Astronomy Tonight

On May 18th in the world of astronomy, we celebrate the anniversary of a groundbreaking discovery made in 2032: the confirmation of a potentially habitable exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, our nea...

18 Mai 20251min

On May 17th in the world of astronomy, one of the most notable events occurred in 1835. This was the day when the Great Comet of 1835, also known as Halley's Comet, made its closest approach to Earth ...

17 Mai 20252min

On May 16th in the field of astronomy, one of the most significant events occurred in 1997: the launch of the Soyuz TM-25 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This mission was part o...

16 Mai 20252min

On May 15th in the world of astronomy, we celebrate the anniversary of a groundbreaking discovery that shook the scientific community to its core. On this day in 2009, the European Space Agency (ESA) ...

15 Mai 20252min

On May 14th in the world of astronomy, one of the most significant events occurred back in 1973. On this date, the United States launched Skylab, America's first space station! Skylab was an ambitiou...

14 Mai 20252min

Certainly! On May 13th in the field of astronomy, one of the most significant events occurred in 1861. On this day, Scottish astronomer John Tebbutt discovered the Great Comet of 1861, also known as C...

13 Mai 20252min

On May 12th in the field of astronomy, one of the most significant events occurred in 1930 when the Adler Planetarium in Chicago opened its doors to the public. This was a groundbreaking moment in the...

12 Mai 20252min

On May 11th in astronomical history, one of the most significant events occurred in 1997: the chess match between IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer and world chess champion Garry Kasparov concluded, with ...

11 Mai 20251min