After being closed to the public for more than three years — first due to COVID and later because of damage from a wildfire — Kitt Peak National Observatory reopened to visitors Friday. “After a long ...
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After more than six decades of staring off into space, Kitt Peak National Observatory still touts itself as a place with plenty to see. The world’s largest collection of major optical telescopes is ...