For astrophysicist Mansi Kasliwal, her appointment to the historic Palomar Observatory as the new director was a full-circle moment. The California Institute of Technology announced her new position ...

For three years, a key connection for visitors to Mount St. Helens has been closed due to a landslide. That is expected to soon change.

For many of us, the Mount Washington Observatory’s work is often out of sight (it does get socked in up there above the clouds) and thus out of mind. But that work can do everything from helping you ...

A powerful new telescope will usher in a new era of cosmic discovery, but in a political climate vastly different from when it was named for a once overlooked female astronomer. Vera C. Rubin, the ...

Tucked into a back corner of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority complex at DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst, the William D. McDowell Observatory, at first glance, doesn’t seem all that special.

For three years, a key connection for visitors to Mount St. Helens has been closed due to a landslide. That is expected to ...