Sunday evening we drove to the small town of Doniphan, Mo., a town of about 1,700 near the bootheel of Missouri, to watch the total solar eclipse.  I chose Doniphan because it had a riverside…

Humboldt astronomer Mike Myer captured this view of a waning crescent moon and Venus surrounded by clouds on Wednesday evening.

Iolan Stan Grigsby usually has two responses when somebody asks him about astronomy: “Look up, and look it up.” Grigsby, a retired physicist and instructor, spoke to roughly 25 or so Iolans at the Iola…

On Saturday,  the moon will pass in front of the sun, but this does not mean that we will be treated to a total solar eclipse.  Rather, it will be an annular, or partial, solar…

Sky watchers in southeast Kansas will have the chance to watch a total lunar eclipse early Tuesday morning.  A lunar eclipse takes place when the full moon slips in to the shadow of the Earth.…

Humboldt’s Mike Myer has made a name for himself for his astrophotography, snapping brilliant photos of the moon, constellations and other celestial objects. But he had never tried, until this week, to snap a picture of…

Humboldt’s Mike Myer captured these spectacular images of the annual Humboldt Lions Club Mike Rickner Independence Day Celebration Monday at the Humboldt Municipal Golf Course. The show had been pushed back a day because of…

Humboldt photographer Mike Myer was at Perry Lake in northeast Kansas over the weekend, where he snapped some spectacular photos of a nest of eagles, both resting on tree branches and in flight. The migratory…

By now you may have been seeing articles about the “Christmas Star” that will be visible on the evening of Dec. 21.  Some reports are saying this will be the same star the Three Wise…

Move over NASA, Humboldt has got its very own astrophotographer. Mike Myer has called Allen County home for almost five decades, and currently works in the shipping department at Monarch Cement, but his newest passion…