Astronomy

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Coloradans making travel plans to see total eclipse in April 2024

‘It is the closest thing to space travel that you can experience without leaving the surface of the earth’

March 18, 2024

What's up in Durango Skies

Greetings, stargazers.

lights up the night

January 14, 2024

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Photo: The shortest day

The Mountain Thyme Sundial casts its morning shadow Thursday at the Durango Public Library. Thursday was the winter solstice, the…

December 21, 2023

What's up in Durango Skies

The science of exploration through photography

Greetings, stargazers. In 1995 the Hubble science team released the image of the “Pillars of Creation.” This photograph fundamentally changed…

November 12, 2023

What's up in Durango Skies

Draco takes flight this time of year

Greetings stargazers. There is a dragon in our night sky. Draco is one of the circumpolar constellations that is above…

September 9, 2023

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Near-total solar eclipse could draw hundreds to Southwest Colorado

Corners and Mesa Verde National Park in path of maximum obscuration

July 20, 2023

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Retired Ignacio teacher has a unique way of sending students to Space Camp

and margarita mixes designed for astronaut consumption are helping teenagers get to Huntsville, Alabama

December 30, 2022

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Chaco park to host equinox sunrise event and astronomy festival

Tradition followed by astronomy discussions, viewings

September 5, 2022

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‘Reach up and touch the stars:’ The dark is starting to shine through Colorado’s astrotourism

Fork Valley Conservancy starts ambitious project to transform park into a nocturnal classroom

August 15, 2022

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Fort Lewis College observatory sets sights on equipment upgrades

Professor shows off side-by-side images of galaxy cluster, one taken by James Webb

August 1, 2022

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‘Higher education’: Middle school students explore cosmos in space science class

Earth and Space Observatory lands in Durango for first time since pandemic

January 28, 2022

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Space science the subject of after-school programs at Miller Middle School

Earth and Space Observatory to be featured next week

January 19, 2022

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Meteor shower over Southwest Colorado to peak Tuesday night

event will bring 50 to 75 ‘shooting stars’ per hour

August 11, 2020

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Photo: Neowise graces evening sky in Southwest Colorado

The Neowise comet was visible to the naked eye Monday night in the skies of Southwest Colorado. This shot was…

July 21, 2020

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Photos: Celestial visitor

Comet Neowise was visible about 1½ hours before sunrise Sunday morning in the northeastern sky. This photo was taken southwest…

July 13, 2020

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Up in the Durango sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s a satellite ‘train’?

dots of light likely Starlink internet program

May 4, 2020

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Mesa Verde National Park looking for dark sky designation

says light pollution is costly, harmful to human and animal health

January 5, 2020

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Mercury will make rare pass between sun and Earth

will appear as a black dot; next pass is 2032

November 10, 2019

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Perseid meteor shower will compete with light of full moon

than 60 to 80 meteors per hour, think 10 to 20

July 31, 2019

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Meteors, blood moon, Mercury’s crossing coming to Southwest’s sky

new year’s rarest event features Mercury

January 2, 2019

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Christmas Comet will arrive over Southwest Colorado for holidays

Geminid meteor shower joins comet display

December 15, 2018

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Dolores museum features astronomy events in September

Presentations are at Canyons of Ancients museum

August 23, 2018

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Skywatchers getting a lunar trifecta – supermoon, blue moon and eclipse

tomorrow morning, the best place to see it is in the West

January 30, 2018

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Skywatchers getting a lunar trifecta – supermoon, blue moon and eclipse

Jan. 31, Cortez residents may see supermoon, blue moon and eclipse

January 24, 2018