Lately, Dianna Colman is recognized and stopped almost everywhere she goes. Her phone buzzes, too, with calls from New York, Texas, Georgia and California, among other places. But the reason for her ...

The University of Chicago is set to close its outdated astronomical observatory, which over the past 121 years has seen pioneering science, big personalities, and Chicago-style bravado. The University ...

Why not check out Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, near Lake Geneva? Situated 190 feet above Geneva Lake, the observatory is a fascinating place in an architecturally interesting building and ...

The University of Chicago and the Yerkes Future Foundation (YFF) announced on Tuesday that they will begin working out the details of a deal that will transfer ownership of the shuttered Yerkes ...

A piece of astronomical history is closing its doors this year: Yerkes Observatory, which opened in 1897, will cease operations on October 1, 2018. In many ways, this closure isn’t surprising. Yerkes ...

WILLIAMS BAY -- The University of Chicago will no longer operate the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay as of Oct. 1, 2018. According to a statement on the university's website, the observatory was ...

The historic Yerkes Observatory, which houses the world’s largest refracting telescope, will live again thanks to a new agreement announced Tuesday. According to the deal, ownership of the famed ...

Known as the birthplace of modern astrophysics, the 121-year-old Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wis., will close in October, the University of Chicago has announced. “Unfortunately, operating ...

Niles West High School astronomy student Audrey Opfer was so moved by textbook pictures of the Orion Nebula that she taped them on her bedroom wall. At Yerkes Observatory, just across the state line ...

Renovation has begun at the Yerkes Observatory after the University of Chicago successfully transferred ownership to the Yerkes Future Foundation (YFF) on May 1. The observatory, based in Williams Bay ...

Stargazers can take note. Soon, you may not be able to use the historic Yerkes Observatory on Geneva Lake in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. The observatory, built in the 1890s, has in recent decades been ...