OBSERVATORY NEWS ARCHIVE

ANOTHER SCIENCE FICTION: ADVERTISING THE SPACE RACE, 1957-1962
On June 2, the Observatory hosted author Megan Prelinger for a lecture and booksigning regarding her book Another Science Fiction in the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon theater.

SKY & TELESCOPE EDITOR WRITES ABOUT OBSERVATORY VISIT
The Associate Editor of Sky & Telescope magazine came to Griffith Observatory as a tourist on Sunday, May 9, and wrote a blog posting about his visit. To read his report, click here.

ONE SMALL STEP: THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO 13
Griffith Observatory commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission with special lectures and activities on April 11, 14, and 17 presented during the Observatory's regular hours of operation. More >>

OBSERVATORY FEATURED ON ULTIMATE CAKE OFF
On Monday, March 1, 2010, the TLC cable network aired an episode of their popular Ultimate Cake Off series which featured a competition between three teams to design a spectacular cake to commemorate the Observatory's 75th
anniversary. For more information about the event, and to see pictures of all three cakes, please click here.

ONE SMALL STEP: THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO 12
On Saturday, November 14 through Sunday, November 15, 2009, a series of special lectures and exhibits were presented during the Observatory's regular hours of operation. More >>

OBSERVATORY HOSTS DR. DON LINCOLN DISCUSSING LARGE HADRON COLLIDER
On Saturday, November 7, 2009, Griffith Observatory was pleased to welcome Dr. Don Lincoln, Senior Physicist with Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, for two public lectures and a book-signing regarding the Large Hadron Collider. For more information about the event, please click here.

OBSERVATORY HOSTS CASSINI SCIENCE TEAM FOR PUBLIC PANEL DISCUSSION
On October 21, 2009, Griffith Observatory welcomed the leaders of the Cassini mission to Saturn for a public panel discussion. An overflow audience in the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon theater heard mission leaders talk about some of the most interesting things they had learned from the mission to date. For more information about the event, please click here.

OBSERVATORY HOSTS "BUZZ ALDRIN DAY IN LOS ANGELES" WITH LEGENDARY ASTRONAUT
On August 27, 2009, Griffith Observatory saluted Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin for his historic accomplishments, and he signed copies of his most recent book, Magnificent Desolation. For more information about the event, please click here.

ONE SMALL STEP: THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO 11
The Observatory celebrated the first step by people onto another world with four days (July 18-21, 2009) of special lectures and activities.

OBSERVATORY CEILING FEATURED AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST
The ceiling of the Observatory's W.M. Keck Foundation Central Rotunda - which features the spectacular Hugo Ballin Murals - has been selected by the editors and members of VirtualTourist.com as one of the World's Top 10 Greatest Ceilings. To see the whole story, please click here.

NEW VIDEOCAST EXPLAINS THE BIG PICTURE
Noted science writer Carolyn Collins Petersen (who also wrote all the Observatory's exhibit copy) has started a monthly video series on Astrocast.tv that examines interesting topics in astronomy. Her first videocast is about the image that comprises The Big Picture. To view the videocast, please click here. (Our thanks to The Universe Today for the posting)

SPECIAL NOTICE ARCHIVE

BIG PICTURE FEATURED ON IYA PODCAST
The Big Picture exhibit in the Gunther Depths of Space is the April 29, 2009 feature as part of the International Year of Astronomy's "365 Days of Astronomy" podcast series.

To listen to the podcast about The Big Picture click here. For more information about The Big Picture, click here.