Are we alone? NASA scientist brings search for life beyond Earth to Kearney

Retired astrophysicist David Leisawitz will speak April 15 at the Merryman Performing Arts Center.

NASA engineer discussing James Webb Space Telescope at upcoming UNK event

Launched on Dec. 25, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope studies every phase in the history…

Ask an Antelope: Adam Jensen answers cosmic questions

Jensen is an associate professor in the UNK Department of Physics, Astronomy and Engineering.

Cause and Effect: Philip Lai studies brain’s connection to communication, behavior

Lai, whose sister suffered a perinatal stroke as a baby, focuses on how children with neurodevelopmental…

Groundbreaking astronomer Tabetha Boyajian featured in Kearney Aug. 20

Who: Astronomer Tabetha Boyajian When: Sunday, Aug. 20, 7 p.m. Where: Merryman Performing Arts Center; 225 W.…

Are we Alone?: Adam Jensen’s work for NASA examines life beyond Earth

BY JAN TREFFER THOMPSON When 8-year-old Adam Jensen pointed his first telescope to the sky in…