Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is highlighting the impact of federal funding for the Mount Washington Observatory.

The Yerkes Future Foundation officially owns the historic Yerkes Observatory glass plates, securing a vital link between astronomy's past and future discoveries.

The San Fernando Observatory is used by professors, researchers and students who study the Sun The solar observatory at CSUN sits in the bucolic grove and nature area on the campus.

Indian Jesuit Father Richard D’Souza, the new director of the Vatican Observatory, says he will continue the tradition of Vatican astronomers who demonstrated how science and faith can co-exist. The ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday appointed astronomer Father Richard Anthony D’Souza, SJ, as the new director of the Vatican Observatory.

Expanding efforts to measure, monitor and protect soil biodiversity around the world will intensify further with the establishment of the Global Soil Biodiversity Observatory, to be led by the ...

WA observatory in Hanford helps make stunning black hole discovery July 18, 2025 at 6:01 am This is one of two 2.5-mile long arms from the LIGO Hanford gravitational wave detector near the Tri-Cities.

Gravitational waves detected at LIGO Hanford Observatory in Washington reveal a puzzling black hole merger, the heaviest detected. Trump calls for LIGO closure.

Nestled atop Mars Hill in Flagstaff, Lowell Observatory has been a cornerstone of astronomical discovery since 1894 — and it’s still inspiring curiosity today.

Chile's Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which boasts the world's largest digital camera, has begun displaying its first images of the cosmos, allowing astronomers to figure out how the solar system ...

Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveals millions of galaxies, nebulas and more in 1st photos The images were captured in just a little more than 10 hours of test observations as the Rubin Observatory ...