A second development project at Willamette Falls is gearing up, thanks to a massive infusion of public and private money. Led by former Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, the Willamette Falls Trust has secured ...

On Sunday November 2, people in eastern Victoria witnessed a bright streak across the sky followed by a loud sonic boom that felt like an earthquake. The event was captured by security cameras and ...

Pathfinder shuttle stack outside of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. More than six decades ago, the United States launched its first satellite into Earth orbit, turning the dream of spaceflight into ...

More than six decades ago, the United States launched its first satellite into Earth orbit, turning the dream of spaceflight into reality. Space tourism may be inching closer, but until off-planet ...

Evan Yarbrough was fishing the Willamette River with his friends outside Eugene when he hooked something big. At first he thought he was snagged. Then he figured it was a huge carp or sucker fish. But ...

The rare samples, uncovered by China’s Chang’e-6 mission, might help to reveal secrets of how the Solar System evolved. Sifting through the first-ever rock samples collected from the far side of the ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. For generations a massive iron meteorite sat in the Somali desert, becoming a landmark where children played and herders ...

In the span of two years, Willamette High School football has gone from winless to one of the top teams in Oregon. The Wolverines are 6-0 this season, sit at No. 4 in the latest Class 6A coaches poll ...

Less than an hour’s drive south of Portland, Oregon, the Willamette Valley feels very much like Northern California’s Napa and Sonoma wine regions of years past: quiet, rural, friendly, laid back and ...

Millennia ago a piece of the sky fell toward East Africa, streaking overhead, born of an ancient collision of asteroids. The meteorite landed, probably with more of a thud than a boom, in a river ...

An all-female research group, As Meteoriticas, scours the South American country’s interior aiming to preserve meteorites for scientific study and public display. From right, Elizabeth Zucolotto, ...

Imagine sipping your coffee when suddenly – BOOM! A sonic tremor rattles your home. That’s exactly what happened to one McDonough resident when a meteorite the size of a cherry tomato punched through ...