Prof. Barton Pritzl

Busy day! Tonight Jupiter is in an uncommon alignment where it is at the closest part of its orbit about the Sun and also at the closest to the Earth.

See Jupiter Shine During its Closest Approach to Earth Since 1963 Sept. 26 marks an unmissable chance to view the massive planet Jupiter, whose opposition and perigee very rarely coincide

I had the pleasure of talking about the James Webb Space Telescope images with my grade school friend, Jonathan Krause. He asked great questions and helped make me feel comfortable on his WHBY radio program. The clip starts around the 23:00 minute mark.

July 19, 2022 | Co-Host Tommy Clifford, Aisha Morales, Dr Barton Pritzl Jonathan Krause is joined by Co-Host Tommy Clifford, Aisha Morales of Action 2 News This Morning, an

First stunning images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope!

Behold! The James Webb Space Telescope's stunning 1st science images are here. The wait is finally over — for the photos and for all the research that will follow.

First James Webb Space Telescope image! More to come tomorrow!

NASA’s Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 is overflowing with detail.

Happy Summer Solstice to those in the northern hemisphere!

Something planned for, but one of the impacts was larger than expected.

James Webb Space Telescope suffers 1st noticeable micrometeoroid impact just months into flight NASA says we can still expect pristine images on July 12.

The universe is trying to tell us something about the expansion rate. Some good science will come from this.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220524160011.htm