2022 Astronomy News and Events

Local Events at the University of Mississippi

• Astronomy Open House Schedule

Astronomy Events by Date

• Lunar Eclipse — November 8, 2022
• First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope — July 12, 2022.
• Total Lunar Eclipse with a Super Flower Blood Moon — May 15, 2022.
• Most Distant Galaxy Yet Discovered — April 7, 2022.
• NASA's Perseverance Rover Hightails It to Martian Delta — March 18, 2022.
• Webb Sees Its First Star — February 11, 2022.
• The James Webb Space Telescope Team Deployed the Spacecraft’s Primary Mirror — January 8, 2022.
• The James Webb Space Telescope Team Deployed the Spacecraft’s Sunshield — January 4, 2022.

(see also the Sky & Telescope observing page and the Spaceweather update)