George Observatory will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing by highlighting the past, present, and future landings on the moon with speakers and activities. All Discovery Dome shows ...

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — The historic George Observatory is reopening this weekend after being closed to the public for nearly two years, the Houston Museum of Natural Science has announced. The ...

BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK — It was the dark skies above this sprawling park 28 miles south of Houston that first attracted astronomers. They could drive an hour south of the city's glare and have ...

About an hour south of Houston, far enough away to evade the light pollution from Downtown, stands one of the largest and most powerful telescopes in the nation open to the public. The 36-inch ...

A battle with retinal cancer left 8-year-old Emanuel Salgado with vision in only one eye, but that has not dampened the third-grader’s interest in becoming a space scientist. Emanuel did not know what ...

Watch the Perseid Meteor shower along with the staff and volunteers at the Houston Museum of Natural Science George Observatory. Beautiful, earth-grazing meteors with colorful tails will light up the ...

Montgomery County sheriff’s investigators arrested Jeremy Michael Buckner, 35, of Porter, in connection with a fatal hit-and-run on U.S. Highway 59. Detectives arrest Porter man in deadly hit-and-run ...

In 1969, the same year American astronauts took their first steps on the moon, a telescope was dedicated at the George Observatory near Houston allowing the public up-close views of the galaxy. A ...

NEEDVILLE, Texas — In a city where it’s really not all that uncommon to see stars of the celebrity variety, spotting the celestial kind can be more of a challenge. To get a clear view, you have to ...