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, Wis. — For more than a century, professional astronomers and amateur stargazers have made the pilgrimage to this small lakeside village with dreams of discovering the secrets of the ...
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 ...
Monday’s closing of the renowned Yerkes Observatory after 121 years hits Kate Meredith professionally and personally. As education outreach director there, Meredith has scrambled over the last few ...
Dr. Amanda Bauer leads the resurgence of space and art exploration at Yerkes Observatory. Dr. Amanda Bauer is reimagining the future of Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay as a historic outpost for ...
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 ...
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WILLIAMS BAY, Wis.—When Albert Einstein made his first visit to the United States he had two must-see sites on his wish list: Niagara Falls and the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay. The German ...
WILLIAMS BAY, Wis. (AP) - The round, wooden floor here has been a platform for some of the biggest names in science. Albert Einstein walked its surface in 1921. So, too, has Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ...