Hey, fellow sky-gazers and cosmic adventurers! Your favorite astrodrive.fun writer here, bringing you some seriously exciting news about an upcoming celestial showstopper. If you’ve been waiting for a reason to bundle up, grab a hot drink, and simply look up, this is it! On the night of October 21–22, 2025, the Orionid Meteor Shower will…
Hey AstroDrivers, Today we’re diving into one of the universe’s deepest mysteries gravity itself and a groundbreaking new idea that could turn our understanding of cosmic forces completely upside down. For centuries, our concept of gravity has been inextricably linked to mass. From Newton’s elegant description of two massive objects attracting each other, to Einstein’s…
Reveals Our 500,000 MPH Ride Through the Milky Way! Hey AstroDrivers, Joy Kumar Sharma here, ready to share a truth that will absolutely shatter your sense of scale. We all know the basics: Earth takes about a year to orbit the Sun, covering some 584 million miles in the process. We use that cycle to…
Astronomy buffs, prepare for one of the most exciting comet seasons in recent years. Three comets — C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), C/2025 R2 (SWAN), and C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) — are making headlines for their predicted brightness, orbits, and viewing potential. This post brings you the latest on each, plus tips on when and how to see…
The Moon Meets Mars: A Sky Event Worth Watching Tonight, September 24, 2025, offers a delightful celestial pairing: the Moon and Mars will appear close together in the sky. This kind of conjunction is always a treat for skywatchers—especially when both bodies are bright and easy to spot. Will It Be Visible from Bangladesh? Yes…
Sunspots look dark, but they hold the key to understanding the Sun’s magnetic secrets and space weather impacts on Earth. When we imagine the Sun, we think of an intensely hot, blazing sphere. On average, its surface temperature is about 5,500°C (10,000°F). But surprisingly, certain regions called sunspots are much cooler, with temperatures ranging from…
Olympus Mons rises 22 km above the Martian surface—2.5 times higher than Mount Everest and wide enough to cover entire countries. A giant among giants, it is the largest volcano in the solar system. When we think of the tallest mountain in the world, Mount Everest instantly comes to mind. Towering at 8.8 km (8,850…
On the night of September 7–8, 2025, the full “Corn Moon” will undergo a dramatic transformation, turning deep red in a rare and captivating total lunar eclipse visible to billions around the globe. Why This Eclipse Is Special This event marks one of the longest total lunar eclipses of the decade. The Moon will pass…
As the cosmos continues its grand performance, here’s everything you need to know about the most exciting upcoming space missions, celestial events, and why they matter. 1. SpaceX Crew-11 Mission to the ISS 2. Rocket Lab’s “Live, Laugh, Launch” Mission 3. ESA Earth-Observation Satellites: MetOp-SG-A1 & Sentinel-5 4. Near-Earth Asteroid 1997 QK1 Flyby 5. NOAA’s…
1. SpaceX Crew-11 Reaches the ISS 2. Asteroid 1997 QK1 Flyby 3. ESA’s MetOp-SG & Sentinel-5 Launch 4. NOAA’s SWFO-L1 (Space Weather Follow-On) Mission 5. Celestial Events & Astronomical Observations in September According to Star Walk’s September calendar, observe these major events Star Walk: 6. Other Noteworthy Upcoming Missions Why These Events Matter Event Why…
