From the outside, a planetarium and an observatory might look a somewhat similar, but it's what's inside that counts.

There’s real joy in sharing a telescope with others and observing in a crowd. Here's how you can find a star party near you ...

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Rainbow over Herstmonceux in 1981. The observatory dome in the picture used to house Isaac Newton telescope, which is now situated at La Palma in the Canary Islands. | Credit: Barry Shimmon ...

Jay Tate is director at the Spaceguard Centre, a working observatory near Knighton, and the main source of information about near Earth objects in the UK.

The ELT could identify biosignatures on planets in our solar system as well as orbiting Proxima Centauri within hours.

Escape to a cozy Indiana geo dome, where panoramic sky views and nature surround you for the ultimate stargazing getaway.

The Equatorial Group is a group of six telescope domes, making up the primary observatory site. Whereas most telescope domes use a grey or white color, the Equatorial Group telescopes were built ...

TAMPA — Six-year-old Allison Morales Santiz dropped her jaw as she stepped into the newly opened MOSI Digital Dome Theatre, where the screen ahead showed a broad image of the Earth and the ...

Six-year-old Allison Morales Santiz dropped her jaw as she stepped into the newly opened MOSI Digital Dome Theatre, where the ...

A key difference is that observatories are equipped with telescopes and have the ability to open and close their domes to view the sky. A facility like Montgomery's planetarium isn't equipped for ...