How the Abbitt Planetarium & Observatory Sparked a Lifetime in Astrophysics

“It’s a sacred place, a planetarium. Leaving the light and sound of the day-to-day to enter a cave of darkness. You recline back and when you look up, the stars surround you.” The Abbitt Planetarium & Observatory was built with the original Virginia Living Museum building (now known as the Wason Education Center) in 1966, […]