Western Slope Skies - Shedding light on special relativity: Why photons don’t get old
If you have attended a night sky outreach event, conducted, for example, by the Black Canyon Astronomical Society or the Western Colorado As...
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Western Slope Skies
A bi-weekly short feature on astronomy, produced by members of the Black Canyon Astronomical Society.
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20 of 21 episodesWestern Slope Skies - Listening to Astronomy
In astronomy, we rely heavily on visual information. Images from telescopes, graphs of light curves, plotted orbits, spectra and diagrams. M...
Western Slope Skies - Neutron Stars
We all know how weird black holes are, but did you know there is another type of star that is just as strange? Welcome to the universe of ne...
Western Slope Skies - Exploring The Moon
When we gaze at the Moon in the future, we’ll contemplate that we humans have extended our reach to Earth’s nearest celestial neighbor. Perh...
Western Slope Skies - Total Lunar Eclipse - March 3
Let’s hope for clear skies on the morning of March 3, when the Western Slope will be treated to a total lunar eclipse. During the early hour...
Western Slope Skies - Spectral Harbingers: Nacreous and Noctilucent Clouds
Who doesn’t like a pretty cloud in the sky? As familiar as the Sun and the Moon, clouds assume a wide array of shapes and sizes—from ominous...
Western Slope Skies - Osiris Rex and Apophis
How did life originate? Did it form on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system and was it seeded on Earth by impact of an asteroid? Will life...
Western Slope Skies - Polaris Through the Ages
On a clear night if you look in the sky towards true north, you’ll notice a star that seems to never change direction. If you’re able to fin...
Western Slope Skies - Light Pollution and Urban Ecosystem Timing – Who woulda thought?
An article in the international journal Nature Cities by Lvlv Wang and co-authors document the effect of light pollution on the growing seas...
Western Slope Skies - Rolling Under the Rockies: Dung Beetles in the Dark
The unappreciated dung, or scarab beetle, an insect that evolved about 130 million years ago, must accomplish its nocturnal task under incre...
Western Slope Skies - The Cosmic Connection: Awe and Mental Wellness
Awe, as researchers Maria Monroy and Dacher Keltner explain, is a transformative emotion. It soothes your nervous system, quiets self-doubt,...
Western Slope Skies - The Insect Apocalypse: How Light Pollution Threatens Our Smallest Neighbors
Have you noticed fewer insects around your porch light or fewer splattered bugs on your windshield? You're not alone. Scientists are calling...
Western Slope Skies - Song Birds Migrate at Night
We know that waterfowl like geese migrate at night, but did you know that songbirds do too? Beneath Western Colorado’s vast, star-strewn ski...
Western Slope Skies - AstroFest 2025
The Black Canyon of the Gunnison earned its name from the limited light that reaches its deepest corners during the day. At night, little ar...
Western Slope Skies - A Coronal Hole isn’t Really a Hole
When is a hole not really a hole…when it is a solar coronal hole!
Western Slope Skies - Ocean Tides
The sun is shining, the sand feels warm beneath your toes, and you're watching the waves crash over one another. They rise to where you are...
Western Slope Skies - The Legacy of Vera Rubin
You may have seen the recently released ‘first images’ from the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile. The images are stunning and portend a new l...
Western Slope Skies - Real Exoplanets of Star Wars
For those who have seen Star Wars, even those who may not be huge fans, there are some planets that stick out in the films. Tatooine, the sa...
Western Slope Skies - Archeoastronomy
Archeoastronomy is the study of how ancient civilizations understood celestial phenomena. They integrated this understanding into cultural a...
Western Slope Skies - Aurora
Have you ever looked up and witnessed spectacular displays of green, white, pink and yellow lights? If you have ever visited the polar regio...
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