MOOSE LAKE, Minn. - An observatory dome is a curious machine - one that appears static but is dynamic when put to use. It's got a giant shutter that raises like an automatic garage door to allow for ...

This story has been updated to correct an error regarding the selling price of the dome. The dome is being sold for $1,600. PELLSTON — Emmet County will be getting ...

Stargazers are in luck: a Massachusetts public school is auctioning off a massive structure that lets you scope the sky for celestial activity at night. The Weston school system is trying to sell an ...

BRIDGEPORT — When the city finally got around last summer to putting a new roof on Bassick High School’s old wing, it also replaced the school observatory’s 48-year-old dome. Feeding off the ...

The science museum's Kellogg Observatory hasn't opened to the stars since just before the start of the 21st century. But in the fall, planets like Saturn and Mars and the moons for Earth and Jupiter ...

Looking like a levitating spaceship from an old sci-fi movie, the dome for the new observatory at the South Carolina State Museum rose to the top of the building Wednesday, marking a major milestone ...

With unnerving precision and skill, the three-ton steel dome was lowered into place and anchored to the masonry. With its aluminized coating to prevent corrosion, this new shelter now sits atop ...