/t-roy/32/9180_2.png) [@T-roy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/T-roy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/204 "2025-03-13T22:14:43Z")
The moon will be directly above my local college’s hillside emblem from my home - If the sky clears I will snap a picture of it (around 8:00 PM EST) ---
**Author:** ![T-roy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/t-roy/32/9180_2.png) [@T-roy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/T-roy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:27am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/205 "2025-03-14T03:27:32Z")
[![IMG-1324](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/1/81ebb7b05cc91433715ee89b5352da62e7bfb44d.jpeg)](https://ibb.co/xtrj71TL) ---
**Author:** ![T-roy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/t-roy/32/9180_2.png) [@T-roy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/T-roy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/206 "2025-03-14T03:28:24Z")
[![IMG-1323](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/e/fe0099478875a2588a05bf968873fe01f31abd08.jpeg)](https://ibb.co/SwJfxf1x) ---
**Author:** ![UltimateAnyone](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ultimateanyone/32/265_2.png) [@UltimateAnyone](https://community.goactuary.com/u/UltimateAnyone)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 6:43am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/207 "2025-03-14T06:43:19Z")
Lunar Eclipse looking good! 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/triweasel/32/159_2.png) [@Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Triweasel)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/208 "2025-03-14T06:52:10Z")
Really cool glow when it got fully covered! ---
**Author:** ![T-roy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/t-roy/32/9180_2.png) [@T-roy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/T-roy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/209 "2025-03-14T11:05:20Z")
Cool red moon this AM at my 3:14 am on 3/14 I couldn’t get my iPhone to get better than this It was straight up and I couldn’t hold still in that contorted way for too long. [![IMG-1340](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/0/c09dca1c635679b49f8d52ef5a9a2a4dafa45a9c.jpeg)](https://ibb.co/p6XHXBgJ) ---
**Author:** ![Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Actuary321)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/210 "2025-03-14T13:44:46Z")
I was late and it was pretty cloud covered. I took a couple pictures and could see the glow and you could tell it was a crescent rather than fully round like a full moon should be. ![20250314_020055](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/e/7e8af8d4ef326f769fa6ad653a5dea1afd82473d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![SteveGrondin](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/stevegrondin/32/3257_2.png) [@SteveGrondin](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveGrondin)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/211 "2025-03-14T14:22:07Z")
Progressed a lot slower than the solar eclipse. Brightness of remaining parts overwhelmed camera sensors so pics seemed to overestimate portion not in shadow. Still saw a slightly brighter rim in totality than I expected. Wonder if earth moon distance was higher than average. Haven’t checked. ---
**Author:** ![Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/cooke/32/15467_2.png) [@Cooke](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Cooke)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 6:40am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/212 "2025-04-18T06:40:28Z")
It amazes me what the James Webb telescope can detect at a distance of 124 light years. > **[Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/17/scientists-hail-strongest-evidence-so-far-for-life-beyond-our-solar-system?utm_term=6801ea613de4faeb8d9feb2c05433487&utm_campaign=FirstEdition&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=firstedition_email)** > > Astrophysics team say observation of chemical compounds may be ‘tipping point’ in search for extraterrestrial life ---
**Author:** ![now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/now_samantha/32/24815_2.png) [@now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/u/now_samantha)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/213 "2025-07-04T15:16:31Z")
A [transient luminous event](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper-atmospheric_lightning) photographed from the ISS. Or if you prefer, what thunderstorms can look like from above. ![image](https://community.goactuary.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/3/a3da65c1b2240d7c23474f870180f80ebbb7f5e8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/214 "2025-09-15T18:27:45Z")
> **[NASA Says Mars Rover Discovered Potential Biosignature Last Year - NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-says-mars-rover-discovered-potential-biosignature-last-year/)** > > A sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life. Taken A few clickbait sources are describing this as “life found on Mars.”. It’s not quite that, but… ---
**Author:** ![soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/soyleche/32/42_2.png) [@soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/u/soyleche)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/215 "2025-09-15T23:10:37Z")
Unfortunately won’t get real confirmation until after the retrieval mission, which keeps having its funding cut. ---
**Author:** ![NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/normaldan/32/1013_2.png) [@NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NormalDan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/216 "2025-09-15T23:36:59Z")
I want a new Trump, but he just spends lots on space exploration ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/217 "2025-09-15T23:54:58Z")
Is that C-3PO’s arm??? ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/218 "2025-09-16T00:36:33Z")
If it were pitched as sending Elmo there to check it out, on scene, I imagine that we could pass a hat and collect sufficient funds to make that happen. ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/219 "2025-09-27T15:10:36Z")
I’ve seen this movie > **[Astronomers weigh nuclear option to stop Moon-bound asteroid](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/astronomers-weigh-nuclear-option-stop-140700363.html)** > > Astronomers weigh nuclear options to prevent asteroid 2024 YR4 from striking the Moon and sending debris toward Earth. In case you don’t like yahoo and want to read the scientific literature: [[2509.12351] Space Mission Options for Reconnaissance and Mitigation of Asteroid 2024 YR4](https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12351) ---
**Author:** ![NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/normaldan/32/1013_2.png) [@NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NormalDan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/220 "2025-09-27T15:31:12Z")
I think it was Neil DeGrasse Tyson who had an interesting youtube video about options. One interesting one was a big tungsten nail in space and then the meteor hits it and breaks up into a cloud of smaller debris that can break up in the atmosphere ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832/221 "2025-11-16T22:39:45Z")
Leonid meteor shower peaks today/tomorrow. Get out there if you have clear skies [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832.md?page=10) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/astronomy-news-thread/832.md?page=12)