Two papers authored by astronomer Beatriz Villarroel claim to show that thousands of “transients” in historic astronomical ...
Observation of the night sky, before the advent of satellites, was assumed to be free of the artificial bright points that ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — An earthquake shook part of San ...
The flare came from a supermassive black hole that’s 10 billion light years away, making the flash the most distant one ...
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake occurred at 6:16 p.m. Friday roughly 3 miles northwest of Palomar Observatory, causing shaking across San Diego County and beyond, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
For astrophysicist Mansi Kasliwal, her appointment to the historic Palomar Observatory as the new director was a full-circle moment. The California Institute of Technology announced her new position ...