Learn how Mount Wilson Observatory was founded on Dec. 20, 1904, the people involved, and the decisions that shaped early modern astronomy ...
For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own domed-roof building on a mountain top. But a ...
Yes the darkest day of the year is here, but that means brighter days are ahead. Sunday is the shortest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical winter.