New Mexico residents fighting to save solar observatory from demolition hail partial win

States Newsroom · October 16, 2026

A coalition of New Mexico residents who spent the summer pushing to save a remote solar observatory from demolition are celebrating a partial victory. Earlier this year, the National Science Foundation announced plans to demolish the nearly 80-year-old Sunspot Solar Observatory in the Sacramento Mountains near…

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