Alarmed by Climate Change, Astronomers Train Their Sights on Earth NYT: Science Katrina Miller and Delger Erdenesanaa 14 May 2024 at 03:00 A growing number of researchers in the field are using their expertise to fight the climate crisis. Β© David Maurice Smith for The New York TimesPenny Sackett, former director of the Australian National Universityβs Mount Stromlo Observatory, just outside Canberra, in the remains of the observatory, which was destroyed in a 2003 wildfire.