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 ...

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 ...

Let us then get serious about settlements and colonization. I would invite those that want to participate in this project or ...

Without vegetation for fuel close to the tower, the fire moved on. The communications equipment and Observatory were ... facility with what was the largest telescope in the world.

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 ...

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., ...

You really can’t overstate the case for visiting Cape Town. First, there’s the in-your-face beauty of a craggy mountain range ...

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 ...

A French astrophotographer has captured a stunning photo of Venus and the moon shining above the Eiffel Tower in Paris, ...

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 ...

When the Eaton Fire flared up Jan. 9, flames climbed to the summit of Mount Wilson northeast of LA. What happened next was a ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the historic Mount Wilson Observatory in California appear to be unscathed by the Eaton fire burning through Pasadena and Altadena — for now.