E&S News
Armagh Observatory and Planetarium helps lead discovery of eight new stars
The Armagh Observatory and Planetarium has helped lead the discovery of eight new stars. The world-renowned astronomical research centre has co-authored a research paper that has announced the discoverd of the new very hot stars that have effective temperatures of...
Armagh Observatory Receives UK Wide Museum Accreditation
From left Matthew McMahon Museum Collections Officer at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium Prof Michael Burton Director at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium and Dr Jonathon Dalzell Director at NI Museums Council Leading centre for astronomical research, Armagh...
State-of-the-art Planetarium Opens at North Medford High
On the eve of Thanksgiving break, after students departed North Medford High School, astronomy instructor Robert Black found himself stargazing and pondering some profound questions. "There's something about a starry night that triggers a certain curiosity and...
Shanghai Astronomy Museum wins international award
The Shanghai Astronomy Museum has won an "Oscar" in the themed entertainment industry for providing an immerse "universe" for its visitors. It has become the nation's first of its kind to win a Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement announced by Themed Entertainment...
Bell Museum’s planetarium plays heavenly host to Chicago’s Spektral Quartet
Spectral Quartet performing “Enigma” at the Adler Planetarium, April 7, 2022. Courtesy of Spektral QuartetThe Bell Museum became a galactic concert hall for a mesmeric performance that wove together classical repertoire with ambitious contemporary excursions in sound,...
GSCA Announces Results of Its 2023 Board of Directors Election
The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) is pleased to announce the results of the 2023 Board of Directors election. The following candidates will join the board beginning on January 1, 2023: Representing Distributors: Patty Collins, MacGillivray Freeman Films Amber...
Manitoba Planetarium wins science award for innovative home program
The Manitoba Museum's Planetarium has accepted the "Best Program" award from the Canadian Association of Sciences Centres at the CASCADE award ceremony for its Dome@Home live-stream program. On Thursday, October 13, the CASCADE awards took place. It is a juried...
Evan & Sutherland’s Digistar Now Powering New Experiences at Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum Planetarium
Evans & Sutherland (E&S), a Cosm Company, has installed its most technologically advanced Digistar 7 system for Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum’s (NASM) new planetarium theater. The new fulldome display system incorporates six Sony 4K laser...
U Students Create New Presentations during Planetarium Internship
Ian McLennan in front of the LED dome at the Cosm Experience Center. Image courtesy Derek Threinen.This past summer Keegan Benfield, Ethan Lamé, and Christian Norseth, in the U’s Department of Physics & Astronomy, participated in an internship program at Evans...
Cosm: From Outer Space to the Attractions Space
Rendering of inside Cosm’s first public-facing venue in Los Angeles. All images courtesy of Cosm LED has arrived in the dome, and Cosm’s pioneering CosmX Display and CosmX Engine are disrupting the media-based attractions space Pack your bags, you’re going to...