Out in the deep dark recesses of the solar system, the Voyager spacecraft are still operating! Launched back in 1977, the twin spacecraft are headed in opposite directions in our solar system and are the farthest manmade objects in space.
Meteor showers come and go and some are strong and some are weak. Here is a special Dr. Sky alert for a possible meteor storm well worth your time to look for.
The mystery of the black hole is in the news again with the discovery of what appears to be a supermassive black hole near the nucleus of our Milky Way galaxy.
This is a special week to many sky observers, as many of the major planets of the solar system will align in the eastern sky just before dawn daily. This is a most amazing week as we get to view five or possibly six planetary objects in a span of some 30 degrees or so.
With sunspot cycle 25 now underway, the activity on the far side of the sun has been producing X-level solar flares and powerful coronal mass ejections.
The original predictions for solar cycle 25 were for a mild cycle. But with the recent official end of cycle 24, noted scientists have given the new cycle a stronger prediction when it comes to solar flare and coronal mass ejection activity.
There is some hope that the largest aircraft in the world, the Ukrainian aircraft, the Antonov-225, will be rebuilt after it was recently destroyed by Russian military.
