Born June 29, 1868, in Chicago, George Ellery Hale revolutionized American astronomy by, among other things, championing the ...

Ten students from high schools on or near the San Carlos Apache Reservation are participating in a nine-week summer ...

Highlighting 10 major astronomical milestones of the past century in celebration of the Royal Greenwich Observatory’s 350th ...

Chat with astronomer Rodolfo Montez Jr. Ask questions about the beautiful death throes of Sun-like stars and the ultimate fate of the Sun. Rodolfo Montez Jr. is an astronomer at the Smithsonian ...

As the data from each image is quickly shuffled to the observatory’s computer servers, the telescope will pivot to the next patch of sky, taking a picture every 40 seconds or so. It will do that ...

Creating a Mount Rushmore for the South Carolina women’s basketball program was not an easy task. It’s hard to pick just four players from a program that has produced 56 All-SEC selections, 23 ...

Enjoy classic sci-fi, vintage silent films, and even a few family-friendly surprises in Mt. Wilson Observatory’s 256-seat auditorium. By Katlyn Ong Moviegoer ...

Lowell Observatory and Meteor Crater, in partnership with B612 Foundation, will host a public event featuring distinguished speakers, telescope viewing, and family fun activities FLAGSTAFF, Ariz ...

"It's like bugs on a windshield." When astronomers first dreamt up the Vera Rubin Observatory in the 1990s, the sky above the Chilean Cerro Pachón, where the star-observing machine was to be ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory stands atop a mountain peak in Chile, from which its telescope and camera will capture extraordinary information about our universe over the next 10 years as part of the ...

A personal tribute to astronomer Vera Rubin, told through stories and memories from her granddaughter, Ramona Rubin. Meredith Herndon On June 3, 2025, the Dr. Vera Rubin quarter was released as ...