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SMC Planetarium’s Features In September
SANTA MONICA—Santa Monica College will feature "NASA's return to the moon" and "Equinoxes and solstices" in their two planetarium shows in September.
On Friday, September...
Asteroid 2020 QG Zips By Earth
UNITED STATES—An SUV-size space rock flew past the planet over the weekend. This is the closest encounter with a space object NASA and Pasadena-based...
Meteor Shower Expected To Display 100 Shooting Stars Hourly
BEVERLY HILLS—The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak at night on Wednesday, August 12 and transpire into the morning on Thursday, August 13. After...
First Movie Shot In Space Will Feature Tom Cruise
CELEBRITY — As of Wednesday, May 6, new information came to surface about an action film featuring Tom Cruise that will be shot in...
Crew Dragon Makes Historic Docking On International Space Station
OUTER SPACE—At 10:16 a.m. ET on Sunday, May 31, the SpaceX-manufactured Crew Dragon spacecraft docked onto the International Space Station (ISS), 13 minutes earlier...
SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft Launch Delayed
FLORIDA — In a joint mission between SpaceX and NASA, on Wednesday, May 27, the Falcon 9 was set to launch Crew Dragon’s second...
Last Full 2020 ‘Supermoon’ On May 7
CALIFORNIA—As reported by Patch on Tuesday, May 5, the final full ‘supermoon’ in a series of 4 is due to appear this week.
This supermoon...
President Trump Signs Order Permitting Mining On The Moon
UNITED STATS−President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on April 6, permitting the mining on the moon.
According to reports, there is lunar ice on...
Start A Celestial Journey
UNITED STATES—The blackness of night is engorged with radiant yet mysterious celestial objects that strike wonder into the viewer. The Ancients looked at the...
NASA To Launch New Drone
UNITED STATES—On Thursday, June 27, NASA announced that it’s dispatching a drone named Dragonfly to examine Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. With the help of...
Griffith Observatory Hosts Free Solar Eclipse Viewing
GRIFFITH PARK—The Griffith Observatory will offer a free public viewing of the “Great American Eclipse” on Monday, August 21, from 9:05 a.m. to 11:44...
Scientists Grow Potatoes In Near Mars-Like Conditions
LIMA, PERU—The potato, first cultivated by humans seven thousand years ago in what is now southern Peru, made its way from the New World...
“Hidden Figures” Is Inspiring, Fun
HOLLYWOOD—I recall after seeing the trailer for the movie “Hidden Figures” telling myself, ‘Now, that is going to be something powerful.’ The movie is...
Griffith Observatory Lecture to Explore Space Colonization
GRIFFITH PARK—A lecture and book signing event will explore the appeal of space adventure and colonization of Titan at the Griffith Observatory on Thursday,...
“The Martian” Is Absolutely Stunning Cinema
HOLLYWOOD—“Gravity” was one of those films that blew my mind in 2013 when it comes to cinematic evolution. In 2015, another film challenges the...
NASA Awards SMC The MUREP Grant
SANTA MONICA—Santa Monica College has been selected to receive a MUREP Community College Curriculum Improvement (MC3I) grant by NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP).
The $250,000...
Nepal Survivors Located With NASA Technology
PACIFIC PALISADES—Scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are applying new, state-of-the-art technology to amp up rescue efforts in Nepal. This news comes after a...
Lecture On Space Program At Griffith Observatory
GRIFFITH PARK—On Thursday, May 7, John Logsdon, author of After Apollo: Richard Nixon and the American Space Program, will give a lecture at the...
