The Petersburg Post

Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 - Happy Wednesday! We are just one day away from the full moon, and the energy is becoming more potent by the minute. Tonight, you might notice the moon nearing its peak, appearing fully-lit from our view on Earth. Today's moon phase is still the waxing gibbous, but with 98% illumination from the sun, it appears nearly full. In fact, some people even consider the day leading up to the full moon (and the day after it) ...

Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 - Samples taken from  the asteroid Bennu  are continuing to shed light on the origins of the solar system.  Scientists have been studying the samples since NASA's Osiris-REx spacecraft carried them back to Earth in 2020 and recently discovered that that they contain sugars and "a gum-like substance not seen before in astromaterials," NASA said. The revelations — and how they can help answer big ...

Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2025 - More than half a million satellites are planned to launch by the end of the 2030s, and simulations suggest they will have a severe impact on space-based astronomy One in three images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope could be ruined if space companies' plans to launch hundreds of thousands of satellites go ahead. More than three-quarters of the nearly 14,000 satellites currently in orbit around Earth were ...