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We are beyond EXCITED for NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover launch ! The 2-hour launch window starts Thursday 7/30 at 5:50am MDT with a launch opportunity every five minutes! This amazing rover (think Curiosity rover from 2012 on steroids) will collect and store rock/soil samples for future sample return in...

As Comet NEOWISE gets further from the Sun and becomes harder to see in the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ sky, we bode a farewell to the much beloved comet that brightened our summer. It's technically closest to the Earth today (64 million miles), but dimming quickly. The next chance to catch a glimpse...

There’s a must see comet in the sky this summer! In fact, the brightest comet in the Northern Hemisphere since Hale-Bopp in 1997. Last week, Comet NEOWISE dazzled us before dawn. Now it has transitioned to an evening object. Take a stroll after sunset and look to the NorthWest under...

Happy Summer Solstice, everyone! Our Sun reaches its northernmost declination in Earth's sky today and those of us in the Northern Hemisphere enjoy the longest day of the year. Step outside after dinner and take note of how far north of due west the Sun sets.

A ring, a rainbow, and a lyre are in the sky tonight! Spot the stunning Ring Nebula (M57) near Vega in the constellation Lyra. By the time the light from this nebula reaches your eyes it has traveled approx. 2,000 years. Since the nebula is tilted face on towards us,...

Got an astro photo you'd like to share? We'd love to feature it! This week's Fiske Sunday Masterpiece is by @tyler.gaston_photography , taken up at Echo Lake Park back in September. He used a Canon 1Dx Mark II, 16-35mm lens, and an iOptron Skytracker Pro with an 83 second exposure...

First and foremost, CONGRATULATIONS and GODSPEED to Doug Hurley, Bob Behnken, SpaceX, and NASA for the successful Demo-2 launch today! We -might- still be a bit emotional over here. To continue with our theme lately, we’re featuring retired astronaut Scott Kelly's New York Times bestselling book Endurance: A Year in...

We’re feeling especially futuristic this week with another SpaceX Crew Dragon launch window scheduled for tomorrow at 1:22pm MDT — So, we wanted to feature Blade Runner 2049 as today’s Friday Flick! Starring Ryan Gosling as a new Blade Runner named K, he unearths an old and dangerous secret that...

Why is the Falcon 9 such a big deal? Named after the Millennium Falcon, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is the world's first orbital class reusable rocket used to transport payloads (and people!) to the International Space Station. Space travel is notoriously expensive and normally rockets costing hundreds of millions of dollars...

We're bummed the SpaceX Demo-2 launch was scrubbed today due to unfavorable weather, but we still want to celebrate history about to be made! Do you know why the capsule is called 'Dragon'? Back in 2002, when SpaceX first debuted, critics told Musk his SpaceX venture was impossible. So, Musk...