AROOSTOOK COUNTY, Maine (WAGM) - Aroostook County’s iconic Maine Solar System Model is about to get even bigger. Two new dwarf planet models are being added to the roadside attraction that has ...

LILLE, Maine -- From left to right, Upper St. John River Organization Directors Tom Gerard and Steve Young, University of Maine at Presque Isle Emeritus Geology Professor Kevin McCartney, and Upper St ...

A 6-foot-diameter replica "sun," which will sit on a 5-foot tube, is expected to arrive on the McCarthy Observatory property at New Milford High School in coming days. A planned display is part of a ...

For the first time since 2008, two new planets are being added to one of northern Maine's most famous — and scientifically accurate — roadside attractions. Dwarf planets Haumea and Makemake are the ...

SHINE. MORE FROM THE JUST HOW FAR IS IT FILE FOLKS LIVING IN PRESQUE ISLE AROOSTOOK BIGGEST TOWN, ARE FARTHER NORTH THAN HALF OF ALL CANADIANS. THE MAJORITY OF WHOM LIVE ALONG CANADA’S SOUTHERN BORDER ...

A scale model of the solar system, with each planet depicted in relief on individual square granite markers installed atop concrete bases embedded in the ground. Each planet bears a laser etched ...