astronomy

YEAR’S END: With this year coming to an end, agencies and organizations are taking stock of what happened in 2017. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful recentl...

WINTER SOLSTICE: Winter begins. Today is the winter solstice and first official day of winter and the shortest day of the year Here, the solstice will...

MOONWALK: Today is the 45th anniversary of the last day man has walked on the moon. But it may not be long until we return. According to the Associate...

MOON: Everyone’s eyes were on the moon Sunday night, when the only visible supermoon of 2017 loomed above us. We had a great view of the heavenly body...

Australia has welcomed its new telescope, the bRing-AU, which was built by Bradford’s very own Sam Mellon. Mellon, a PhD candidate in physics and astr...

HUMMINGBIRDS: To answer Dan’s question from Thursday’s column, he is not the only one who is still seeing hummingbirds late in the year. Jody Jaros of...

HUMMINGBIRDS: Dan Hasney of Wilcox called to report that he just spotted a hummingbird, and he wondered if anyone else has seen hummingbirds recently....

IN BLOOM: We bet you didn’t guess the topic of the first day of Autumn column would be Easter lilies. Specifically, the Easter lilies that are bloomin...

PEACE: The theme for the 2017 International Day of Peace is “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All.” Established in 1981 by the Unit...

Improvements are still being planned at Cherry Springs State Park in Potter County, even as the state budget impasse looms on. Last week, members of t...

HISTORY: For anyone interested in pieces of local history, there are a couple of television debuts they may not want to miss. Zippo Manufacturing Co.-...

“Mystery of the unknown has driven interest in celestial bodies for eons. People can look and wonder, contemplating their place in the universe,” says...

“From the time the blackout started (about 2:30 p.m.) and for two hours afterward, phones in the offices of the police department, the telephone compa...

Whether individuals bought special glasses, or preferred to view the event through pictures taken by others, the solar eclipse has caused quite the hy...

ECLIPSE STORIES: It’s one of those events that come on rare occasion that brings the nation together to enjoy one beautiful thing. The solar eclipse o...

We’d like to share some of your experiences of watching Monday’s solar eclipse. We will be working on a story Mondat evening about it, and we’d like l...

ECLIPSE : Isn’t it great when things can come full-circle or happen at just the right time? For Monday’s eclipse, things are indeed coming around for ...

THE MOON & PA: Nationaldaycalendar.com has declared today to be National Pennsylvania Day. In celebration of Independence Day this year, the website i...

On Monday evening, the Bradford Area Public Library’s Community Room was packed with curious residents who wanted to learn more about a heavenly pheno...

COUDERSPORT — As part of its annual Cherry Springs Star Party, the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg is inviting the public to attend a special viewi...