Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed as a ...

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Here’s a look at some of the most widely read of the 904 stories the Chilkat Valley News published in print and online in 2025.

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As the American Meteor Society notes, Quadrantids has a short but active peak, lasting around 6 hours. The peak is expected ...

More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like ...

The Ursid Meteor Shower is a subtle but reliable annual celestial event that occurs each December around the winter solstice.

The best time to hunt for Ursid meteors is from the evening of Dec. 21 straight through to dawn on Dec. 22. The shower's peak ...

Meteors from the Ursids appear near the Little Dipper, which is part of the constellation Ursa Minor. Only skywatchers in the ...