astronomy

RED HOUSE — A partial eclipse event this weekend will serve as a dress rehearsal for the first total eclipse in the area in over 200 years next spring...

RED HOUSE — A partial eclipse event in October will serve as a dress rehearsal for the first total eclipse in the area in over 200 years next spring. ...

There’s a lot going on with the full moon tonight — the second full moon of the month of August. The Old Farmer’s Almanac tells us that the second ful...

The first full moon of August will appear in the sky Tuesday night — it’s the full Sturgeon Moon, which we will get to momentarily. But, wait, did we ...

OLEAN — Work to clean up the former AVX facility on Seneca Avenue is being planned by federal regulators, and the public is encouraged to review and m...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Between this summer’s biblical floods, apocalyptic fires and life-threatening heat domes, people are starting to wonder whether we’ve...

One of the great natural spectacles of the summer sky is just getting underway — with the peak coming in a few weeks. The Perseid meteor shower occurs...

COUDERSPORT, Pa. — Cherry Springs State Park will host free in-person programs on Friday and Saturday at the park, 4639 Springs Road. Star gazing prog...

July’s full moon rises after sunset today, the evening before the Fourth of July, and it will be bigger and brighter than average. July’s full moon — ...

While it’s already felt like summer during an unusually warm and dry May and early June, official summer for the Northern Hemisphere arrives today — a...

OLEAN — The Olean Town Board will convene a public hearing on June 20 on a proposed solar moratorium as the issue is heating up in the Dugan and Windf...

Space travel isn’t for the faint of heart. Even test flights without humans on board can be nerve-racking events. And so it was Thursday, when a Space...

The coming Lyrid meteor shower could produce as many as 100 shooting stars per hour — although the more common amount is 15 to 20 meteors per hour. Re...

Sue Feldbauer of Cuba was named the Barbershopper of the Year for the Olean Barbershop Chorus/Enchanted Mountain Singers. The award was presented last...

We are going back to the moon. And fairly soon, too. A new rocket was successfully tested. There are news accounts about what’s ahead. But it has all ...

We are going back to the moon. And fairly soon, too. A new rocket was successfully tested. There are news accounts about what’s ahead. But it has all ...

While this weekend brings low temperatures in the teens, spring — at least spring weather — is trying to creep closer. Actual spring — as in the verna...

Does this sound familiar? Mills is your average family man who works a blue collar job that he’s great at, but he doesn’t brag about how amazing he is...