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The Christmas storm that pummeled the Bay Area also badly damaged the South Bay’s Lick Observatory, causing the worst destruction the beloved scientific institution has experienced in more than a ...

After Santa delivered big trouble to Lick Observatory — the iconic astronomy complex atop Mount Hamilton east of San Jose where ferocious winds early Christmas morning blasted open the steel dome ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lick Observatory suffered major damage in a Christmas Day storm, 2025. (Courtesy of University of California Observatories) The ...

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Winds exceeding 110 mph that tore across the top of Mount Hamilton early Christmas morning blasted a massive steel protective door off the iconic white dome at Lick Observatory. Now, with back-to-back ...