The historic Mount Wilson Observatory is reopening to the public more than four months after the devastating Eaton Fire ...

"It really is a telescope that is perfectly suited for making the next step." Bob Blum, Rubin's director of operations, says the observatory will survey almost the entire southern sky every night ...

In an important first step toward designation, Dunsink Observatory, and Birr Castle Demesne have been added to Ireland's ...

A key difference is that observatories are equipped with telescopes and have the ability to open and close their domes to view the sky. A facility like Montgomery's planetarium isn't equipped for that ...

Today, the observatory is home to a variety of telescopes, as well as artifacts like Lowell's first telescope, classic scientific books and instruments built by the observatory's scientists for ...

Dubbed "Planet Nine," this hypothetical celestial body is believed to influence the orbits of distant, small objects beyond ...

While both deal with space, planetariums and observatories are different. Observatories use telescopes to view the actual sky, while planetariums project simulations of the stars and planets.