The Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, headquartered in San Francisco’s Fort Mason, suddenly ceased operations earlier this month after 40 years, leaving hundreds of volunteers in the dark and ...

The observatory is a gallery of exhibits, instruments, and artworks that uncover the San Francisco Bay Area's storied history through interaction and observation.

By Mary Lee Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — The first images of the universe from the world’s ...

Just an hour east of San José, up a steep road with bursting wildflowers and crooked oak trees winding through the Diablo Range, sits one of California’s most remarkable scientific outposts.Perched ...

But while it may be the city’s oldest resident, San Francisco’s fog only got its name relatively recently, when the Twitter account @KarlTheFog started in August 2010. The account, which […] ...

Observatory disruption: Heavy snow has upended work at the University of California’s Lick Observatory, which is just east of San Jose and serves as a crucial testing ground for new astronomy ...

San Francisco residents say they’re frustrated by how their ... including a tree-lined path up to the Mount Wilson Observatory and a wetland walk around the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve ...