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Leonid meteor shower peaks this week
Mid-November night skies in Kamloops and the Okanagan will see a return of the annual…
Telescopes in short supply as interest in night sky viewing grows thanks to COVID-19
Kamloops and Okanagan residents are following a national trend that has seen a burgeoning increase…
Mars shines brightly in October as it makes closest pass to Earth in 15 years
The Earth’s neighbouring planet is this month as close as it will get to us…
Venus and Jupiter will light up clear sky Thursday night
There are some interesting events happening in the night skies above Kamloops and the Okanagan…
Rendezvous between crescent moon and Jupiter in Halloween night sky
One of the brightest planets in the sky will be making a close encounter with…
IN PHOTOS: What happens at the South Okanagan’s White Lake Observatory
PENTICTON – The science of radio astronomy has been taking place in the South Okanagan…
Secrets of space unlocked in the South Okanagan
PENTICTON – There’s a world class facility in a side valley of the South Okanagan…
VIDEO: Possible space debris falls near Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A local resident shot a quick video from Kamloops' Labyrinth Farm when they saw something falling from the sky. "I kept filming after it disappeared and thought to myself... is this it... is this the end of the world as we know it... but nothing happened," wrote the administrator of the Labyrinth Farm...
Second lift of radio telescope dish a success
PENTICTON - No dishes were damaged this morning as National Research Council engineers and staff transferred an 8.7 tonne telescope reflecter dish. The dish was brought to the South Okanagan conservatory in October via helicopter, but high pressure winds damaged the dish causing setbacks. Research engineer Gordon Lacy worked on getting the dish back to...