Industrial Complex Proposal Threatens Some of the World’s Clearest Skies for Astronomy
Chile's Atacama Desert is home to some of the best Earth-based observatories, though an energy company is throwing a wrench ...
World's darkest and clearest skies at risk from industrial megaproject
AES Andes, a subsidiary of the US power company AES Corporation, submitted a project for a massive industrial complex for ...
Desert Megaproject Threatens World's Best Stargazing
"Light pollution will irreparably impact the capabilities for astronomical observation," the ESO's Xavier Barcons said.
Mount Wilson Observatory, telescope not damaged in Eaton Fire
The Eaton Fire made a run for Mount Wilson on Thursday - but the historic observatory and telescope were not damaged, thanks ...
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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is ready to transform our understanding of the cosmos
The observatory was first proposed in 2001. Then called the Large-Aperture Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), it grew out of an earlier concept for an instrument that would study dark matter ...
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Webb Telescope spies record number of stars billions of light years away
The powerful, Tucson-born infrared eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope have notched another record for long-range viewing: the largest number of individual stars ever detected in the distant ...
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Lowell Observatory
Today, the observatory is home to a variety of telescopes, as well as artifacts like Lowell's first telescope, classic scientific books and instruments built by the observatory's scientists for ...
NASA joins telescope, instruments to Roman spacecraft
Technicians have successfully integrated NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's payload—the telescope, instrument carrier ...
Before-and-after photos show iconic Los Angeles locations impacted by wildfires
Iconic landmarks such as the Hollywood Sign were engulfed in smoke from the LA wildfires. See before and after photos of ...