Artificial light pollution from Earth is contaminating the skies over most major astronomical observatories, requiring immediate action to remedy, a team of international scientists has determined.

As with amateur scopes, dew is a potentially harmful problem at professional observatories because the water that accumulates on optical surfaces can interfere with the telescope’s performance, and it ...

Have you ever just looked up at the starts and wondered just how far out it goes? If you have, you are not alone. There are many scientists and researchers who are trying to unlock the secrets that ...

Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these lights could be blinding us to the ...

Researchers from Italy, Chile and Galicia have studied and compared the light pollution levels at major astronomical observatories across the world. The study shows that light is polluting the sky ...

A new image of two tangled galaxies has been released by NASA's Great Observatories. The Antennae galaxies, located about 62 million light-years from Earth, are shown in a new composite image from the ...

When you hear about big science projects like a huge new telescope or a miles-long particle accelerator, it’s usually in the context of the big science discoveries they’ve made. But before anyone can ...

Many in the University of Virginia community have trekked to the top of Observatory Hill to visit the Leander McCormick Observatory, dedicated in 1885 and still operating 140 years later. But how many ...

Discover peculiarly shaped and thoughtfully designed astronomical observatories. Completed in 1921, Einstein Tower in Potsdam, Germany was designed by architect Erich Mendelsohn to house a solar ...

As the Sun sets over the dry plains of rural Texas, something unusual begins to happen inside a series of long metal ...