Crews fought on Tuesday to defend homes and the famed Mount Wilson Observatory from California's biggest and most dangerous wildfire, standing their ground at a major highway between the flames and ...

Celestron has introduced Celstron Origin, an intelligent home observatory for astronomy enthusiasts. Torrance, California-based Celstron makes AI-based high-quality telescopes and other optical goods.

Claude Plymate calls his backyard home observatory the clubhouse that he never had as a child. The solar astronomer and his wife, Teresa Bippert-Plymate, ordered the white 10-by-10-foot domed ...

Firefighters waged an all-out ground and air campaign on Tuesday to save the famed Mount Wilson Observatory and an adjacent hub of communications towers from a wildfire roaring through rugged peaks ...

For astrophysicist Mansi Kasliwal, her appointment to the historic Palomar Observatory as the new director was a full-circle ...

STAMFORD — A telescope described as "a wonder of the space age" is moving away from its Stamford home of 57 years. The so-called Gregory-Maksutov telescope was lifted from its usual resting place near ...

Roughly seven million people have looked through the main telescope at Griffith Observatory. By Soumya Karlamangla LOS ANGELES — Atop a hill that offers views of glittering freeways and golden ...

The small Massachusetts island of Nantucket is known for its beautiful beaches, local authors, rich maritime history, and quaint New England coastal charm. But did you know that Nantucket is also a ...

The Paranal Observatory, one of the world's most important, faces a major risk of providing clear images because of a ...

A new observatory in South Wairarapa lets visitors watch exploding stars far away - and take the photos home with them. The Cretney Observatory, which opened Saturday 13 September, boasts a powerful ...