On a clear spring evening in Michigan, the stars aligned — just not in the way Upfront Ventures partner Nick Kim expected. He ...

To celebrate the 100-year Edwin Hubble discovery that Andromeda was a galaxy outside our own, astronomers release the most ...

But the Mount Wilson Observatory and the telescope were not damaged, thanks to firefighters' efforts, said L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone. "No buildings or infrastructure have been damaged ...

The summit of Mount Wilson looms over Pasadena at about 5,715 feet, with the white domes of the observatory buildings and surrounding radio towers visible to drivers along Interstate 210 below.

Hubble makes his mark Edwin Hubble was young and ambitious. At the of age 30, he arrived at Mount Wilson Observatory in ...

The Mount Wilson Observatory is an important site in the history of modern astronomy. With the famous Hooker telescope, early 20th century astronomers made key observations about the Milky Way and ...

The Eaton Fire made a run for Mount Wilson on Thursday afternoon. But the Mount Wilson Observatory and the telescope were not damaged, thanks to firefighters' efforts, said L.A. County Fire Chief ...

The Eaton Fire that started in the foothills northeast of Los Angeles flared up Thursday morning and climbed to the summit of Mount Wilson ... what was the largest telescope in the world.

It’s hard to understate the importance of Mount Wilson to the field of astronomy: It is home to the 100-inch Hooker telescope, which Edwin Hubble used a century ago to make observations that ...

the Carnegie-funded 100-inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory in California, Hubble discovered the demure star in 1923. This rare type of pulsating star, called a Cepheid variable ...