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 ...

The University of Washington astronomy department is readying a traveling planetarium to take to schools for outreach — and collaboration — in Seattle and beyond. It may look like a carnival bouncy ...

On Sept. 9, students at Cedar Grove Elementary in Panama City stepped inside an inflatable planetarium that transformed their ...

It looks like a bouncy house on the outside. But inside, the 23-foot-wide STARLAB portable planetarium fits 50 people and projects images of the universe on the walls and ceiling, including ...

The Westport Astronomical Society has a dome through which the mysteries and wonders of the universe may be glimpsed on a clear night. But one dome isn’t enough. The organization was recently gifted a ...

As the moon, Earth and sun lined up for a total lunar eclipse Sunday night, skygazers from Northwestern and nearby neighborhoods crowded Dearborn Observatory despite the cold winter temperatures. The ...

The dome for Siena College's new observatory was lowered onto its housing on the roof of Roger Bacon Hall on Monday, July 2, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. The dome weighs 2,200 pounds and was assembled onsite ...

With telescopes both inside and out, Museum educators use a variety of filters to show visitors spots on the sun, craters on the moon, and the phases of Venus. Eric Long Clouds are the enemy. As a ...

The universe-scanning landmark that has perched over Pasadena for a century-plus now is well-known for lots of amazing things, including, most recently, the fact that it had a view of the Northern ...