The desert city in southern Arizona is a sanctuary for stargazers—and now it's even easier for visitors to explore.

The trail is a curated collection of national and state parks, observatories, planetariums, and musuems that offer travelers ...

The Vatican Observatory’s summer school, known as “Specola,” has already selected students for its next edition in June.

An image of the solar system orbiting the Sun is seen at Solaris, Israel's new solar observatory, in Isfiya. (photo credit: Idan Media/GPO) Israel has just launched its first-ever solar ...

Despite subzero temperatures, scientists at the Mount Washington Observatory are working hard more than 6,000 feet above sea level. "It is really freaking cold, I guess is the scientific way to ...

Also the Rockies, the Appalachians and the Cascades. But I’ve never enjoyed a drive more scenic than Mt Lemmon – where you can see massive boulders balanced mysteriously atop rock spires ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A giant new telescope in Chile has opened its eyes for the first time — and while the view may not be impressive to some, its scientist parents are thrilled. The Vera C.

funded in part by contributions from the Detroit-based McGregor and Rackham Funds and developed in close collaboration with astronomers from the esteemed Mt. Wilson solar observatory in California ...

(WXYZ) — Tucked away in the woods of Lake Angelus in Oakland County is the historic McMath-Hulbert Observatory, and it's in need of a new owner. We were shocked to ...