It sits roofless, doorless and empty, but it has passed the test of time. Built nearly 30 years ago by the U.S. Navy Construction Battalions _ commonly called the Seabees _ the tiny building on the ...

An amateur astronomer from Manchester has built an observatory in the shed in his back garden. The observatory, which Brian Lynn has built over the course of a decade, includes a telescope mounted ...

Continuing a tradition stretching back more than 25 centuries, astronomers have used the new 2.3-meter 'Aristarchos' telescope, sited at Helmos Observatory (2340m high) in the Pelοponnese ...

REACHING FOR THE STARS. JAMES FISHER SERVED TWO TOURS IN VIETNAM. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW DEEP THE UNIVERSE IS. NOBODY DOES. HE SEES THE VALUE OF THE ASTRONOMY FOR VETERANS PROGRAM BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT ...

Workers atop Griffith Observatory removed most of the 489 copper panels from the main dome this week as part of an $83-million construction project, which is about 20% complete. The removal makes way ...

A mountaintop observatory in Mexico, built and operated by an international team of scientists, has captured the first wide-angle view of gamma rays emanating from two rapidly spinning stars. The High ...

An image taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory immediately after the AIA CCD cameras cooled on March 30, 2010. (click image to enlarge) Two months after the launch of NASA’s Solar Dynamics ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An observatory in the mountains of southern New Mexico that is dedicated to unlocking the mysteries of the sun has found itself at the center of a mystery that is creating a ...

It sits roofless, doorless and empty, but it has passed the test of time. Built nearly 30 years ago by the Navy Construction Battalions _ commonly called the Seabees _ the tiny building on the back ...