The sun rises over the Mount Wilson Observatory in Southern California on Sept. 18, 2020, the morning after the Bobcat Fire came dangerously close to the facility.

California Fire Map, Update as Firefighters Battle to Save Mount Wilson Observatory Published Sep 16, 2020 at 7:40 AM EDT By Soo Kim ...

Firefighters in Southern California saved the historic Mt. Wilson Observatory from a giant wildfire burning north of Los Angeles, officials said Wednesday. In a news release, fire officials said ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials evacuated more than a dozen people from Mt Wilson observatory on Tuesday as aircraft arrived to douse the blaze with water and fire retardant.

Sparing no effort, firefighters successfully waged all-out war yesterday (September 15) on a wildfire that threatened two famous telescopes and other scientific and communications equipment that sit ...

Loyal B. Aldrich (standing), who worked for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory from 1908-1955 and was its director from 1944 to 1955, and two unidentified persons (one of whom is a woman), ride ...

Fire within 500 feet of historic Mt. Wilson Observatory in California Crews in Southern California struggled to keep the Bobcat Fire from reaching the historic Mount Wilson Observatory in Pasadena ...

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