The Wolbach Library wishes good health to everyone during this unprecedented global crisis. Watch ten years of solar activity in this time lapse video from NASA; NASA, ESA, & JAXA unveil a satellite data-driven COVID-19 dashboard; Seeker explains the innovations of the new Perseverance Mars rover; Why does this young…

The Wolbach Library wishes good health to everyone during this unprecedented global crisis. Watch SpaceX’s Falcon9 lift off, the first commercial manned mission to space; Hubble has a new image of Saturn; No, scientists have not discovered a universe where time flows backward; But we do have a possible explanation…

The Wolbach Library wishes good health to everyone during this unprecedented global crisis. Highlights… The first observed interstellar comet, 2I/Borisov, shed millions of gallons of water into space; Watch a vintage NASA Aeronautics and Space Report on Moon spacewear; The Hubble Telescope celebrates 30 years of operation with a slideshow…

The Wolbach Library wishes good health to everyone during this unprecedented global crisis. This month’s playlist includes some videos relating to COVID-19, including advice from astronauts about social distancing, book recommendations for quarantine, and speculation on how getting sick on Mars or the Moon might differ from getting sick on…

Last week, “human computer” Katharine Johnson passed away. Johnson’s calculations of orbital mechanics were instrumental to the success of NASA’s Apollo missions. One of the first African-American women scientists to work at NASA, Johnson’s time at NASA was fictionalized in the 2016 film Hidden Figures.  This month’s playlist includes videos…

Highlights… Watch new, never-before-captured high resolution footage of the Sun’s surface; NASA says goodbye to the Spitzer Space Telescope; Sky watchers can see great views of the constellation Orion in February; Emily Sandford breaks down the physics and ethics of an elevator to the Moon; SciShow explains how you can…

Happy New Year!  Highlights… NASA test drives the new Mars 2020 rover; CuriousDroid unravels the past and present of hydrogen energy and aero-space travel; Astronaut Don Pettit discusses launching rockets from the Moon; The Planet Protection team from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory break down why microbiology matters in space; SciShow…

Highlights… The ESO’s Very Large Telescope captured evidence of a giant planet orbiting a white dwarf star; This month, Venus, Saturn, and Mars, along with a crescent moon, will be visible in the December sky; SciShow breaks down the mystery of inconsistent oxygen levels in the Martian atmosphere; Physicist Tara…

Highlights… New images from the ESO’s Very Large Telescope indicate that the asteroid Hygiea might be reclassified as smallest dwarf planet in our solar system; Denna Lambert from NASA Goddard tests out an inclusive picture book designed for the visually impaired, featuring images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope; Astronomers…

Highlights… The Carnegie Institute of Science discovered 20 new moons orbiting Saturn, making it now the planet with the most moons in our solar system; Speaking of planets, sky watchers this month will be able to spot the elusive Uranus and Neptune with the naked eye; New ESO observations of…