A new robotic camera at Palomar Observatory is scanning the night sky to capture some of the most volatile and violent events in the universe, including stellar explosions and colliding neutron stars.

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 ...

PALOMAR MOUNTAIN, Calif — 2023 marks 75 years since the Palomar Observatory was first dedicated. The San Diego County scientific marvel recently made headlines after the famous green comet was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More times than she can remember, Jean Mueller stood on the catwalk of the 200-inch Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory ...

After a visit to Mount Palomar's famous observatory, I enjoy introducing friends to the delights of the natural landscape right below the telescope's looming dome. In a kind of reverse pilgrimage, we ...

As a maintenance manager at the Palomar Observatory, Bruce Cuneyis probably the only person in North County who has painted atelescope capable of peering billions of light years intospace. Thirty-two ...