The 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens — which began with a series of small earthquakes in mid-March and peaked with a cataclysmic flank collapse, avalanche, and explosion on May 18 — was not the largest ...

The images commemorate John Harrison, who measured longitude at sea (Handout/PA) Royal Mail has released images of 10 stamps being issued to celebrate the Royal Observatory’s foundation in 1675.

Perched 4,200 feet up Mount Hamilton, the Lick Observatory has been scanning the cosmos for nearly 150 years. Researchers working at Lick Observatory — a major site in the University of California ...

The Astronomy Centre posted images of the Moon as photographed from the Al Khatim Astronomical Observatory in the UAE capital at 7.05pm. The Centre said that the first image was captured at 11am ...

Here’s one for our astronomy geeks. Our hacker [arrow] has made their own observatory! This particular video is a bit over ten minutes long and is basically a montage; there is no narration or ...

“Tololo Lunar Eclipse Sky.” Cerro Tololo Observatory, Chile. On March 14, 2025, a total lunar eclipse occurred, especially visible over the Americas and the Pacific Ocean. I was fortunate to observe ...

Staff at the Mount Washington Observatory shared what they are seeing at the summit. "We have seen quite a bit of snow over the past day on the summit of Mount Washington, at least compared to ...

Consolmagno, 71, now looks at his star friends from one of the most renowned observatories in the world. As head of the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, he’s informally known as “the ...

YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. WE ARE JOINED NOW BY AMY COTTER, A WEATHER OBSERVER AND EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST AT THE MOUNT WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY. RIGHT NOW AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN. AMY, THANK YOU SO ...