A raging wildfire is "mostly holding" at Kitt Peak National Observatory, which remains too dangerous for astronomers to verify how much of the area was damaged, officials said in an update June 20.

Kitt Peak had been closed to visitors while the road to the observatory underwent repairs after damage from the 2022 Contreras Fire. But State Route 386 is now open, and tours of the observatory ...

The Kitt Peak National Observatory is about 50 miles outside of Tucson on a remote mountaintop that rises high above the Sonoran Desert. Just below the summit, the 4-meter Mayall telescope is the larg ...

Kitt Peak National Observatory is an astronomical research facility located on the land of the Tohono O’odham Nation in the mountains of Tucson, Arizona, and the observatory is run by the ...

A lightning-caused wildfire that led to an evacuation of the Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson is 40% contained, authorities said. More than 300 firefighters were working the ...

Kitt Peak Observatory staff and the community of Pan Tak had already been evacuated. There are currently eight crews, six helicopters and 300 plus personnel fighting the lightning caused fire.

On Friday, Kitt Peak National Observatory began a limited reopening program to welcome the public back after a three-year closure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Contreras Fire.

Last month’s huge Contreras fire was a real threat to the complex of telescopes on top of Kitt Peak. But now the observatory is working to get ready to resume research and allow visitors again.

Kitt Peak National Observatory is celebrating 60 years of welcoming visitors to the moutnaintop collection of telescopes 55 miles southwest of Tucson.

Kitt Peak National Observatory, a program of the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab, was founded in 1958. The site has more than 20 telescopes, the largest of which, the Nicholas U. Mayall ...

On Friday, Kitt Peak National Observatory began a limited reopening program to welcome the public back after a three-year closure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Contreras Fire, ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — A lightning-caused wildfire that led to an evacuation of the Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson is 40% contained, authorities said.More than 300 fire… ...