The view of our home galaxy lit up the night sky at the U.S. National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.

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Multiple hiking and off-roading trails crisscross the area, but one of the best hikes is the Margie’s Cove Trail, a 5.8-mile out-and-back trek that immerses visitors in the serene desert solitude.

Arizona's got sky islands in spades. But if you wind your way from the desert floor to the tree tops, that's all you'll find. But Kitt Peak's got them all beaten with a window beyond the blue.

Kitt Peak National Observatory is celebrating 60 years of welcoming visitors to the moutnaintop collection of telescopes 55 miles southwest of Tucson.

Kitt Peak is home to arguably the largest collection of major optical telescopes on planet Earth, but it also has an important educational function.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) – After being closed for more than three years, the Kitt Peak National Observatory has finally reopened its doors and its domes. The closure initially began due to the Covid ...

The road up Kitt Peak is still closed more than year after a wildfire swept through the area, but state transportation officials hope to reopen it by late October.

The instruments at the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) in Arizona are seeing the stars once again. On June 11, lightning struck the Baboquivari Mountain range, which includes Kitt Peak. By ...

“Arizona is unfortunately becoming a hotbed for wildfires,” Edwards says. “And we have seen impact from fire before at Kitt Peak, although nothing as bad as this.” ...

The observatory hosts researchers from several universities, including the University of Arizona. The university operates four telescopes on Kitt Peak, all four are down right now.