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    February 13, 2019
    Opportunity's heat shield impact site is seen on Mars in an approximately true-color mosaic of panoramic camera images taken Dec. 28, 2004. On the left, the main heat shield piece is inverted and its metallic insulation layer glints in the sunlight. Handout courtesy of NASA/JPL/Cornell
    NASA says goodbye to record-setting Mars rover Opportunity
    Rolling up to the crater's edge, the Opportunity rover took in a landscape unlike anything any Earthling had ever seen. A vast, meteorite-blasted...
    news/science-and-natureFebruary 13, 2019 - 3:40pm
    February 12, 2019
    The sun sets on the Mojave National Preserve in Kelso, Calif., on Feb. 5. The public lands bill passed by the Senate Tuesday would connect the preserve with Death Valley National Park. Photo for The Washington Post by Jenna Schoenefeld
    Senate passes the decade's biggest public lands package
    WASHINGTON - The Senate Tuesday passed the most sweeping conservation legislation in a decade, protecting millions of acres of land and hundreds...
    news/science-and-natureFebruary 12, 2019 - 5:59pm
    The half moon makes a triangle with the Seven Sisters and Hyades star clusters tonight, then hovers over the heart of the Hyades tomorrow. Stellarium
    Astro Bob Blog: Half moon hikes into the Hyades
    The moon will nest in the Hyades star cluster this week, making for a lovely sight in binoculars. Read more at astrobob.areavoices.com.
    news/science-and-natureFebruary 12, 2019 - 2:58pm
    February 11, 2019
    The level of Lake Superior is excepted to remain above normal through most of 2019, but probably won't hit any record levels, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hydrologists say. News Tribune file photo.
    Lake Superior dropped more than usual in January
    Lake Superior fell a little farther away from record levels in January, according to the International Lake Superior Board of Control. The big...
    news/science-and-natureFebruary 11, 2019 - 4:43pm
    Moon and Earth are seen on Feb. 3 in a photo taken by a webcam on China’s Longjiang-2 satellite orbiting the moon. CCTV / CNSA
    Astro Bob: See Earth from the lunar far side 
    If you're like me you're always up for new photos of Earth from space. Check these out from China's lunar far side mission.
    news/science-and-natureFebruary 11, 2019 - 12:09pm
    February 10, 2019
    Caption and credit: New Horizons took this image of Ultima Thule Jan. 1, when the NASA spacecraft was 5,494 miles (8,862 km) beyond it. The photo at left is made from raw images and show motion blur; the right side shows the sharpened view. NASA/Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/National Optical Astronomy Observatory
    Astro Bob Blog: Pancakes Anyone? Ultima Thule flatter than we thought
    As New Horizons raced past Ultima Thule and watched it blink out background stars, we got a little surprise. Read more at astrobob.areavoices.com....
    news/science-and-natureFebruary 10, 2019 - 1:54pm
    February 8, 2019
    The Sailorettes, a group of Grand Forks-area women who ditch their husbands and significant others every year to go ice fishing, had another successful excursion to Lake of the Woods. Pictured with an eelpout they caught during this year's trip are Erin Snyder (from left), Trish Winter, Stacey Flesche and Kelsey Schemionek.
    Sailorettes launch ice fishing tradition
    They call themselves the Sailorettes, and this group of Grand Forks-area women is proving that ice fishing isn’t just a “guy thing.” If...
    news/science-and-natureFebruary 8, 2019 - 5:53pm
    Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler at the White House on July 18, 2018. Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford.
    Under Trump, EPA inspections fall to a 10-year low
    WASHINGTON - Under President Donald Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency inspected fewer industrial facilities during 2018 than at any...
    news/science-and-natureFebruary 8, 2019 - 5:32pm
    February 6, 2019
    This female wolf that was trapped on the Grand Portage Reservation and moved to Isle Royale last October has walked back to the North Shore, across about 14 miles of frozen Lake Superior, a setback in the effort to repopulate the island's wolf population. National Park Service photo.
    Wolf leaves Isle Royale across ice
    The good news is solid ice formed between Isle Royale and the North Shore of Lake Superior, opening up a route for new wolves to walk out to...
    news/science-and-natureFebruary 6, 2019 - 2:56pm
    On Feb. 2, Comet Iwamoto displayed a blue-green coma and a short, faint tail pointing northwest. The green color comes primarily from light given off by carbon when it’s excited by the sun’s ultraviolet light. (Photo by Rolando Ligustri)
    Astro Bob Blog: Comet Iwamoto wriggles into the evening sky
    A comet discovered late last year by a Japanese amateur is finally coming into good view. Grab your binoculars for a look. Read more at astrobob.areavoices.com....
    news/science-and-natureFebruary 6, 2019 - 2:20pm
    File photo of damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Fla., Oct. 13, 2018. (Chang W. Lee/Copyright 2019 The New York Times)
    Wildfires, hurricanes and other extreme weather cost the nation 247 lives, nearly $100 billion in damage during 2018
    Ferocious wildfires that consumed entire California neighborhoods. Devastating hurricanes that inundated communities from Florida to North Carolina....
    news/science-and-natureFebruary 6, 2019 - 1:08pm
    February 3, 2019
    Bob King for the News Tribune
    Astro Bob Blog: Rime ice freak out!
    Microscopic droplets make a macroscopic transformation. In parts of Minnesota today, everything suddenly grew porcupine quills. Read more at...
    news/science-and-natureFebruary 3, 2019 - 5:06pm
    February 2, 2019
    Brad Olson (left) of Grand Forks and Nate Ewert of New Hopes, Minn., promoted their Northern Lights Plastics fishing tackle in November at the Hard Water Ice Fishing Expo in Blaine, Minn.
    Making a splash: Upstart company lighting up the soft plastics line of fishing tackle
    As an avid outdoorsman with more than 17 years in the hunting and fishing retail industry, Brad Olson knows a thing or two about having fun and...
    news/science-and-natureFebruary 2, 2019 - 3:03pm
    January 30, 2019
    The emerald ash borer is a small, metallic green beetle native to Asia that is about 1/2 inch long and 1/8 inch wide. Special to The Forum
    A benefit of extreme cold: It kills the dreaded emerald ash borer
    MOORHEAD — Here’s a warm thought for ash tree admirers as the region finds itself coping with an arctic deep freeze: Temperatures that plunge...
    news/science-and-natureJanuary 30, 2019 - 6:55pm
    January 29, 2019
    A shot of the brambling at the Shroyer family home earlier this week. (Photo courtesy of Wayne Perala)
    Rare bird repeatedly spotted near Richwood, Minn.
    RICHWOOD, Minn. -- A bird that’s very rarely seen in Minnesota has been hanging out around a home north of Detroit Lakes, and birders are flocking...
    news/science-and-natureJanuary 29, 2019 - 6:47pm
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