A bustling crowd of astronomy enthusiasts and curious onlookers gathered on the WVU Mountainlair lawn Monday afternoon to witness the rare celestial event that has captivated North America for weeks — a solar eclipse that achieved 95% totality in Morgantown between 2-4:30 p.m. The ...
by Adam Frank Are we alone? Is life around us a cosmic accident that only happened once on this lonely planet, making human beings the only technological civilization anywhere? Or is the universe teeming with life, and perhaps even intelligence and self-awareness? These questions ...
Shooting for the stars West Virginia University’s robotics team is out of this world — almost literally. Team Mountaineers faced off against dozens of teams from 10 countries to take first place in a Mars-themed competition early this month. The 2023 ...
by John M. Crisp Last week NASA announced the names of the four astronauts who will crew Artemis II, a 10-day mission planned for November 2024. The expedition will boost humans out of an Earth-bound orbit for the first time since 1972 and put them into orbit around the moon, in ...
by Adam Minter This month, a hunk of space junk hurtled toward the International Space Station, putting the safety of astronauts and their orbiting outpost at risk. Fortunately, the cosmic hazard was detected early and an emergency maneuver rocketed the $150 billion station out of ...
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $748,564 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) for a three-year research initiative at West Virginia ...