“The University of Chicago couldn’t make this facility work exclusively as an observatory,” says Walt Chadick, Yerkes’ director ... the largest refracting telescope in the world; 30 ...

Walking into the huge domed room where the telescope is located was a remarkable experience. Yerkes Observatory was born in the late 1800s when a university president, a young enterprising ...

CHICAGO, July 3 -- Two new telescopes are being constructed at the Yerkes Observatory. One is a two-foot horizontal reflecting glass of 165 feet focal length, and from it much is expected.

Host Angela explores the Blackbird Creative Lab at Yerkes Observatory. Beyond performance training, artists receive practical career guidance while creating new works in a historic astronomical ...