astronomy

Much of the United States experienced a solar eclipse Monday, an astronomical phenomenon where the moon passes between the earth and the sun and causes temporary darkness. Although the spectacle couldn’t be seen from Alaska, folks in Kenai had the opportunity to experience the eclipse in a different way.

Kenai Peninsula College is hosting a series of free weekly astronomy evenings on Wednesdays throughout the month of November for novice and experienced astronomers alike.

The sun, moon and Earth line up every month. That, in itself, is nothing extraordinary.For most of those months, the moon’s orbit is at a slight angle…

Though some might mourn the dwindling daylight as a harbinger of summer’s end, the increasing darkness does give stargazers a chance to view the comet…

Andy Veh is a physics professor at Kenai Peninsula College. He visited with KDLL to give us a heads up about what to look at in the night sky and some…

In this half hour of Kenai Science Friday, we speak with the physics and math instructor at Kenai Peninsula College, Andy Veh. He also teaches astronomy,…