The librarian who became Palomar’s first female telescope operator, and who discovered her own comets

From 1985 to 2014, Jean Mueller supported astronomers from around the world who came to Palomar to use its iconic instruments ...
KOAA News5

News 5 Lighthouse Award winner shares passion for space

The News5 Lighthouse Award is a prestigious program that recognizes people who make extraordinary efforts to improve their ...
Space.com

James Webb Space Telescope studies a 'failed star' named 'The Accident' to solve an old mystery of Jupiter and Saturn

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have investigated a "failed star," or brown dwarf, nicknamed "The Accident." Their results may help solve a long-standing mystery surrounding ...
USA Today

Has 3I/ATLAS' tail been growing? Telescope observations reveal how comet has changed

Comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third observed interstellar object ever witnessed in Earth's solar system. The Gemini South telescope in Chile is the latest observatory to get a glimpse of the object as it ...