astronomy

A team at Northern Arizona University will take the wheel of NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover for its next phase of research. The scientists plan to compare satellite images of the Red Planet with what the rover is learning on the ground.

Flagstaff is showing its love for Pluto with a ten-day festival that includes science talks, an art show, and a specially crafted beer. It’s to celebrate the 92nd anniversary of Pluto’s discovery at Lowell Observatory. One of the speakers at the “I Heart Pluto” Festival is artist and astronomer Dan Durda. He spoke with KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny about how art can help scientists imagine whole new worlds.

Observations made by the Lowell Discovery Telescope in Happy Jack have helped an international team of scientists confirm the existence of a second-known Earth Trojan Asteroid, or ETA.

NASA intends to launch the long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope into orbit on Saturday. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports on how Arizona astronomers plan to use the $10-billion observatory.

A new study from Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory describes nearly two hundred giant stars, the largest catalog of its kind ever published. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, the research has stirred up new questions about the universe.

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…