The semi-annual spring Star Party is touching down on Friday, May 3, at the College of the Canyons Canyon Country campus with students and community members of all ages invited to take a peek into our solar system. The topic in focus for the evening will be planets that revolve around stars, known as...

Caltech Astronomy graduate student Anna Ho will guide this semester’s interstellar journey at the College of the Canyons Star Party at the Canyon Country campus on Friday, Oct. 12 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The topic in focus for the evening is “Dirty Fireballs and Orphan Afterglows: A Broader Landscape...

Peering far out into the universe, astronomers and astrophysicists look for markers — indicators such as patterns in disks of dust — that might indicate the formation of new planets. Recently, however, a team of NASA scientists that includes California State University, Northridge astronomy professor...

For decades, the search for life on other planets has captivated the imaginations of writers, filmmakers, artists, and scientists. On Friday, May 5, the spring 2017 Star Party at the College of the Canyons Canyon Country campus will explore this topic while providing community members the opportunity...

Residents of all ages are invited to become astronomers and engineers for a day while attending Astronomy Day 2016 on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This free event is being sponsored by the Santa Clarita Public Library in partnership with The Local Group Astronomy Club of Santa Clarita. In...

Alexander Kusenko Most of the laws of nature treat particles and antiparticles equally, but stars and planets are made of particles, or matter, and not antiparticles, or antimatter. That asymmetry, which favors matter to a very small degree, has puzzled scientists for many years. New research by UCLA...

Come out to the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve on Saturday, June 21, to view the stars and planets of the summer night sky through Antelope Valley Astronomy Club telescopes.  Club members will be set up on site from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. for viewing and answering questions about the unique celestial...

[KHTS] – The first confirmed discovery of an exoplanet—a planet that orbits a star outside of the Earth’s solar system—was of 51 Pegasi b in 1995. Since then, with the advance of telescope technology and emerging research, hundreds of exoplanets have been discovered, forever changing our...

Dr. Natalie Batalha College of the Canyons will join the scientific search for new Earth-sized planets orbiting sun-like stars in our galaxy, during the Canyon Country campus’ fall Star Party on Friday, Oct. 11. During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to view the night sky while interacting...

Unincorporated Santa Clarita Valley residents living within the Castaic, San Francisquito Canyon and other community standards districts are in for some subtle changes – at least after the sun goes down. On Tuesday the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider a plan that would establish...