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An alternative kind of venue is offered by Cosm, which emerged after a merger involving Evans & Sutherland, a company that developed digital projection technology widely used in planetariums and science centres.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Cosm — a name blending cosmos and colosseums — “is a nod to our history and heritage of great scientists and planetariums and engineers,” Terry says.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2023

His creations, which ranged from tabletop size to more than 40 feet high, resembled a combination of planetariums, construction girders, carnival rides and pinball machines.

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2021

Only groups or astronomical organizations, like clubs or planetariums, that register on a website to be set up this fall will be eligible for the fun.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2014

As such they were comparable to the orreries of the 18th century and to modern planetariums; that they also showed the time and rang it on bells was almost incidental to their main function.

From On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass by Price, Derek J. de Solla (Derek John de Solla)