A raging wildfire is "mostly holding" at Kitt Peak National Observatory, which remains too ... remains an "active fire fighting" area, with aerial firefighting efforts continuing by planes and ...

Kitt Peak National Observatory and the night sky as seen on the night of March 17, 2014 by Space.com's Megan Gannon at Kitt Peak, Arizona. This 1993 aerial photograph of the Kitt Peak mountain ...

The Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson has one of the largest arrays of optical and radio telescopes in the world. It operates telescopes for research and public viewing, hosts exhibits on ...

The Contreras Fire, which has been raging through the Arizona mountains since last week, has reached Kitt Peak National Observatory, threatening the site’s telescopes. Kitt Peak National ...

Aerial resources are expected to remain ... Elkhorn Ranch is currently in SET status for evacuation. Kitt Peak Observatory staff and the community of Pan Tak had already been evacuated.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A lightning-caused wildfire that led to an evacuation of the Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson is 40% contained, authorities said. More than 300 ...

After more than six decades of staring off into space, Kitt Peak National Observatory still touts itself as a place with plenty to see. The world’s largest collection of major optical telescopes ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — On Friday, Kitt Peak National Observatory began a limited reopening program to welcome the public back after a three-year closure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and ...

But now the observatory is working to get ready to resume research and allow visitors again. Last month’s huge Contreras fire was a real threat to the complex of telescopes on top of Kitt Peak.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) – After being closed for more than three years, the Kitt Peak National Observatory has finally reopened its doors and its domes. The closure initially began due to the Covid ...

FROM THE TOP of Kitt Peak National Observatory, just 50 miles from downtown Tucson, the autumn night sky blazed; the Milky Way was so dense with stars it looked like a luminescent cloud.