SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA - A preliminary 2.1 magnitude quake shook close to Palomar Observatory on Sunday evening, according to ...

Lick Observatory is located on the summit of Mt. Hamilton in the Diablo Range east of San Jose. (Photo by Nick Gonzales/UC Santa Cruz) In an elementary school science class, Rav Kaur first learned ...

Just an hour east of San José, up a steep road with bursting wildflowers and crooked oak trees winding through the Diablo Range, sits one of California’s most remarkable scientific outposts. Perched 4 ...

Complete Information About Mount Wilson Observatory Invites You to “Echoes of Discovery,” a Fundraiser inside the Historic ...

California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has appointed Prof Mansi Manoj Kasliwal as director of Palomar Observatory, making her the first woman and the second PIO to lead the facility. Shrinivas ...

On Jan. 1, 1925, astronomer Edwin Hubble completely changed the way we view the universe and our place in it. The discovery came from peering through what was then the world’s largest telescope, ...

The summit of Mount Wilson looms over Pasadena at about 5,715 feet, with the white domes of the observatory buildings and surrounding radio towers visible to drivers along Interstate 210 below. The ...

The Griffith Observatory has been inspiring awe and curiosity about the universe since it opened in 1935. Now, each year, 27,000 fifth graders make the pilgrimage up Mt. Hollywood for a one of a kind ...