The exploration of space is not limited to the flights of astronauts aboard spacecraft and shuttles launched into space by rockets and boosters. That type of space exploration has a history that extends back only to the mid-twentieth century. At the...

Astronomers study the universe by measuring electromagnetic radiation—gamma rays, X rays, optical and infrared radiation, and radio waves—emitted by planets, stars, galaxies, and other distant objects. Because Earth's atmosphere is...

An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geology, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. Historically,...

A $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow the Big Island's W.M. Keck Observatory to take a closer look at the areas surrounding the black hole at the center of our galaxy.The three-year grant will be used to make improvements to the...

One-fifth of the city's sprawling Griffith Park was a fire-charred landscape Thursday, but its landmark observatory and zoo remained untouched, and officials hoped to have the still-burning wildfire fully contained by nightfall."The tide is turning in our favor," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said late Wednesday as...

Firefighters made progress Wednesday against a wildfire blazing over Dante's View in the brush-covered hills behind the city's iconic Griffith Observatory. Animals at the nearby Los Angeles Zoo were moved indoors, and dozens of homes were evacuated.The 800-acre blaze in sprawling Griffith Park was just...

The landmark Griffith Observatory overlooking the city from atop the Hollywood Hills is about to re-emerge from a nearly five-year restoration and renovation. The $93 million project has restored the once-peeling exterior of the triple-domed...