Observatories

Science

Path forward for Thirty Meter Telescope and Mauna Kea begins to emerge

Science

How high-altitude balloons help unlock the cosmos

Science

U.S. Naval Observatory’s great refractor turns 150 years old

Science

How a trio of observatories around Tucson is changing astronomy

Science

Rising star in astronomy: Meredith Rawls

Science

Remembering Arecibo Observatory, two years after its collapse

Science

SOFIA airborne observatory takes final flight

Science

Unique liquid-mirror telescope comes online in India

Science

Fire reaches Kitt Peak National Observatory, destroys multiple structures

Galaxies

Snapshot: Tarantula Nebula leaps to life in new image

Space Exploration

The DUDE abides: Astronomers spot smoke rings around V Hydrae

Deep-Sky Objects, Galaxies

Snapshot: Astronomers spy a strong-arming galaxy