Lunar legacy: U of A researchers building moon-bound camera
Even the smallest of shadows on the moon’s surface can harbor water ice and other chemical compounds, known…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: When dust gets in your skies | Astronomy
Today: Every star rotates. Our Sun takes a little less than one Earth month to rotate once on…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: A look at the stars of Harry Potter | Astronomy
Today: One minor Harry Potter character actually has two well-known star names: Regulus Arcturus Black, the brother of…
New research reveals massive stars both exploded in tandem
‘A rare opportunity’ The discovery may offer insight into binary systems composed of massive stars. “This system provides…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: Microwaves from outer space | Astronomy
Today: Let’s learn about Capella. It is the fourth brightest star we can see in Ellensburg. It is…
NASA’s Quantum Lab Aboard Space Station Gets Chilly Upgrade
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have switched on NASA’s newly upgraded Cold Atom Lab, a one-of-a-kind facility…
‘Eye of Sauron’ nebula could give glimpse of Sun’s death | Features
(NASA/NOAO/ESA/Hubble/STScI/NRAO via SWNS) By Dean Murray A jaw-dropping new view of the “Eye of Sauron” nebula may give…
Sonic booms expected Sunday morning from SpaceX launch at Vandenberg SFB | Vandenberg Space Force Base
Residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties can expect to hear one or more sonic…
Elk Country Visitor Center programs in January | Local
BENEZETTE — The Elk Country Visitor Center will host public programs in the month of January 2026. Saturday,…
Space scientists’ cosmic calendar has 12 out-of-this-world wonders | Northwest & National News
This Hubble image captures incredible details in the dusty clouds in the outskirts of a star-forming region called…
Scientists track 1,000 Martian dust devils racing at record speeds | Outdoors
ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) captured this dust devil tracking across the martian surface on 3 December…
Space scientists baffled by supermassive black hole’s cosmic flip-flop | Features
While black hole M87*’s magnetic fields appeared to spiral in one direction in 2017, they settled in 2018…