Astronomy

Proposed drilling near Hovenweep criticized for potential harm to views, night sky

development could threaten dark-sky status

October 8, 2017

Durangoans turn their heads up to see solar eclipse

A partial eclipse of the sun is seen from Durango on Monday morning.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald The path of totality passed…

August 21, 2017

Southwest Life

Petrogylph suggests ancestral Puebloans recorded eclipse at Chaco Canyon

The exceedingly rare occurrence is expected to draw millions of people to a 70-mile-wide swath that cuts across the country…

August 19, 2017

Local News

Montezuma-Cortez schools cancel solar eclipse event

Safety, cultural concerns to keep students inside

August 18, 2017

Local News

For Durangoan Faye Schrater, a third total solar eclipse sets her apart

Smith College professor will travel to eastern Wyoming with husband, Mayor Dick White, who taught astronomy

July 29, 2017

Local News

Durangoans plan to travel far and wide to view eclipse

Paul Hoffman Traveling to: Wyoming or Nebraska Hoffman plans to rent a motor home and drive to Wyoming or Nebraska.…

July 29, 2017

Southwest Life

Apollo 17 astronaut and moonwalker to visit Anasazi Heritage Center

This presentation is part of the Four Corners Lecture Series and the Heritage Center’s Night with the Ancients Astronomy Program…

July 25, 2017

Southwest Life

Canyons of the Ancients National Monument to kick off night-sky program

rangers, former astronaut will give presentations

April 19, 2017

Local News

Ignacio library program examines the moon

The Ignacio Community Library will sponsor International Observe the Moon Night at 7 p.m. Saturday.NASA file via AP This is…

October 5, 2016

Local News

Leap Year: One giant leap for mankind

facts and quirks of the occasional day

February 27, 2016

Local News

Celestial showtime

A “Blood Moon” rises above the north Animas Valley on Sunday evening as the moon nears full eclipse. The next…

September 27, 2015

What's up in Durango Skies

Sagittarius one of sky’s best views

Just after dark this month, the Milky Way crosses the sky almost directly overhead in a north-south band. While the…

September 9, 2015

Local News

Get a telescope, see an asteroid tonight

Earth: Asteroid’s close flyby wont’ be repeated for 200 years

January 25, 2015

Local News

Solar studies

Payton Blocker, 10, left, waits as senior engineering major Gayle Owen adjusts the telescope while viewing the partial solar eclipse…

October 23, 2014

Local News

Partial solar eclipse this afternoon

Astronomers warn not look at the sun

October 23, 2014

Local News

‘Super moon’? Meteors? Maybe

be tough to see astronomical events

August 9, 2014

Local News

Star party Saturday at Mancos State Park

For those who want to learn more about the night sky over Colorado, the club will set up telescopes to…

July 22, 2014

Local News

‘Blood moon’ rising

The first total lunar eclipse of 2014 as seen Tuesday morning high above Durango. It was the first of a…

April 15, 2014

Local News

Seeing stars through Navajo eyes

Traveling planetarium brings folklore, science into focus

February 5, 2014