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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Stellaphane Observatory National Historic Landmark of Springfield received an early present this holiday season: a donated observatory dome that was almost sold as scrap metal. The ...

I’ve been to my fair share of live music performances, held everywhere from Radio City Music Hall to college dorm rooms. The first concert I saw was the Jonas Brothers in New York City’s Central Park ...

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 ...

LIVINGSTON, Mont. (AP) - In Mike McClure’s book, cloudless skies are good for far more than bright, sunshiny days. For him, the real joy comes after Montana’s side of the globe has bid our solar ...

Mount Wilson Observatory—the place where humankind discovered its place in the universe—is pleased to announce the third date in its Sunday Afternoon Concerts in the Dome six-month series, to take ...

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 ...

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, ...

Mount Wilson Observatory—the place where humankind discovered its place in the universe—is pleased to announce the fifth date in its Sunday Afternoon Concerts in the Dome six-month series, to take ...