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Atop Mount Hamilton, an entire community of scientists lives at Lick Observatory, observing the heavens. Here's what it's like inside.

Atop Mount Hamilton, an entire community of scientists lives at Lick Observatory, observing the heavens. Here's what it's like inside.

At the top of Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, Lick Observatory looks out over the dense sprawl of the San Francisco Bay Area. On a clear da

Rare birds explore Mt. Hamilton and the Diablo Range's grasslands, plateaus and peaks.

Berkeley Distinguished Professor of Astronomy Alex Filippenko hosted a casual star-gazing session with friends in Woodside, California, on May 18. That night, he captured pictures of galactic objects and stars, one of which pictured the Pinwheel Galaxy, M101. 

Rare birds explore Mt. Hamilton and the Diablo Range's grasslands, plateaus and peaks.

Rare birds explore Mt. Hamilton and the Diablo Range's grasslands, plateaus and peaks.

As Sunspots Come and Go, So Does the Cloudy Weather on the Blue Giant Planet Weather forecast for Neptune: After sunny weather for the past few Earth years, we'll see increasingly more clouds over the next few years. In 1989, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft provided the first close-up images of line

While heavy frosts are not uncommon in the inland areas of the Bay, actual snow is a rare occurrence

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will appear in sequential order in the predawn...