A powerful winter storm damaged Lick Observatory’s Great Refractor telescope, forcing an indefinite closure as crews work to ...

The National Weather Service expects a storm to hit Mount Hamilton on Friday night and bring 2 to 2 1/2 inches of rain to the ...

Google Inc. has given $1 million to the University of California’s Lick Observatory in what astronomers hope is the first of many private gifts to support an invaluable teaching and research resource ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The future of astronomical research at the iconic Lick Observatory is in peril, as the University of California threatens to cut funding and perhaps even convert most of its ...

California's massive wildfires threaten the 133-year-old observatory. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Deadly wildfires burning in ...

Far off the main road in northeastern California, follow the signs to Hat Creek Radio Observatory and you'll come to outer-space terrain, dotted with what my six-year-old calls "Dish Aliens." It's the ...

Winds gusting up to 114 miles per hour caused significant damage to the Lick Observatory on Christmas Day, according to the University of California at Santa Cruz. Half the shutter on the 140-year-old ...

PASADENA, Calif.PASADENA, Calif. — Firefighters have prevented a California wildfire from damaging the historic Mount Wilson Observatory, which played a pivotal role in early 20th century confirmation ...