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June 1, 1888: Lick Observatory changes hands
In the 1870s, real-estate mogul James Lick established a trust of $700,000 (around $1.2 billion today) for the purpose of ...
In an elementary school science class, Rav Kaur first learned about stars, planets, and other wonders in the night skies. That introduction to the solar system launched her passion for space ...
Google Inc. has given $1 million to the University of California's Lick Observatory in what astronomers hope is the first of many private gifts to support an invaluable teaching and research resource ...
Cecilio Padilla is a digital producer for CBS Sacramento and a Sacramento-area native who has been covering Northern California for more than a decade. Nearly three weeks after severe winds damaged an ...
0032_LitSlits © 2003 Laurie Hatch, image and text – LICK OBSERVATORY – Mt. Hamilton California 2003 Spring – Looking west from Kepler Peak at twilight, dome ...
The University of California has reversed its decision to withdraw all public funding to a 125-year-old research observatory located east of San Jose.UC Provost Aimee Dorr notified the interim ...
On the morning of Sunday, August 16, freak summer thunderstorms rolled into the Bay Area, peppering the ultra-dry landscape with lightning, setting nearly 400 fires across Northern California. Ten ...
SANTA CRUZ, CA–The University of California has appointed Michael Bolte, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz, as the director of UC Observatories/Lick Observatory (UCO/Lick). The ...
Lick Observatory, once the most powerful telescope in the world, has been temporarily closed by damage from a severe windstorm on Mount Hamilton near San Jose, the University of California, Santa Cruz ...
0032_LitSlits © 2003 Laurie Hatch, image and text – LICK OBSERVATORY – Mt. Hamilton California 2003 Spring – Looking west from Kepler Peak at twilight, dome ...
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