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 ...

There will be interesting sky activity after the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, and dedicated astronomy hobbyists are in position to view it. Jon and Susan Brewster designed and built their ...

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 ...

Naples, Florida (News-Press) -- From the outside people know the home that towers above Barefoot Beach as the house with the observatory. While a 360-degree rotating dome makes the home quite unique, ...

Phillips and his wife Carolina Esswein, 54, CEO of a power services utility company, sold that house to move to Wilmington, ...

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 BERNARDINO, Calif. On Wednesday, the crowning glories of the university's new observatory were put into place. The twin 46-foot high domes will house two telescopes-- one for daylight and one for ...

KENNEWICK — The observatory that was used to search the night sky above Rattlesnake Mountain for more than 35 years has been dismantled and hauled down the mountain. Its components, from the telescope ...

Mount Wilson Observatory (MWO)—Southern California’s esteemed home to several of the most groundbreaking astronomical discoveries in history—is pleased to present the sixth “Sunday Afternoon Concerts ...

Mount Wilson Observatory (MWO)—Southern California’s esteemed home to several of the most groundbreaking astronomical discoveries in history—is pleased to present the seventh “Sunday Afternoon ...