Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...

From volcanic landscapes to world-class observatories, a journey through the Canary Islands reveals a night sky unlike ...

A powerful winter storm damaged Lick Observatory’s Great Refractor telescope, forcing an indefinite closure as crews work to ...

Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton is still not open to the public, about two weeks after gusts of wind whipping around at ...

Northumberland has some of the most pristine dark skies in Europe and a range of ways to enjoy them, from observatory tours ...

Now that we’re on the other side of the holidays, plenty of us are overdue for a getaway. Whether you need to calm your ...

Astronomers keep returning to the same quiet places because silence sharpens what instruments can hear. Cerro Pachón rises ...

Located south of Bend’s outdoor playland, I visited this Pacific Northwest gem for an enchanted winter evening of ...

Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) instruments, the U.S.

A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a ...

Astronomers have revealed a new type of cosmic object called Cloud-9 — a dim, starless gas cloud anchored by a massive dark ...