9:05 a.m. Oct. 3, 2023: An earlier version of this story said Edwin Hubble used the label “N” on a photographic plate to mean nebula. It stood for nova. Los Angeles was once the best place in the ...

PALOMAR MOUNTAIN, Calif — 2023 marks 75 years since the Palomar Observatory was first dedicated. The San Diego County scientific marvel recently made headlines after the famous green comet was ...

A preliminary magnitude 3.5 earthquake with an epicenter near Palomar Mountain rattled parts of San Diego County Friday morning. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) recorded an earthquake with ...

Scientists at the Palomar Observatory studying photos from the 1950s discovered unusual, starlike flashes that appeared and ...

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 ...

PALOMAR MOUNTAIN, Calif. – The California Institute of Technology’s Palomar Observatory invites the public to share the wonders of exploring the universe during its open house on Saturday, June 25, ...

More times than she can remember, Jean Mueller stood on the catwalk of the 200-inch Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory scanning the night sky, trying to time the exact moment to close the dome.

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – A 3.5-magnitude earthquake was reported in the Palomar Mountain area of northeast San Diego County Friday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. USGS data shows the quake ...

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Some 30 evenings a year, Astronomer Maarten Schmidt, 36, struggles with an electrically heated flight suit and enters the great, silvery dome of California’s Mount Palomar Observatory. There, his tall ...