Carl F. Eyring Science Center, Science center at Brigham Young University, United States
The Carl F. Eyring Science Center is an academic building at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, housing laboratories, classrooms, and research spaces for physics, astronomy, geology, and food science. A large planetarium dome sits on top of the structure and can be seen from outside.
The building was designed by architect Fred L. Markham and completed in 1950, making it one of the largest academic structures built in the western United States at that time. It was named after Carl F. Eyring, a physics professor who taught at the university in the early 20th century.
The planetarium inside offers regular shows open to both students and the general public. Visitors can watch how stars, planets, and other celestial objects are projected across the dome overhead.
The lobby of the building is open to the public and can be visited without prior arrangements to see the scientific displays. For planetarium shows, it is worth checking availability in advance since seating is limited.
The lobby holds a working Foucault pendulum that makes Earth's rotation visible as it slowly shifts direction over the course of a day. Nearby, a seismograph records ground movements in real time, letting visitors see data from earthquakes happening around the world.
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