Science

The Museum of Western Colorado needs a truck. Not just any truck, but a heavy duty truck that's powerful and large enough to to transport dinosaurs.

An amazing 67 astronauts have Colorado roots and connections. Three made it to the moon. One walked on the lunar surface. Another was a space pioneer. Yet another, a tragic hero.

As the International Space station orbits the earth, the American astronaut currently aboard has been snapping pictures of the earth like a tourist including one that shows Denver and other cities on the Front Range.

NASA isn't flaking out. They really are in the middle of serious scientific work. For the next couple of weeks, they're studying snowflakes on Grand Mesa.

It's a rare treat this Friday night (Feb. 10) when sky-watchers will be able to enjoy an eclipse, a comet, and a full moon.

The Colorado sky is ever changing and along with some annual features, 2017 brings some rare happenings for sky-watching enthusiasts including the extremely rare total eclipse of the sun. Grab a telescope, binoculars, or your naked eyes and get ready for a celestial year.

It isn't exactly the magic of Christmas, but there are two stellar celestial events happening tonight and into the early morning hours tomorrow, (December 13-14) but will Colorado miss them?

The November full moon will be a supermoon and with clear skies expected next week it will light up the Western Colorado sky quite brilliantly.

LEGO, the amazing building blocks everyone seems to love has become amazingly competitive with a FIRST League Qualifier event this Saturday (November 5).

In celebration of Earth Science Week the Museums of Western Colorado have organized a number of free events to let families learn more about the science that makes the Grand Junction area unique.