The subject of space exploration has been one of the most enigmatic and interesting topics of all time. When taught about ...

Serving nine UC campuses and two national laboratories, Lick Observatory continues to be at the forefront of groundbreaking ...

Herschel's 20-foot, mahogany-tubed reflector and its 100-pound ... is a scene representing the next quantum leap in telescope design, the Mount Wilson 100-inch observatory, shown in this exhibit ...

A 12-inch reflector was considered ... came to recognize his telescopes as the carbines of a scientific revolution. Dobsonians employed the same simple design that Isaac Newton dreamed up when ...

The world’s most advanced solar telescope just unlocked a new level of discovery with the first light from its Visible ...

The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 35 years of groundbreaking discoveries, stunning imagery, and a lasting impact on astronomy.

After years of development, researchers at the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii have fired up their newest tool, ...

When I was in grade school I was fascinated by the world’s largest telescope: the 200-inch-diameter Hale Reflector on Palomar Mountain near San Diego.

The Inouye Solar Telescope just activated its most powerful instrument, VTF—a massive precision tool designed to unveil the ...