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    After Mysterious Closure, Solar Observatory In New Mexico Reopens

    A telescope in Sunspot, N.M., will have additional security for now, after "an unusual number of visitors" showed up at the site. Conspiracy theories had proliferated about its sudden closing.
    by Laurel Wamsley Sep 17, 2018 3 minutes
    The Dunn Solar Telescope in Sunspot, N.M. The site was closed for over a week after a security threat.

    A solar observatory in New Mexico reopened Monday after being closed by authorities for 10 days — which spawned national interest and speculation into the cause of its evacuation.

    Let's get this out of the way: Scientists say that aliens were not involved.

    On Sept. 6, the Sunspot Solar Observatory was suddenly closed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, the consortium that operates it, without public explanation.

    People who work at the observatory, and those who live on.

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