Astronomy

Once built to inspire young Soviet minds through astronomy, this dome now stands as a quiet relic of a vanished era.

The first radio telescope dedicated to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

One of Canada's premier radio observatories sits in a radio-quiet valley outside Penticton.

A massive line that stretches across the floor of Bologna’s largest church was created by a 17th-century scientist to measure the movements of the Sun.

The oldest working camera obscura in the world sits on the top floor of an old windmill tower.

In the high desert east of Bend, the University of Oregon maintains a research observatory on a remote mountain peak.

This Belgian observatory bears a striking resemblance to Futurama's Planet Express building.

Peer into the night sky with one of Norway's oldest associations of land-based space explorers.

An amateur telescope-making club has been gathering at this Vermont site for more than a century.