Astronomy

Starry Night

Take Cover: Fate of the Galaxies Cover The Cure

​ The Cure is a difficult band to cover. Purists will balk at anyone that can't sing like Robert Smith, but playing Cure songs with your own style is usually a bad idea (just look at what 311 did to "Love Song"). "There's no reason to tweak a Cure song. You can accent maybe, but there's no ... More >>

Total Lunar Eclipse of the Heart

Melissa FossumTotal eclipse...of the moon.​This weekend's lunar eclipses was exciting, especially if you were able to catch that elusive red moon. If you were among those who got up early or stayed up late (it was a nice break after writing my X review) to check out the lunar eclipse early S ... More >>

Grateful Dead Drummer Mickey Hart Taps the Cosmos

Melissa FossumTotal eclipse...of the moon.​This weekend's lunar eclipses was exciting, especially if you were able to catch that elusive red moon. If you were among those who got up early or stayed up late (it was a nice break after writing my X review) to check out the lunar eclipse early S ... More >>

Beam Me Up

Melissa FossumTotal eclipse...of the moon.​This weekend's lunar eclipses was exciting, especially if you were able to catch that elusive red moon. If you were among those who got up early or stayed up late (it was a nice break after writing my X review) to check out the lunar eclipse early S ... More >>

Fate of the Galaxies Bring Gloomy Local Synth-Pop to Club 910

www.facebook.com/pages/Fate-of-the-GalaxiesFate of the Galaxies​The dreamy, danceable, synth-heavy music of Fate of the Galaxies sounds more like something that would come out of early-to-mid '80s England (The Cure, Joy Division) than downtown Phoenix. But that's where the trio that makes up Fate ... More >>

Get Well Moon

Take some steps under the night sky

"Go Ahead, Sun, Make My Dinner," in This Week's "Guess That Gadget"

How well do you know your favorite cookhouse contraptions? See if you can guess today's gadget and check back next week for the answer, and to see if you've won a most-awesome prize. ​Here are a few shots at this week's trickster, add yours to the comment box below: - "I'm here to kill you Litt ... More >>

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

How well do you know your favorite cookhouse contraptions? See if you can guess today's gadget and check back next week for the answer, and to see if you've won a most-awesome prize. ​Here are a few shots at this week's trickster, add yours to the comment box below: - "I'm here to kill you Litt ... More >>

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

How well do you know your favorite cookhouse contraptions? See if you can guess today's gadget and check back next week for the answer, and to see if you've won a most-awesome prize. ​Here are a few shots at this week's trickster, add yours to the comment box below: - "I'm here to kill you Litt ... More >>

WNBA Western Conference Semifinals, Game 2: San Antonio Silver Stars vs. Phoenix Mercury

How well do you know your favorite cookhouse contraptions? See if you can guess today's gadget and check back next week for the answer, and to see if you've won a most-awesome prize. ​Here are a few shots at this week's trickster, add yours to the comment box below: - "I'm here to kill you Litt ... More >>

Flagstaff's Lowell Observatory to Honor Legendary Astronomer

Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff will dedicate a memorial to astronomer Robert Burnham, Jr. on Saturday, August 15.Robert Burnham, Jr.​ Almost 12 years ago -- in September, 1997 -- it was Phoenix NewTimes that shocked astronomers around the world with news that Burnham had died four years ear ... More >>

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff will dedicate a memorial to astronomer Robert Burnham, Jr. on Saturday, August 15.Robert Burnham, Jr.​ Almost 12 years ago -- in September, 1997 -- it was Phoenix NewTimes that shocked astronomers around the world with news that Burnham had died four years ear ... More >>

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff will dedicate a memorial to astronomer Robert Burnham, Jr. on Saturday, August 15.Robert Burnham, Jr.​ Almost 12 years ago -- in September, 1997 -- it was Phoenix NewTimes that shocked astronomers around the world with news that Burnham had died four years ear ... More >>

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff will dedicate a memorial to astronomer Robert Burnham, Jr. on Saturday, August 15.Robert Burnham, Jr.​ Almost 12 years ago -- in September, 1997 -- it was Phoenix NewTimes that shocked astronomers around the world with news that Burnham had died four years ear ... More >>

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff will dedicate a memorial to astronomer Robert Burnham, Jr. on Saturday, August 15.Robert Burnham, Jr.​ Almost 12 years ago -- in September, 1997 -- it was Phoenix NewTimes that shocked astronomers around the world with news that Burnham had died four years ear ... More >>

Spock and Awe

You know you wanna go. Resistance is futile.

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

You know you wanna go. Resistance is futile.

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

You know you wanna go. Resistance is futile.

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

You know you wanna go. Resistance is futile.

Star Trek

The good news? It’s too cold for creepy-crawlers.

Elton John/Billy Joel Press Conference Part II

So, announced earlier through a brief post that went up while we were still at the U.S. Airways Center, Billy Joel and Elton John are coming to town on March 26. It's the latest iteration of a tour Billboard labeled the most successful pairing of all time, and should be a fun night of music. Really ... More >>

Planets in Other Star Systems Photographed

It's a groundbreaking moment in the search for other planets and possibly other life in the universe.

Happy Death Day! 2012 hangs a date on our demise.

It's a groundbreaking moment in the search for other planets and possibly other life in the universe.

University of Arizona's Mars Mission Videos on iTunes

It's a groundbreaking moment in the search for other planets and possibly other life in the universe.

Dorrance Planetarium Grand Reopening

It's a groundbreaking moment in the search for other planets and possibly other life in the universe.

Hollow Thoughts

Practicing Cursive

Old Miserable Experience

Can the Gin Blossoms make a comeback?

BEST PLACE TO SEE STARS

Starlab Indoor Planetarium

BEST PLACE TO GET METAPHYSICAL

The Astrology Store

Going for Baroque

ASU displays rare works

Galaxy Fest

Saguaro Astronomy Club hosts star-studded affair

Cup of Joe

Desert Stages dons Dreamcoat

'Toonsmiths

Boyhood passions and local music luminaries collide in Robin Wilson's new concept album-cum-animated series

Treading in the Ether

Robin Wilson and the Gas Giants have a phantom hit

Happy Daze

Nebula conjures up memories of loud Les Pauls, long hair and weed

Softly Into That Good Nitrous

Why sales of pressurized laughing gas are sky high in Arizona

Letters

Why sales of pressurized laughing gas are sky high in Arizona

Eclipsed

Arizona asteroid hunters were poised to save the Earth from Armageddon. Then a secret Air Force project took over.

Disasteroid

All climax, no plot Armageddon deserves to be sent back to the meteor showers

Stargazer's Trek

All climax, no plot Armageddon deserves to be sent back to the meteor showers

A Sad Cometary

Deep Impact is a feel-good disaster movie

The Hack and the Quack

The "Phoenix Lights" made Frances Emma Barwood the darling of the global space-alien lobby. And it'stransformed computer geek Jim Dilettoso into a star in the UFO firmament.

Letters

The "Phoenix Lights" made Frances Emma Barwood the darling of the global space-alien lobby. And it'stransformed computer geek Jim Dilettoso into a star in the UFO firmament.

My Favorite Martians

Hollywood aims its cameras at the Fourth Rock From the Sun

A Cosmic Blunder

When Jim Stevens' chance for astronomic fame came along, he spaced out. Instead, Tom Bopp looked through Stevens' homemade telescope and discovered the comet of the century.

Why a Picture's Worth 1,000 Words

When Jim Stevens' chance for astronomic fame came along, he spaced out. Instead, Tom Bopp looked through Stevens' homemade telescope and discovered the comet of the century.

THE NEW 'SCOPES TRIAL

FOES OF THE MOUNT GRAHAM OBSERVATORY CELEBRATE A KEY VICTORY.

COSMIC EVENTS

UOFA TELESCOPES PRODUCE STANGE PROTESTS AND WEIRED OFFICIAL REACTIONS

STAR GATE

UOFA TELESCOPES PRODUCE STANGE PROTESTS AND WEIRED OFFICIAL REACTIONS