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Have you ever watched Venus pass in front of the sun? The Venus transit occurs this afternoon and several venues in the area are having viewing parties.

Have you ever watched the International Space Station pass by in the night sky? It is the largest man-made object in orbit and can be seen from Earth as it travels at an altitude of about 240 miles.

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket on Launch Pad (Roberto Gonzalez/Getty)If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. That's what Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, will do early Tuesday morning, try again to launch their Falcon 9 space capsule to the International Space Station. Being KING FM's Special Space Correspondant, I was watching NASA TV early Saturday morning, May 19, when the launch was a

Have you noticed birds going crazy in the street as you're stopped at a traffic light? It's miller time, those birds are risking their lives to enjoy a smorgasbord of insects heading to the high country. It's time for the annual migration of miller moths to the mountains where it's cooler.

Plane Flies Across The Moon (Dan Kitwood/Getty)Are you throwing a full moon party? This weekend, the moon will be the closest to the Earth as it will get all year long, called perigee by Astonomers. The full moon officially occurs at 9:35 MDT on Saturday night, so it's prime time to host a 'howlingly' fun get together, hopefully we'll have clear skies over Cheyenne to enjoy all the moonshine. Read

NASA is sending a set of robotic twins to the moon to measure lunar gravity while chasing one another around in circles. Thursday and Friday's scheduled launches were delayed by high winds at Cape Canaveral, so NASA will try again on Saturday morning. Their launch window extends into mid-October. The near-identical twins called GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B, (short for Gravity Recovery and Interior Laborato

Where were you on the evening of July 20, 1969? If you were around that night, chances are you were watching Neil Armstrong take the first steps on the moon. Last night I was eating a roast beef sandwich and to me, Arby's and Apollo 11 always go together. The Summer of 1969 we were taking a family vacation to Mesa Verde in southwestern Colorado. We were driving back home through Denver and stopped

It’s the photo they waited 30 years to take. Chris Bray and his father attended the first space shuttle launch back in 1981 — and the last, just a few weeks ago. Bray posted a link to the photo on Reddit on Monday and the reaction was immediate — almost 600 comments have been left thus far, and various media outlets have picked up the story...

Have you caught a glimpse of a butterfly yet this Summer? There will be lots of them in Lions Park Tuesday. Live insects, spiders and other creatures from around the world will invade the Paul Smith Children's Village at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens June 28. The Butterfly Pavilion from Colorado will present two educational programs at 2 p.m. and again at 3 p.m. They are bringing a section of their

The brains at web development and design company Go-Globe created a stunning infographic that breaks down the internet activity happening every minute of the day on sites like Twitter, Google, Facebook, and Skype. And it’s kind of amazing.