Astronomy

A massive line that stretches across the floor of Bologna’s largest church was created by a 17th-century scientist to measure the movements of the Sun.

The oldest working camera obscura in the world sits on the top floor of an old windmill tower.

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

This Belgian observatory bears a striking resemblance to Futurama's Planet Express building.

Peer into the night sky with one of Norway's oldest associations of land-based space explorers.

An amateur telescope-making club has been gathering at this Vermont site for more than a century.

In addition to fishing and camping, this spot in Nebraska’s Sandhills is one of the world’s darkest places.

The headquarters of one of Japan’s leading astronomy research institutions features several historic observatory facilities and a 2,000-year-old burial mound.