Telescopes

The nerve center of a massive, state-of-the art radio telescope that sprawls across Western Europe.

The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.

This historic observatory was established to keep shipwrecks from littering the Cape of Good Hope.

A radio telescope for listening to the stars, based in one of the cloudiest countries in the world.

This giant radio telescope would be a rusting ruin if it hadn't become such a beloved relic.

It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.

This giant dish located in a sheep paddock was the primary receiver of Apollo 11 TV transmissions.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

This impressively complicated radioastronomy research center was once a tool of Soviet spies.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

This observatory comes complete with three separate telescopes and a dedicated community of amateur and expert astronomers.

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.