Read more: Possible cause of Arecibo Observatory telescope collapse The first function ... above the dish by three concrete towers. The platform held the azimuth arm, a dome containing two ...

The films made at Tower Two brought national attention to the observatory and were screened all over the country to scientists and schoolkids alike. A third and even taller telescope tower that ...

The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light telescope — is currently under development on the Cerro Armazones mountain ...

We were shocked to see that the almost 100-year-old telescope dome of the McMath-Hulbert Observatory still opens. Just like the other two towers of this once international gem, it’s seemingly ...

TEGO revolutionizes gravitational wave detection with its tetrahedral spacecraft formation, improving sensitivity and ...

Built in 1807, the octagonal, 86-foot-tall tower was commissioned by Captain ... them from as far as 30 miles away with his telescope. Before the observatory was built, ships couldn't be seen ...

The Mount Wilson Observatory is an important site in the history of modern astronomy. With the famous Hooker telescope ... flames erupted below transmission towers near Altadena, Calif., ...

Building giant telescopes on a remote mountain ... the fire hadn’t reached the main road that circles the observatory buildings and radio towers on the mountain’s summit; instead, it was ...