An observatory in the mountains of southern New Mexico that had been closed since early September because of an undisclosed security concern is now scheduled to reopen on Monday, officials managing the facility said. The Sunspot Solar Observatory no longer faces a security threat to staff, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy said in a statement Sunday. The association has hired a temporary security team to patrol the observatory when it reopens. After several years of operation, it was transferred to the National Solar Observatory, which is part of the National Science Foundation. New Mexico State University in 2016 launched an initiative funded by the foundation to upgrade and update the facility through the newly formed Sunspot Solar Observatory Consortium.

Source: Fox News September 16, 2018 23:15 UTC