Moon-gazers across the Las Vegas Valley were not disappointed by Wednesday morning’s celestial event. A cloudless sky with the temperature hovering around 50 made for a perfect night of viewing the super blue blood moon.
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A crew from UNLV and the Las Vegas Natural History Museum returned from Redlands, California, Saturday night with four vehicles packed full of fossils collected from the upper Las Vegas Wash over past 20 years or so.
Child development experts and advocates are urging Facebook to pull the plug on its new messaging app aimed at kids.
Students ages 10 to 18 got a chance to try out a new experience during the Drone Race for Beginners event Sunday at the Henderson Multigenerational Center.
A dedicated solar array 375 miles away near Fallon will supply renewable energy to power the $1.5 billion development soon to begin construction on the site of the former Desert Inn Golf Club, just east of Wynn Las Vegas and Encore.
During the early hours of Jan. 31, there will be a full moon, a total lunar eclipse, a blue moon and a supermoon — all at the same time.
A mysterious software firm is buying more than 60,000 acres of land in a Northern Nevada industrial park, a landmass triple the size of Summerlin
Apple’s next major update of its mobile software will include an option that will enable owners of older iPhones to turn off a feature that slows the device to prevent aging batteries from shutting down.
SpaceX fired up its newest, biggest rocket in a critical launch pad test Wednesday, advancing toward a long-anticipated test flight possibly in just a week.
For the first time, researchers have used the cloning method that produced Dolly the sheep to create two healthy monkeys, bringing science an important step closer to being able to do the same with humans.
Apple is finally ready to launch its attempt to compete with the internet-connected speakers made by Amazon and Google with the release of its long-awaited HomePod.
Periods of below-average snowpack have become increasing common in some Western mountain ranges, including some caused by “wet” drought that results when mountain areas usually blanketed with snow get rain instead.
On Thursday, the School Board is set to hear a presentation from Capital Dynamics, an independent global asset manager, to discuss “potential energy savings” of millions of dollars for the district.
Amazon is raising the price of its Prime membership monthly plan by nearly 20 percent. The fee of $99 for an annual membership will not change, the company said Friday.
The Kilopower project, currently undergoing testing at the Nevada National Security Site, aims to develop a small, safe and reliable source of electricity for extended stays on the red planet or unmanned scientific missions in deep space.