PHOENIX — Stargazing: Easily one of the most relaxing and beautiful activities. But did you know one of the best stargazing sites in the nation could be right in your backyard? (Well, kind of.) The ...

A fast-spreading wildfire southwest of Tucson burned through the property of the Kitt Peak National Observatory early Friday, but the damage to the world famous telescope site was not known, officials ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to unveil its first imagery at a livestreamed event today, showcasing cosmic phenomena on an unprecedented scale. This marks the ...

TUCSON, AZ — Four non-scientific buildings at the Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson were lost in a wildfire, but early indications show other buildings on the property didn’t appear ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — The first images of the universe from the world's largest digital camera are now available for us to see and it all comes from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. Dr. Sidney Wolff, ...

His Eminence Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo, the President of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State, will visit the offices of the Vatican Observatory Research Group at the University of ...

A new prototype telescope at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory south of Tucson could soon be part of an ambitious plan to better study gamma rays, the high-energy form of electromagnetic radiation ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - The Santa Catalina Ranger District is continuing its prescribed pile burns around Mount Lemmon. Ignitions have been favorable, and crews will proceed as long as conditions ...

Astronomical observatories are used to bring space closer to Earth, but in this case, space appears to approach the telescope. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

An aerial view of the Aspen fire buring in the Santa Catalina Mountains is seen from a plane over Tucson, Ariz. The Mount Lemmon Observatory is atop the hill to the left of the smoke. The wildfire, ...