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 ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Crews fought on Tuesday to defend homes and the famed Mount Wilson Observatory from California's biggest and most dangerous wildfire, standing their ground at a major highway ...

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 ...

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 ...