The team used the Goode Solar Telescope at Big Bear Observatory to capture fine details of the solar corona. This is the sun’s outer atmosphere, invisible to the naked eye except during eclipses.

After more than 20 years of planning and construction, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is ready for its grand opening, and the ...

For decades, scientists have struggled to see the outermost layer of the Sun, called the corona, with enough detail to unlock ...

Installed in the Goode Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory in California, Cona has captured the highest-resolution images to date of the sun’s corona.

The enhanced imaging capabilities of the coronal adaptive optics system facilitate the study of small-scale phenomena like ...

EXCLUSIVE: Motorsports and basketball. Indianapolis has become a mecca for those activities as the home of the Indy 500 and the Pacers (who came up just short of winning the NBA crown this year). In ...

Enjoy fantastic activities and adventures with these day trips from Los Angeles, within a one, two and three-hour drive.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly ...

The younger of the two Big Bear eaglet sisters took to the sky for her first flight on Saturday, June 7 when the Friends of Big Bear Valley cameras caught Gizmo flapping her wings and taking off ...

I spent part of last week in one of my favorite places, Flagstaff, Arizona, at Lowell Observatory. This storied institution is well known, and as I have written about previously, holds a unique ...

The first images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory show details of our Solar System with unprecedented clarity.