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 ...

David Silva will begin a five-year term as director on July 7. He is currently the observatory scientist for the Thirty Meter Telescope project in Pasadena, Calif. During a prior tenure at NOAO from ...

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. (KVOA) – After being closed for more than three years, the Kitt Peak National Observatory has finally reopened its doors and its domes. The closure initially began due to the Covid-19 ...

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 ...

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, ...