Astronomy

The event lasted just under two hours and looked substantially different across the state. While only 23% of the sun was blocked in Portland, 33% was missing in Jordan Valley, in Oregon’s southeastern-most corner.

The area spans 2.5 million acres of Lake County in Southeastern Oregon. It was certified this month by DarkSky International, a U.S. based nonprofit that aims to reduce light pollution.

Neptune has long been depicted as a deeper, darker blue than its fellow ice giant Uranus, but a new study shows that both are a similar shade of light greenish blue.

A storm that started more than 92 million miles away is sending a spooky light snow to skies above the Pacific Northwest — and across the northern third of the rest of the United States, too.

Prineville Reservoir State Park has been certified as an International Dark Sky Park and is the first Oregon park to make the list of the places around the world with the least nighttime light pollution.

Author David Baron wrote "American Eclipse," a book about the eclipse of 1878. He explains how the celestial event gave American scientists a chance to prove themselves on the world stage.