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Observatories

The telescopes that watch the sky for us, on mountain tops and in space.

This part of the universe is still being built. Our crew is pouring dark matter and tightening the event horizon, so please keep a safe distance from the black hole.

Coming to this sector

Ground observatories in the driest and darkest places on Earth
Space telescopes, from Hubble to Webb
Live images of the Sun and the sky, already in Live

Back to home base

The first image of a black hole: a glowing orange ring around the dark shadow of M87*. — M87* · Image: EHT Collaboration
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Observatories we've mapped so far

Their pages are open for visitors while the rest of this sector is being built.

Solar Dynamics Observatory
NASA's eye on the Sun, taking a full picture of it every few seconds in many colors of light.
SOHO
A European–American spacecraft that has watched the Sun without a break since 1996.
Paranal Observatory
ESO's observatory on a mountain top in Chile's Atacama Desert, home of the Very Large Telescope.

Observatories

Coming to this sector

Observatories we've mapped so far

Solar Dynamics Observatory

SOHO

Paranal Observatory