MIAMI — It's 8 p.m. in Room 238 of the Chemistry and Physics Building at Florida International University's main campus. James Webb touches his keyboard. Exactly 2,303 miles away, a dome swings open.
"A great deal of remediation" will be needed at Kitt Peak National Observatory as a few astronomers return to the site to help it recover from wildfire damage, its managing authority says. Essential ...
The observatory remains an "active fire fighting" area. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A raging wildfire is "mostly holding" at ...
In this image taken June 18, Kitt Peak’s telescopes appear to have been spared the worst of the wildfire. Image: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA The Contreras Fire in Arizona reached Kitt Peak National ...
Kitt Peak National Observatory and the road leading up to it remain closed to the public, three weeks after a wildfire threatened the mountaintop collection of telescopes. It could take several more ...
DESI is installed within the dome of the Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. (Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab) Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...