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John C. Wells Planetarium Makes Headlines

Monthly Stargazing Event at JMU is a Success

Jan. 27, 2012
WHSV TV-3

 

Out of Sight: 'Star Parties' Bring Heavens A Little Closer To Earth

Jan. 26, 2012
Daily News-Record


The end?

Jan. 7, 2012
Daily News-Record


JMU planetarium offers free shows

Nov. 3, 2011
The News Leader, Staunton

A Room With A View: JMU Planetarium Puts Universe on Display

Oct. 22, 2011
Daily News-Record

Q&A with Shanil Virani, the new acting director of the John C. Wells Planetarium

Oct. 13, 2011
The Breeze

Break Away

Jan. 17, 2011
The Breeze

 

‘Go Polar' At JMU Saturday
Researcher To Give Presentation On Arctic Science

Aug. 27, 2009
Daily News-Record

 

Starstruck
Astronomy Gets A Boost As More People Look To The Stars With Wonder

Aug. 20, 2009
Daily News-Record

 

Eyes to the Sky

Feb. 26, 2009
The Breeze

 

It's standing room only at JMU's planetarium:
The renovated facility is attracting crowds in Harrisonburg

Nov. 16, 2008
Richmond Times-Dispatch

 

Planetarium Set to Reopen Saturday

Sept. 25, 2008
Daily News-Record

 

JMU's Newly Renovated Planetarium

Sept. 24, 2008
WHSV TV-3, Harrisonburg

 

JMU's Galaxy Tour
Planetarium's $1.3M Makeover Finished; Reopening Set For Fall

June 21, 2008
Daily News-Record

 

At JMU, closed planetarium to flicker back to life in '08

Sept. 5, 2007
WRIC News 8, Richmond, Va.
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) - A planetarium at James Madison University is set to flicker back to life next year.

The John C. Wells Planetarium in Miller Hall opened in 1974. For the next three decades, thousands flocked to the 65-seat planetarium.

In 2005, it was closed when officials began to renovate Miller Hall. And the planetarium's 30-year-old projector was causing stars to disappear or dim.

The projector has received a few new digital upgrades thanks to the school's physics and astronomy department. And officials plan to reopen the facility to the public by mid-2008.