MT HAMILTON, Calif. (KGO) -- One of the world's leading astronomical research facilities is right here in the Bay Area, but scientists there say they're worried that a growing local trend will make it ...

Lick Observatory was damaged during wind storms on Dec. 26. The observatory is still not open to the public. The observatory is raising funds to fully repair what was damaged. MT. HAMILTON, Calif. - ...

MOUNT HAMILTON, Calif. (KGO) -- Snow has covered the Lick Observatory on top of Mount Hamilton in Santa Clara County. Snow is melting fast in front of the observatory, which stands 4,200 feet up. The ...

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 4 ...

They’re the most active around sunset. They stay up long after dark to scale dizzying heights under the night sky, sometimes not waking until noon. They’re not the undead, or a gaggle of teenagers ...

0032_LitSlits © 2003 Laurie Hatch, image and text – LICK OBSERVATORY – Mt. Hamilton California 2003 Spring – Looking west from Kepler Peak at twilight, dome ...

SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) – As San Jose revisits the issue of digital billboards, astronomers at Lick Observatory concerned about light pollution are now weighing in. The city is considering such billboards ...

Lick Observatory atop Mount Hamilton has telescopes pointed toward other worlds, but it’s pretty otherworldly itself. And despite lasers that can rob the unwary of eyesight, rattlesnakes, mountain ...

A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. A huge slab of ice and snow slides off the huge domed roof of the Great Refractor telescope at Mount ...

CORRECTION: A story posted Thursday, March 9, about snow impacting operations at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton incorrectly reported that “Asteroid 2650 Elinor” was discovered by Lick Observatory ...