The Vatican Observatory’s summer school, known as “Specola,” has already selected students for its next edition. During the month of June, 25 students who were selected from among 120 ...

Many of these observatories were constructed during eras when stargazing was not only a scientific endeavor but also a mystical journey. Visiting them offers a unique opportunity to travel back in ...

A proposed industrial megaproject near the European Southern Observatory's Paranal telescope in Chile threatens to increase light pollution, potentially impairing astronomical observations.

The high-precision observatory consists of four 27-foot-wide (8.2 meters) telescopes that act as one, and has shed light on some of the most mysterious phenomena known to humankind. But the ...