Docent Tim Thompson, right, gives students from USC a tour of the 100-inch telescope at Mt. Wilson Observatory above Los Angeles. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) For the record: 9:05 a.m. Oct. 3, ...

For generations, curious star gazers and sky gazers from Southern California and around the world have trekked to the top of the San Gabriels to peer through the lens of the magnificent Mount Wilson ...

Mount Wilson Observatory—the place where humankind discovered its place in the universe—is pleased to announce the third date in its Sunday Afternoon Concerts in the Dome six-month series, to take ...

MOUNT WILSON, Calif. (KABC) -- The firefighters that battled for days to save the famed Mount Wilson Observatory from the raging Bobcat Fire were treated to a view of the stars over the weekend. The ...

Mount Wilson Observatory is scheduled to reopen on Tuesday, June 15 after a challenging year that included canceling last year’s season because of COVID-19 and a brush fire coming within a few hundred ...

It's been a rough year for the Mount Wilson Observatory. First, the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to shut its doors to the public last spring. Then, in September, flames from the massive Bobcat Fire ...

PASADENA (CBSLA) — Mount Wilson Observatory announced Thursday it will reopen to the public on Tuesday, June 15. The observatory closed in early 2020 in accordance with the U.S. Forest Service's ...

On Dec. 20, 1904, the Mount Wilson Observatory was founded. This astronomical observatory was the brainchild of the solar astronomer George Ellery Hale. He was a professor at the University of Chicago ...

I’ve been to my fair share of live music performances, held everywhere from Radio City Music Hall to college dorm rooms. The first concert I saw was the Jonas Brothers in New York City’s Central Park ...

The gates to Mount Wilson’s campus open at 10:00am daily and close at 5:00pm in the spring and summer, and 4:00pm in the fall. Entrance to the grounds is free. Visitors can hike, gaze at the telescope ...

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles was once the best place in the world to see the universe. The most important things we know about the cosmos were discovered in the early 20th century at Mt. Wilson ...

9:05 a.m. Oct. 3, 2023: An earlier version of this story said Edwin Hubble used the label “N” on a photographic plate to mean nebula. It stood for nova. Los Angeles was once the best place in the ...