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 ...

Sounds of construction reverberated through the air as the domes for the North Georgia Astronomical Observatory at the University of North Georgia (UNG) were lifted and placed atop the newly built ...

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 ...

As a professor in Caltech’s astronomy department for a decade, Mansi Kasliwal first came to the observatory as a graduate ...

HILO, Hawaii (Island News) – The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory telescope on Mauna Kea has been removed and is set to be shipped to Chile for re-use. The deconstruction of the dome and restoration ...

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 ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A huge slab of ice and snow slides off the huge domed roof of the Great Refractor telescope at Mount Hamilton’s Lick Observatory and smashes thunderously to the asphalt. “Don’t ...

Near the small town of Herstmonceux in the English county of East Sussex sits the former home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. The Royal Observatory Greenwich was first built in Greenwich, London, ...

A Thursday morning webcam image from Lick Observatory shows the Automated Planet Finder telescope dome in the foreground. (Credit: Lick Observatory) As of 1 p.m. Thursday, the University of California ...

CORRECTION: A story posted Thursday, March 9, about snow impacting operations at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton incorrectly reported that “Asteroid 2650 Elinor” was discovered by Lick Observatory ...