Her family often took her to explore the Jodrell Bank Observatory at the University of Manchester.

The mission of the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory was to study gamma-ray emissions in not only our galaxy, but other galaxies beyond ours.

Brahe built a castle on the island and named it Uraniborg after Urania, the goddess of the sky. He also built an observatory on the island.

Using the Hooker Telescope — the largest telescope of its day — at Mt. Wilson Observatory in California, astronomer Edwin Hubble found that some nebulae, such as the Andromeda nebula, were separate galaxies like our own Milky Way galaxy.

Although others had floated the idea of orbital telescopes, Spitzer’s 1946 paper entitled “Astronomical advantages of an extra-terrestrial observatory” described in detail the scientific advantages of placing a telescope in space.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said a lake of lava that has formed in the crater had grown to be 143 meters deep.

A new comet that was discovered in April using data from an orbiting observatory may be visible to the naked eye in the coming weeks.

The observatory has a good location.

While living on his island, Brahe built a castle and an observatory.

The venerable observatory, with its suite of cameras and other instruments, is expected to stay operational through the 2020s, in synergy with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope.