November 22, 2019, 9:45am Life
Spacewalking astronauts ventured out for the second week in a row Friday to repair a cosmic ray detector, this time actually cutting into the $2 billion instrument. Read story
November 15, 2019, 8:30am Life
Astronauts launched an extraordinarily complicated series of spacewalks Friday to fix a cosmic ray detector at the International Space Station. Read story
November 11, 2019, 3:06pm Clark County News
Space enthusiasts and Safeway shoppers alike had the opportunity to watch Mercury pass between Earth and the sun Monday morning thanks to the Vancouver Sidewalk Astronomers Club. Read story
November 11, 2019, 12:14pm Clark County Life
Tim Taylor was about to end the mission. His team had scoured the seabed off Japan with autonomous underwater vehicles, which are essentially high-tech drones, without a hit. His ship now needed repairs, and a $7 million drone had just reported an error on its latest dive. Read story
November 11, 2019, 10:30am Life
Mini Mercury skipped across the vast, glaring face of the sun Monday in a rare celestial transit. Read story
November 11, 2019, 9:54am Nation & World
SpaceX launched 60 mini satellites Monday, the second batch of an orbiting network meant to provide global internet coverage. Read story
November 10, 2019, 6:05am Entertainment
A few weeks before homecoming, a cloudless sky hung over Washington-Liberty High School in northern Virginia’s Arlington County, and sounds of a promising new school year filled the air. Whistles blew to start football drills, the band practiced nearby and in one technology classroom, a group of eager students asked… Read story
November 9, 2019, 6:01am Life
Mercury is putting on a rare celestial show next week, parading across the sun in view of most of the world. Read story
November 8, 2019, 6:27pm Life
The remains of an ancient ape found in a Bavarian clay pit suggest that humans’ ancestors began standing upright millions of years earlier than previously thought, scientists said Wednesday. Read story
November 8, 2019, 6:00am Life
If you spend enough time looking at the sky, you will start seeing shapes in the clouds — a hippo, a dragon, a human face. The phenomenon is so common that it has its own hashtag: #cloudsthatlooklikethings. Read story
