astronomy

COUDERSPORT — Cherry Springs State Park (CSSP) is presenting three free programs for the public during the month of December. The first two programs a...

POLAR NIGHT: Before complaining too much about how miserable Bradford is in winter, particularly after the time changes, consider what it’s like in Sv...

Better catch the moon’s disappearing act Tuesday — there won’t be another like it for three years. The Associated Press reports the total lunar eclips...

COUDERSPORT — Stop in any time between 5 and 6 a.m. this coming Tuesday, Nov. 8 for the Early Morning Lunar Eclipse Viewing Program at the Night Sky P...

Those spectacular pictures of galaxies forming at a time very near the origin of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope came at a pretty pri...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — On a recent camping trip to Kings Canyon National Park I had the opportunity to escape the light-polluted vistas of the city and l...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Spring has arrived. The exact moment of the spring, or vernal equinox, which is the point when the sun crosses the equator from nor...

HAPPY TWOS-DAY: Today, the world hits an unprecedented milestone. It’s the date itself: 02/22/22. And this so-called “Twosday” falls on a Tuesday, no ...

Was the (potentially) amazing James Webb Space Telescope launched from French Guiana on Christmas of all days to put it more in the public eye — or le...

SUPPLY LAUNCH: A SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft carrying more than 6,500 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo on its way t...

LUNAR ECLIPSE: In the early morning hours on Friday, area residents may have a chance to see the lunar eclipse — depending on the weather. The partial...

NEW YORK (TNS) — A new study has pinpointed when Vikings first traveled across the Atlantic to North America: 1021, or almost 500 years ahead of Chris...

NASA SPACECRAFT: NASA’s first spacecraft to explore the Trojan asteroids arrived July 30 at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. It is ...

A meteor shower is an increase in the number of meteors or “shooting stars” that streak through the night sky and most meteor showers are caused by co...

POETRY: Bradford resident Donald Neal shared a poem with us, and we thought our readers might enjoy it as well. The Universal Mystery Have you ever st...

RING OF FIRE’ SOLAR ECLIPSE : The new moon will sweep in front of the sun to create this year’s first solar eclipse today. The moon in its elliptical ...

MEMORIES: Bradford resident Donald Neal shared a poem with us about remembering the past. I Remember As I look back through the days of my life I reme...

COUDERSPORT—Cherry Springs State Park is offering a number of programs this summer, both virtually and in-person. A free Know before you go to Cherry ...

What could be more natural than going to Mars? So far, civilization’s essential narrative has been exploration, discovery and migration from parts of ...

It’s hard to imagine that a flight lasting a mere 39 seconds could represent monumental scientific achievement, but that was the reaction — and celebr...