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

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

Henry Schoolcraft Hubert was instrumental in the development of a 1920s-era Pontiac observatory in ... try to capture aerial photographs of the ... at the Kitt Peak National Observatory.

As you wander through this aerial graveyard ... Kitt Peak’s domes look like a cluster of giant golf balls ready to tee off into the cosmos. Photo credit: Arvilla Roberts. Perched atop a mountain like ...

Home to one of the largest telescopes in the world, Kitt Peak National Observatory, just west of Tucson, is reopening to the public after a lengthy closure due to COVID and a wildfire. FOX 10's ...

Kitt Peak National Observatory was affected by the Contreras Fire, which was started by lightning in 2022. Now they make sure to secure the observatory for monsoon.

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 ...

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, ...

Aerial photo of Kitt Peak on Jan 31, ... Seen from inside the 780 ft. linear optical tunnel of Kitt Peak National Observatory's McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope, ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) – After being closed for more than three years, the Kitt Peak National Observatory has finally reopened its doors and its domes. The closure initially began due to the Covid ...