For the just the second time ever, astronomers have observed the earliest moments of a supernova explosion, with some help from Kitt Peak National Observatory.
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The observatory offers daytime and nighttime tours focused on astronomy education and scientific discovery, inviting visitors to explore historic telescopes, current research projects, and star gazing experiences.
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Tucson offers vibrant summer evening activities like the Sabino Canyon Crawler, where visitors can enjoy narrated nighttime tours of the desert scenery and local wildlife through October. These rides provide a unique way to experience the desert environment after dark.
- Analeise Mayor
Just an hour southwest of Tucson, high above the Sonoran desert, sits Kitt Peak National Observatory, an astronomical observatory that has ins…
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NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope observations over 16 years helped reveal this rare binary system, demonstrating how close massive stars live and die together in cosmic pairs.
- Eric Lagatta USA TODAY NETWORK
Researchers at Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory used artificial intelligence to analyze more than 28,000 meteor events and develop a new system for classifying meteors based on their physical properties. Scientists say the approach could provide new insights into the composition and origins of meteoroids.
- Janet Loehrke USA Today
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There will be plenty of celestial events this June, from planetary conjunctions and the summer solstice to a micro full Strawberry Moon.
- Eric Lagatta USA Today
The moon is about to have more company for one night in May, and skygazers should easily be able to see it.
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The Trump administration wants to cancel funding for several NASA science missions with ties to the University of Arizona, including the OSIRIS-APEX asteroid probe that’s already flying through space.
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For two decades the icy world discovered in Arizona in 1930 has been the focus of debate over its planethood.
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