He is the namesake for the Hubble telescope, launched in 1990. Even Albert Einstein visited the observatory. "Yerkes Observatory being the epicenter of astronomy, certainly in Wisconsin ...

Christmas trees are everywhere come December, but none are quite like this one. Make your way to the Midwest to see the world ...

The idea of recycled glass trees has roots in Mack and Elliott’s college years at Illinois State University. Studio glass is ...

Two glass artists are building a 36-foot tall glass Christmas Tree on the grounds of the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay ...

THE WORLD’S TALLEST GLASS CHRISTMAS TREE IS COMING BACK TO WISCONSIN. THE TREE WILL GO UP AT YERKES OBSERVATORY IN WILLIAMS BAY. THAT’S ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF GENEVA LAKE. JOINING ME NOW TO ...

CHICAGO, July 3 -- Two new telescopes are being constructed at the Yerkes Observatory. One is a two-foot horizontal reflecting glass of 165 feet focal length, and from it much is expected.

WILLIAMS BAY, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A 36-foot-tall glass tree will be constructed at the historic Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, surpassing the height of other glass trees across the globe ...

LAKE GENEVA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A 36-foot-tall glass tree will be constructed at the historic Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, surpassing the height of other glass trees across the globe ...

Not to be confused with the Yerkes Observatory of astronomy, they are dedicated to primate biology. Within their sunny Florida confines workers of many disciplines study the chimpanzee, and vice versa ...