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Since December, Michael Cobb has been checking the night skies above Animas City to observe a line of light dots. While he’s sure they’re not alien craft beginning their invasion of Earth, he was...
DATE: May 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
SANTA FE – A newly forged steel instrument that can pinpoint the path of stars and planets across the night sky using the naked eye is a throwback to the years just before the advent of telescopes,...
DATE: Jan. 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Mesa Verde National Park may become an International Dark Sky Park in the coming year. The Mesa Verde Museum Association has been working on its application to receive the designation since 2015,...
DATE: Jan. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
On Monday morning, Nov. 11, the planet Mercury will transit across the face of the sun and become visible as a small black dot as it passes between the sun and Earth. The transit begins at 5:35...
DATE: Nov. 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Stargazers hoping to watch the annual Perseid meteor shower this month may be disappointed because a full moon Aug. 15 likely will wash out a number of meteors from view. Rather than the usual 60...
DATE: July 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Milky Way galaxy and star constellations shine especially bright in Norwood, and because of the limited light pollution, the town was designated in February as an International Dark Sky...
DATE: July 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Stargazers in Southwest Colorado will start the new year with a glimpse of a meteor shower as the Quadrantids streak through the sky on Thursday and Friday. And a super blood moon is coming in...
DATE: Jan. 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
The night sky will offer two astronomical shows this week and next. The Christmas Comet will fly closest to Earth in 20 years and will be visible in the southern night sky, preferably with a...
DATE: Dec. 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
The public is invited to two astronomy events at the Canyons of the Ancients Visitor’s Center and Museum, 27501 Colorado Highway 184, Dolores. On Sept. 1, astronaut Rick Hieb will present “Space...
DATE: Aug. 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
Skywatchers will get a rare sight on Wednesday, Jan. 31, when the sky will display the moon in three unusual ways – a supermoon, a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse. First, it will be a...
DATE: Jan. 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News