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

Credit: David J. Eicher It’s absolutely astonishing to see a mammoth, 4.3m telescope looming over you, fitted with a visual back and a 30mm Explore Scientific 2-inch eyepiece. Just amazing.

It wasn’t surpassed in aperture until the construction of the 100-inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory in 1917. Largest eye on the sky ...

Founded in 1904 by the Carnegie Institution, Mount Wilson was the world’s preeminent observatory at the time, housing the largest telescopes: a 60-inch reflector and the 100-inch Hooker reflector, ...

The telescope design is a candidate for use in new effort to study high-energy gamma-rays that will involve more than 100 telescopes.

The Arecibo Observatory’s suspended equipment platform collapsed just before 8 a.m. local time on December 1, falling more than 450 feet and crashing through the telescope’s massive radio dish ...

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

Wilson Survey maps, a century-old cartographic masterpiece, is being revived at a conservation lab at IGNCA—one brittle sheet at a time | Latest News Delhi ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently turned its attention to the distant planetary system in our Milky Way galaxy to gather new and unexpected insights for a team of researchers.

Lainey Wilson performs on stage at Grand Ole Opry in Nashville , Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Over the past decade, social media and streaming have become dominant forces in the music industry.