At 3 a.m. on a crisp May night in Chile, all seemed well with the world’s largest digital camera. Until it didn’t. Inside the newly built Vera C. Rubin Observatory, site project scientist Sandrine ...

A newly formed support group for the Green Bank Observatory, now under threat from planned “decommissioning and disposition” in the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2026 budget, will host a free ...

The Hong Kong Observatory cancelled all typhoon signals at 8.20pm on Sunday as a tropical depression moves away from Hong Kong. Instead, it issued the Strong Monsoon Signal. At 8pm, the tropical ...

Pulsating stars. Supernova explosions. Streaking asteroids. Far-off galaxies. Humankind recently saw the first stunning images of outer space taken by the world’s largest digital camera – and Florida ...

Robotic telescope records one of summer’s most dazzling celestial sights Located in the constellation Sagittarius, the Nebula is considered one of the jewels of the summer sky. Abu Dhabi: From the ...

The time-honoured tradition of celebrating the September/October full moon – also known as the Harvest Moon or Hunter’s Moon – has played an important role in many Asian cultures for centuries, ...

The Observatory says it will issue the Standby Signal No. 1 on Friday evening, if a tropical cyclone developing near the Philippines comes within 800km of Hong Kong. "The area of low pressure over ...

On Sunday morning, China's Central Meteorological Observatory issued three alerts for nationwide extreme weather: a blue alert for severe convective storms, a yellow alert for high temperatures and a ...

Mount Wilson Observatory (MWO)—Southern California’s esteemed home to several of the most groundbreaking astronomical discoveries in history—is pleased to present the fifth “Sunday Afternoon Concerts ...

The observatory was gifted to Queen's University in Canada in 1993 The future of a historical observatory in East Sussex has been secured with the signing of a new 10-year lease. The new deal for ...

Burning Man’s infamous Orgy Dome — one of the festival’s most notorious attractions — was blown away and wrecked over the weekend after a massive windstorm swept through the Nevada campsite. The sex ...

President Donald Trump is moving forward with his plans for a $175 billion Golden Dome defense system. While the federal government is still working on developing the architecture, one Denver space ...