“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

Southern Colorado is gaining over 2 minutes of light each day now - and will gain over an hour through the entire month.

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...

Scientists are proposing ways to explore Venus in the next decade and beyond by way of a host of advanced technologies, from ...

In 2024, annual average global air temperatures surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time, triggering extreme ...

Some of us remember the first Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, 1970. We pulled old bedsprings and tires out of local rivers and urged a ban on phosphates that fueled weed growth in streams and ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

Dirda discusses the life of a critic, and his decision for a change of pace after 30 years of weekly columns ...

What would happen if a 500-meter asteroid hit Earth? Scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics modeled the aftermath, ...

(IDEM) is offering free, hands-on classroom presentations to elementary students across the state in celebration of Earth Day ...

A recent study revealed that 2020 was the greenest year recorded by modern satellite observations from 2001 to 2020. This surge in greenery was particularly evident in northern and temperate regions, ...

Scientists used aircraft and satellites to track biodiversity, helping improve conservation and space research.