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Society President David Leake said the pitched-roof observatory is better for stargazing than a domed one other than it’s ...
During a monitoring overflight on April 9, 2025, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field crews observed that the ponded lava in the north vent from April 8 had drained and/or collapsed. The south vent ...
Hawaii, an archipelago in the tropics, sits 3,200 kilometres (2,000 miles) into the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is reopening its observatory after more than a decade of inactivity, thanks in part to the overwhelming enthusiasm sparked by the university’s public event ...
Presented today in Sassari, in the conference room of the Fondazione di Sardegna, Opolis, the Observatory on Security Policies and Crime Prevention. Promoted by Acli Sardegna, the project will use ...
Slated to open in fall 2025, the $28 million observatory and science center will encompass 23,000 square feet and feature the largest telescope in metro Phoenix, a hyperspace planetarium ...
It is difficult to capture the breadth of development and discovery that the spinning observatory has enabled. But here are a few numbers: nearly two billion stars, millions of potential galaxies ...
The Tucson area is pure magic in April. The temperatures are warm but not scorching, and if you time it right, you might catch the desert in bloom. Hike up Wasson Peak for stunning desert views ...
Rubin Observatory in Chile. Launched in 2023, the ESA's $1.5 billion Euclid space telescope is equipped with a near-perfect 3-feet 11-inch-wide primary mirror and two instruments: a 600 megapixel ...
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — In 1894, Lowell Observatory began exploring the stars, almost 20 years before Arizona became a state. The museum gets over 100,000 visitors per year and was named the best ...