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 ...

Amateur astronomers often seek permanent observatory installations to improve telescope utility, adhering to the maxim that the most effective instrument is the one frequently used. Historically, ...

In the quaint seaside community of Gloucester, Mass., on Cape Ann, one gray clapboard house stands out from the rest. It has a big white dome rising from the top, with a sliding shutter that opens to ...

Claude Plymate calls his backyard home observatory the clubhouse that he never had as a child. The solar astronomer and his wife, Teresa Bippert-Plymate, ordered the white 10-by-10-foot domed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...