Yerkes Observatory Gains Full Ownership of Iconic Glass Plates - Yerkes Observatory

A new era of discovery has begun at Yerkes Observatory. The Yerkes Future Foundation (YFF), the nonprofit that assumed stewardship of the landmark observatory in 2020, is now the official owner of one of the world’s largest collections of astronomical glass plates: 180,000 fragile time capsules of starlight and scientific data captured between 1900 and...