Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton is that kind of place – a celestial treasure perched above Silicon Valley that somehow remains off the radar for many Californians despite being one of the most ...

The research center that Lick’s fortune helped create has a visitors center and gift shop open Saturday and Sunday from noon ...

September 2026 - 14 days Register for 2026 now at [email protected] and we will contact you with confirmed tour details ...

Just a month after learning of a remote observatory run by a single volunteer, Rebecca Tayler and Richard Wilkin were handed ...

Vox Humana Chamber Choir perform celestially-inspired choral music at the historic Plaskett Telescope dome.

Twice a month, on clear nights, the University of New Hampshire Observatory in Durham opens up to the public for a viewing ...

Explore the most advanced megaprojects ever built, from the world’s largest telescope to a nuclear fusion reactor. 0:00 Most ...

To find out how people reach for the stars first you must climb 4,209 feet. You’ll find more bicyclists — and motorcyclists — ...

In July, the placement of a new steel dome on the Benjamin Hill-Lam ’13 Observatory marked the near end of the restoration ...

A federal jury has ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for improperly snooping on people's smartphones during a nearly ...

Learn how light pollution affects animals and plants; view stars through a telescope; watch a free planetarium show.

Last summer the Physics Department started putting the dome together, and Lowes donated and built a house at the site for an ...