By Dan Hicks Windblown streetlight-illuminated horizontal blowing snow heralded a clearing sky and, immersed within Planet Earth’s inner shadow after midnight of March 13, our…
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Let’s get our scientific priorities straight
“Perceptions,” by Gerry Warner Op-Ed Commentary I wish I could be excited by the Americans latest moon landing, but somehow I’m not. After all I’m old…
No planetary spectacle in tonight’s sky
By Dan Hicks Contrary to CBC Radio reporting – there will be no “planetary spectacle” in tonight’s sky (nor in any ensuing nights). I have excerpted the following basic planetary…
Strong geomagnetic storm watch in effect
The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the U.S. has issued a ‘strong geomagnetic storm watch’ for…
Comet Neowise is bright and easy to see now
By Rick Nowell Comet Neowise is bright and easy to see now. I took this photo (above) by Ft. Steele on Tuesday morning (July 14)…
One giant leap for mankind, two steps back
Kootenay Crust By Ian Cobb Op-Ed Commentary One of my earliest memories in life is Neil Armstrong setting foot on the Moon; “That’s one small…
Super blood wolf moon eclipse Sunday night
A ‘Super blood wolf moon’ eclipse is in the offing tomorrow night, cloud cover-be-gone willing. NASA reports, “Viewers in North and South America, as well…
At the Library
By Mike Selby Cranbrook Public Library Alan Stern’s ‘Chasing New Horizons’ is the behind the scenes look of the New Horizon Probe which NASA launched…
In search of a blood red moon?
Lunar Eclipse Timeline: When and where total lunar eclipses will occur until 2050 By Heidi Weston Last year, ‘The Great American Eclipse’ caused a media…
Subaru presents Night of the Falling Stars
By Dan Hicks Away from city lights, where the Milky Way yet survives, the southern East Kootenay July night sky is graced with all five…