The instrument at Lowell Observatory used by Clyde Tombaugh to discover Pluto will soon undergo renovation. The year-long project, set to begin on January 12, will include restoration of both the ...

Space has always been a wonder to even those who lived before us. Is Earth the center of the Universe? Is Earth flat? Well, the answer to those two is no. But that did not stop people from believing ...

Regardless of their interest in astronomy, visitors to Chris Krstanovic's home want to look through his telescope. Krstanovic recently built an observatory at his house in Windham, N.H. Before he ...

New London — An anonymous Connecticut College alum has donated $100,000 to the school so it can purchase a new telescope and make upgrades to its Olin Observatory. The 20-inch telescope has been used ...

While both deal with space, planetariums and observatories are different. Observatories use telescopes to view the actual sky, while planetariums project simulations of the stars and planets.

From 1985 to 2014, Jean Mueller supported astronomers from around the world who came to Palomar to use its iconic instruments. At the same time, she learned how to operate all three of its major ...