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In Kosovo, a new public observatory opens eyes — and hearts

Frederic Church’s painting of an aurora is reminiscent of the descriptions of an auroral show noted after the Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia in 1862.

The role of astronomy in the American Civil War

The Cincinnati Observatory's Sundial and Herget Bulding

Cincinnati Observatory is looking for a new staff astronomer

First image from new balloon-based telescope revealed

Far side of the moon in front of Earth

Building telescopes on the Moon could transform astronomy

Path forward for Thirty Meter Telescope and Mauna Kea begins to emerge

How high-altitude balloons help unlock the cosmos

U.S. Naval Observatory’s great refractor turns 150 years old

How a trio of observatories around Tucson is changing astronomy

Rising star in astronomy: Meredith Rawls

Remembering Arecibo Observatory, two years after its collapse

SOFIA airborne observatory takes final flight