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, ...

I grew up in a rural place with minimal light pollution. When I looked up to the night sky, I could see layers of stars and, on a moonless night, the Milky Way. And I wondered who else was up there, ...

Malik Gaines, left, and Alexandro Segade inside vaulted dome of the 100-inch telescope where they are going to present Star Choir at Mt. Wilson Observatory near Pasadena. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles ...

Mount Wilson Observatory is the name you often hear when astronomical milestones are described, such as the building of mega, majorly powerful telescopes or the discoveries of extremely distant ...

Dating back to 1904, Mount Wilson Observatory was founded by Dr. George Ellery Hale in the mountains of Pasadena where some of the world's oldest telescopes are housed. When Hale established the ...

When night falls, you can stand almost anywhere in the San Gabriel Valley, look to the north at Mt. Wilson in the distance, and you’ll see the glowing lights of TV and radio antennas spiking into the ...

The blaze threatened the observatory and communications infrastructure at the peak. Later, an observatory official said it appeared to be under control. By Alexandra E. Petri The Eaton fire, raging ...

Power outages continue to disrupt southern California’s Mount Wilson for a second week, forcing broadcasters to rely on backup generators. On Saturday, Southern California Edison restored power to the ...

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 ...

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 ...