The new name honors former Mayor Russell C. Davis and astronaut Ronald McNair, who died in the 1986 Challenger explosion.

The Russell C. Davis Planetarium in Jackson is set to be renamed the McNair Davis Planetarium, honoring astronaut Dr. Ronald ...

The $20 million planetarium’s newest offering, ‘Beautifica 360,’ has just begun its run, and tickets are already routinely ...

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

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

Jackson’s planetarium will get a new name before it reopens. Leaders announced on November 17, 2025, that the planetarium ...

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, ...

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and the origin of other icy visitors from the Kuiper Belt will be discussed during a program titled “Pluto and the Kuiper Belt” at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in the University of ...

The University of Wyoming’s Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium, in collaboration with the SciDIY Makerspace, will host Dome After Dark -- an immersive evening of sound, light and creative energy -- Saturday ...

The University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium will host several live talk programs and the final “Dome After Dark” event of the fall next month. “Our November schedule will feature our final ...

Experience the new planetarium at Santa Monica College's Mathematics + Science Building with its 9-meter dome and Evans & ...