astronomy

NASA plans to launch tonight that's meant to collide with a small moon orbiting an asteroid and try to change its orbit. The DART mission or Double Asteroid Redirection Test is a practice run in case an asteroid ever sets a collision course with Earth.

Skywatchers tonight can see the full moon darken in a partial eclipse. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, it’s the longest-lasting partial lunar eclipse in the span of a millennia.

Astronomers at Northern Arizona University are searching for a special kind of asteroid, and they want the public to help. “Active asteroids” are strange…

The astronomy community has lost a pioneer. Famed Flagstaff astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker passed away Friday at the age of ninety-two. She discovered more…

Any night this week is a good time to hunt for shooting stars, as the annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.This…

A new kind of broadband internet is coming to Tuba City on the Navajo Nation, one beamed down from space by so-called “satellite constellations.” This…

Hundreds of thousands of people visit the Grand Canyon National Park every summer to marvel at the geology. But to an astronomer, the view gets even…

Early risers tomorrow morning will have a chance to see the full moon disappear behind Earth’s shadow in a total lunar eclipse. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny…

An Arizona-led spacecraft mission begins its journey back to Earth today after successfully scooping up a sample of an asteroid. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny…

NASA has made the first-ever recording of the sounds of Mars. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.Click on the audio to hear the sounds of Mars: The…