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Why did this meteor possibly cause a sound when so many others cruise over Utah silently?

Patience might pay off for stargazers Monday night, as a new meteor shower with the potential of lighting up the sky in a dramatic fashion may appear.

CONCORD – Concord High School’s new football coach is young.

An asteroid smaller than a GPS satellite but traveling at twice the speed impacted Earths atmosphere above the Arctic Ocean Friday after being discovered only hours earlier.\n

Utah Hospital Association's community update as the Omicron variant continues to surge across the state, swamping hospitals and health care providers' ability to provide care. Manuel Romero on the 500-year family history he traces in his...

Follow the map drawn by a local astronomer to 2021s extraordinary comet.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Its a bird... its a plane... its Starlink! A string of lights was spotted moving across Utahs night sky on Wednesday. According to Patrick Wiggins, a NASA solar systems ambassador in the state, what Utahns saw was a series of 60 Starlink satellites, which were launched Tuesday. The 60 Starlink satellites were launched at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. According to a SpaceX press release, the release of the satellites was the ninth launch and landing of this "Falcon 9 fi...

The spotlights will remain dark at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema location in New Braunfels, as company officials announced Wednesday that the theater’s temporary closure will now become permanent. The Austin-based dine-in theater chain made the announcement online Wednesday morning, citing the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. “Last March, we temporarily closed Marketplace along with every other Alamo Drafthouse location,” a post on the theater’s website said. “...

OUTER SPACE — As the dust of 2020 settles, we may find ourselves asking, whats next? While we never know what Jumanji has in store, one thing is sure: check "Doomsday Asteroid" off the list. Asteroid Apophis is going to be a cinch. On Friday, an asteroid known by its threatening nickname Apophis will harmlessly fly within about 10 million miles of Earth. The near-Earth object, or NEO, will continue on its path around the sun, on a path which space.com said has been unnoticed by humans for mil...