If you went stargazing Sunday night, you may have seen a white ring around the moon. It's called a lunar halo.They appear when a certain type of cloud forms in the atmosphere. David Trilling, professor of astronomy and planetary science at Northern Arizona University, described the halo’s formation."There is a thin cloud of ice crystals, obviously between us and the moon, and
In the Boston suburb, there's a new local news site powered by artificial intelligence. It’s an uneasy thought for human journalists who’ve already seen digital technology ravage the industry.
Oumuamua, our first visitor from another star system raised more questions than answers. Here we explore what is could be, where it came from and where it s going.
Astronomers these days don’t count or name the stars they code them, using sophisticated programming techniques to sort through enormous amounts of data. Students at Northern Arizona University got a chance to try those techniques for themselves at an intensive, week-long boot camp, where they could make real discoveries about the night sky and about their own dreams for the future.