The journey of astronomical telescopes began in the early 17th century when Galileo Galilei crafted his first refracting ...

Since the mid-1960s the observatory has expanded and grown. Dr. John Stull expanded and built many of the telescopes and buildings currently in use. Dr. David Toot, professor emeritus, was the second ...

That camera, called LSSTCam (the telescope was originally called the Large Scale Synoptic Telescope), has 21 times the field ...

Inside, the access to the second floor is by a wooden spiral staircase with a conventional steepness. Also note that while McKim is an excellent example of a historic observatory, it lacks the modern ...

The legacy of Arecibo's nearly 60 years of astronomy research is strong, even after its loss in a dramatic 2020 collapse. Arecibo Observatory, located in Puerto Rico, was the world's second ...