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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The European Southern Observatory has released a new view of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), as its colossal outer dome nears ...

Winds exceeding 110 mph that tore across the top of Mount Hamilton early Christmas morning blasted a massive steel protective door off the iconic white dome at Lick Observatory. Now, with back-to-back ...

The instrument at Lowell Observatory used by Clyde Tombaugh to discover Pluto will soon undergo renovation. The year-long project, set to begin on January 12, will include restoration of both the ...

The multi-ton shutter section fell outward onto the roof of the Great Hall, crushing several structural beams. The Great Refractor telescope was not damaged during the incident, but its precision ...

After Santa delivered big trouble to Lick Observatory — the iconic astronomy complex atop Mount Hamilton east of San Jose where ferocious winds early Christmas morning blasted open the steel dome ...

The plans, if approved, would see the new telescope dome built at the Space Geodesy Facility (SGF). The SGF makes laser range observations to enable orbit determination for scientific satellite ...

Chinese researchers have braved the cold and harsh environment of Antarctica in order to get a unique view of star formation in the interstellar medium (ISM). The Chinese National Antarctica and ...

When you become a young observer of the skies, happy to be out in a dark field at night with a 6-inch or 8-inch scope, you never dream of the kind of night of observing I experienced on Thursday, June ...

Lowell Observatory, Arizona's oldest center for astronomy, is launching a campaign to recruit an army of benefactors to repair the telescope and dome from which Percival Lowell discovered what he said ...