Informed by science from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and astronomers worldwide, this “documentary that you can walk through” visualizes the cosmos in a 3-D introduction to the universe ...

Washington DC – A new virtual reality installation now gives visitors the chance to move through the universe using data ...

The interactive, virtual reality show “Starstruck” is scheduled to open at Denver’s York Street Yards in August.

The experience lasts approximately 40 minutes and is recommended for guests ages 10 and older.

AMADO, Ariz. (KVOA) - The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory is welcoming back visitors following the historic 43-day government shutdown. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, part of the Center ...

The furthest reaches of the cosmos will be within touching distance of San Antonio thanks to a new immersive attraction.

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, located on Mount Hopkins near Amado, announced that it will close to the public after Saturday, Oct. 11, if the federal ...

You Can Find Out in This New Exhibition of More Than 600 Specimens and Artifacts The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural ...

This book explores how and why the Smithsonian Institution closed its Astrophysical Observatory in Washington, D.C. in 1955 and moved it as a budget line to Harvard first as a department of the ...

The Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) is one of the largest and most diverse astrophysical institutions in the world, where scientists carry out a broad program of research in ...

Charles G. Abbot (1872-1973), the fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, came to the Institution in 1895 as an assistant to Secretary Samuel P. Langley in the Smithsonian Astrophysical ...

The Wolbach Library staff is dedicated to providing timely information and research services to the staff at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the Harvard University and Smithsonian ...