Prairie Observatory

An impressive collection of massive radio satellites.

The largest radio telescope in the world searches for extraterrestrial life from the remote limestone peaks of southern China.

This observatory high on a hilltop in the center of Santiago got its start in 1852.

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

One of Canada's premier radio observatories sits in a radio-quiet valley outside Penticton.

In the high desert east of Bend, the University of Oregon maintains a research observatory on a remote mountain peak.

An observatory with a 54-meter-wide radio telescope sits in the mountains of Armenia.

It's common to find the famous science communicator's grave adorned with pale blue marbles.