Krstanovic recently built an observatory at his house in Windham, N.H. Before he added the domed structure, he didn’t star-gaze as often as he liked because of the time and effort involved in setting ...

When you hear about big science projects like a huge new telescope or a miles-long particle accelerator, it’s usually in the context of the big science discoveries they’ve made. But before anyone can ...

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 ...