This New Infrared Telescope Could Help Us Detect Dyson Spheres
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence just got a big boost, thanks to the introduction of a powerful new…
The Lick Observatory Lives On With A Fresh Infusion Of Funding
Earlier this year, the world's oldest mountaintop observatory was teetering on dying off. Not due to technology…
Where Will Researchers Test Telescope Equipment In The Future?
The Lick Observatory in the mountains east of San Jose, California, is the testing grounds for all-new technology…
The Lick Observatory's Newest Telescope Is an Exoplanet Hunting Robot
Exoplanets—planets orbiting stars that aren't our Sun—seem to be popping out of the cosmic woodwork now that we know…
Stunning photos of Lick Observatory by Laurie Hatch
It may look like a movie frame showing an Evil Mad Scientist lair, but it's just a one-minute exposure photograph of…