Current News
Legislature Restores Funding for BHO. You Made this Happen
Thanks to all of you who sent emails, letters and made calls, the legislature has reversed the Governor’s veto, restoring $100,000 for the Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center. Without your support this never could have happened. There is still a chance, if projected revenues do not increase, that this funding and funding for the… Read More »
The Cummings Foundation Awards the Blue Hill Observatory $75,000 Over Three Years
The Blue Hill Observatory is proud to announce it is a 2023 recipient of the esteemed “Cummings $30 Million Grant Program” supporting general operations in the amount of $75,000 distributed over 3-years. Executive Director, Charles Orloff stated, “The Blue Hill Observatory’s staff and board of directors are honored to partner with the Cummings Foundation to… Read More »
Blue Hill Observatory Climate Change Statement
Rigorous and widely accepted scientific analysis shows that Earth’s climate is currently changing at an unprecedented rate compared to changes that occurred over the last hundreds of thousands of years. Although numerous factors influence Earth’s climate, the climate science community, after exhaustive research, has concluded that human activities constitute the most significant underlying cause for… Read More »