In July, the placement of a new steel dome on the Benjamin Hill-Lam ’13 Observatory marked the near end of the restoration ...

MOOSE LAKE -- 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...