It wasn’t easy, bringing the stars indoors. The first show, held in Germany in 1925, used grainy footage on a small dome, but was dizzying nonetheless. Now, a whole new future looms.

The Friends of the Shiras Planetarium has launched an “adopt-a-star” program to meet its fundraising goal of $1,041,000. As ...

The planetarium turns 100 this year. What came before the giant domes, with imagery of galaxies, asteroids and meteors ...

Columnist John Breunig fills a time capsule with moments from the opening of the Stamford Museum & Nature Center's new ...

To work toward getting around this issue, researchers used parabolic flights to simulate microgravity conditions, then 3D ...

The facility, now known as the McNair-Davis Planetarium, is slated to reopen early next summer. “We’re looking at, I’m saying ...

On Nov. 28, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., the Dome Room will again open to the public to see the constellations. The presentation, ...

Pull out the paints, crayons, markers, pipe cleaners, googly eyes, and any other DIY materials you have around the house. At ...

Butte College’s new science building is in use for the first time this semester, with more than 2,500 students taking classes ...

The preview at the new Stamford Museum & Nature Center included a 5-minute show in the planetarium. This image of ...

An eight-year-old from Delhi has made waves in the scientific community after identifying a new asteroid candidate in a NASA-affiliated citizen-science programme.