The first image from the Vera C. Rubin telescope reveals a previously unnoticed feature of the galaxy M61 that may explain ...
First image from Vera C. Rubin telescope reveals a previously unnoticed feature of galaxy M61 that may explain its mysterious ...
Deep in the Appalachian mountains lies a hidden piece of space history. On a nearly 200-acre property tucked into the Pisgah ...
The enormous outburst was likely caused by an unfortunate star venturing too close to a supermassive black hole ...
Observation of the night sky, before the advent of satellites, was assumed to be free of the artificial bright points that ...
Two papers authored by astronomer Beatriz Villarroel claim to show that thousands of “transients” in historic astronomical ...
New peer-reviewed research reporting strange lights in the pre-space-age sky is sparking curiosity and controversy ...
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A San Diego man is recovering from serious injuries after he was shot by a stranger earlier this month while visiting a scenic overlook on Palomar Mountain. Joseph Valentino ...
More times than she can remember, Jean Mueller stood on the catwalk of the 200-inch Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory scanning the night sky, trying to time the exact moment to close the dome.
NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications technology has successfully shown that data encoded in lasers can be reliably transmitted, received, and decoded after traveling millions of miles from Earth ...
When I was in grade school I was fascinated by the world’s largest telescope: the 200-inch-diameter Hale Reflector on Palomar Mountain near San Diego. What a behemoth! At the time I enjoyed using a ...