THE Royal Observatory in Greenwich is undergoing a multi-million pound transformation. Work will start in September to ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson once penned the words “If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe ...

The Drake Municipal Observatory has hosted a summer lecture series for more than 100 years. Start time issues have attendees questioning its future.

The 36-inch Great Refractor Telescope was built from 1880 to 1888. Located in the larger dome of the main observatory building, it is 57 feet long, 4 feet in diameter, and weighs over 25,000 lbs.

The Royal Observatory Greenwich will celebrate its 350th anniversary with a major redevelopment, enhancing visitor access and ...

Astronomers celebrate the University of Washington's role in building the Rubin Observatory and look forward to its future ...

Project scientists and others gathered at the National Academy of Sciences building to see the first images from the new Vera ...

And astronomers have a brand-new, superpowerful eye with which to see the changing cosmos: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in ...

Building Rubin Observatory in Chile spanned three decades and as many continents. Important support came from right here in Wisconsin.

It’s called a seismometer, and it’s housed under a building known as the William Spain Seismic Observatory. It’s easy to stroll past the austere Gothic structure and overlook its 100-year ...