Palomar Observatory, operated by Cal Tech Institute of Technology, atop Mount Palomar in San Diego County, California. (Terry Richard/The Oregonian) Talk about a place to gaze at the stars. The ...

Amy Cotter, a weather observer and education specialist at the Mount Washington Observatory, discusses summit conditions amid a May nor'easter, including wind gusts, temperatures and snowfall ...

The crew at the Mount Washington Observatory told News 9 that wind chills have dropped to nearly 50 degrees below zero almost every day. Advertisement Researchers step outside every hour to take ...

The Mount Wilson Observatory is central to our understanding of the universe. The Calif. observatory that changed how we think about the universe In the San Gabriel Mountains, George Ellery Hale ...

Born June 29, 1868, in Chicago, George Ellery Hale revolutionized American astronomy by, among other things, championing the ...

The Mount Wilson Observatory was once home to the world’s largest telescope, and more than a century ago, on Jan. 1, 1925, astronomer Edwin Hubble made one of his most important discoveries at ...

Local News Mount Washington Observatory shares photo of unique cloud formation “Typically, there are only one to two layers in a lenticular cloud, but the biggest one this afternoon had over ...

How researchers collect data on Mount Washington in extreme weather 06:34. New England's highest peak, Mount Washington in New Hampshire, is home to what's been called "the world's worst weather." ...

Some 30 evenings a year, Astronomer Maarten Schmidt, 36, struggles with an electrically heated flight suit and enters the great, silvery dome of California’s Mount Palomar Observatory. There ...

Mount St. Helens’ Johnston Ridge Observatory will remain closed to the public until at least 2026, a Washington State Department of Transportation spokeswoman said Monday.