It also is the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first recorded astronomical observations. ... Smithsonian Opens Observatory On National Mall. October 1, 2009 5:40 AM ET.

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is pleased to present a collection of 9 models that were created using images generated by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The launch of this collection ...

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its launch, the Chandra X-ray Observatory is releasing 25 never-before-seen views of a wide range of cosmic objects. These images, composed of data from Chandra, ...

THE Smithsonian Institution, as we have already announced, has established as one of its departments a Physical Observatory which, with the instruments, has been supplied from the Smithsonian Fund.

He will return to Japan in the spring as a visiting professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, where he will teach a class and work again with the Tome-e camera team. RIT, in 2015, ...

Thanks to the Chandra X-ray Observatory and a new project from the Smithsonian, a new 3-D viewer will allow users to explore Cassiopeia A.

ASTROPHYSICAL WORK AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.—Prof. Langley's report of the work performed in the various departments of the Smithsonian Institution during the year ending June 30, 1904 ...

The Smithsonian Institution has pulled a rare electric car from display at its Washington, D.C., museum, weeks before the release of a movie accusing General Motors of pulling the plug on the ...

And since it’s Valentine’s Day, here is a bouquet of a dozen astronomical images that fit the theme of the day, brought to you by telescopes, space probes, and our weird brains that like to ...

Image credit: European Southern Observatory/Flickr A massive cigar-shaped object known as Oumuamua made headlines in 2017 when it whipped past Earth at an unusually high speed (196,000 mph, or 87. ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino, still in planning stages, is set to introduce its first exhibition on June 18, the organization said.

Using the astronomical equivalent of a CAT scan, the team created an interactive 3D map of the exploded star, showing that the supernova remnant is made up of a series of massive cavities ...