Space

The Kopernik Observatory’s Heritage Committee is looking for new members with an interest in celebrating the history of the science center and its namesake.

Is there life beyond Earth? At least two Southern Tier families say they know there is as do the 162 Upstate New Yorkers who reported UFO sightings in 2020.

While we get to see all this fall foliage from ground level, have you ever seen it from space?

On Monday, September 26, NASA is going to purposely smash into an asteroid and you'll have a front seat to watch it happen!

The Kopernik Observatory and Science Center on Underwood Road in Bestal is hosting educator and NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Tish Brezee and NASA’s Doctor Michele Thailer via Zoom for a Friday night program.

NASA is offering you the opportunity to have your name added aboard a flight into space and around the moon and back.

Spring is officially here and plans for the summer months are being set, including at the Kopernik Observatory and Science Center in Vestal.

Drew Deskur, the director of the Kopernik Observatory and Science Center in Vestal is the guest this week on Southern Tier Close Up.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is literally headed to space thanks to SpaceX in order to "save more of the sickest children here on Earth."

December 21st is the first day of winter, and it's the night where we could see the phenomenon known as the “Christmas Star” for the first time in 800 years.

Due to certain phenomena, we may appear to be very brightly lit and noticeable to others in the universe.

Mars will make a rare close approach to Earth on Tuesday.

Interested in exploring the sky right from your own yard? This free app is available for both iPhone and Android and will change the way you view space.