Kitt Peak also played a part in the initial dark-energy discovery in 1998. Some of the preliminary measurements that led to that stunning breakthrough were made using telescopes at the observatory ...

The VRO is a project jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of ...

Located on 200 acres of the Tohono O'odham Reservation about 55 miles southwest of Tucson, Kitt Peak National Observatory was created with the approval of and an agreement signed by the nation ...

Its coma, or head, and a portion of its tail are visible in this shot, as are myriad stars. This image was taken by telescope from Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona.

The LSST camera at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has released its jaw-dropping first images, each capturing 45 times the area ...