Roughly seven million people have looked through the main telescope at Griffith Observatory. By Soumya Karlamangla LOS ANGELES — Atop a hill that offers views of glittering freeways and golden ...

Bonnie Winings, observatory spokeswoman, said the crowd was about the size of the horde that gathered to watch space shuttle Endeavour fly over Griffith Park in 2012. Emotions ran high and crowds ...

The location of the observatory at the top of Griffith Park is stunning in itself. Even on a misty day, you can see the skylines of both downtown L.A. and Westwood, both jutting up like crocodile ...

Skip the holiday parties Monday night and head instead to Griffith Observatory for a bash to mark the last lunar eclipse of the decade. OK, there might not be eggnog, but there will be free ...

Griffith Observatory is dedicated to astronomy education for the general public, ... In the early 1900s, Griffith visited the then-new telescope at Mount Wilson, ...

In the 90 years since its founding, more than 7 million people have peered through the historic Zeiss telescope that adorns the peak of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park. “More than any other ...

The Griffith Observatory is celebrating its 90th anniversary with a special event on Wednesday. Festivities include exhibits, sky viewing, and a rare lunar event called the major standstill ...

GRIFFITH PARK – In 1609, a Tuscan astronomer fashioned the world’s finest telescope and aimed it at the heavens. What Galileo Galilei observed in Padua, Italy, would upend our notions of the ...

James Dean at the Griffith Observatory in 1955's "Rebel Without A Cause" (Image credit: Warner Bros.) "It must be made a place of rest and relaxation for the masses, a resort for the rank and file ...

What to Know. Public Star Party; Griffith Observatory; Saturday, March 8; 2 to 9:45 p.m. The Feb. 28 "parade of planets" will have concluded by March 8, but plenty of fascinating phenomena can be ...