…His lab studies the flight behavior of the fruit fly, combining the powerful genetic tools available for labeling and manipulating neural circuits with cutting-edge imaging in awake, behaving animals. This…
May 5, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 10:30 am When can you see the Moon in the sky? What does it look like close up? How does its appearance change…
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Visitors will experience the North Carolina skies like never before CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—A brand new 4K digital projection system at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center (Morehead) will give new and…
…added Boyette. This in-flight education downlink event will be held virtually, and in-person with strict limits for camp students and special guests. The confirmed time for the start of the…
The historic institution is opening its doors with new safety protocols in place October 23, 2020 CHAPEL HILL, NC – Morehead Planetarium and Science Center will reopen its doors to…
…first African American flying club and Bessie Coleman Aero, the first African American-owned airplane building company. Ronald Cotton June 30, 2020, marks the 25th anniversary of Ronald Cotton’s exoneration. Cotton…
…in World War II. Bessie Coleman Bessie Coleman could not find an American flight school willing to accept an African American woman, so she went to France to learn to…
December 5, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography Mission: A New Eye in the Sky for Earth’s Water Join us on the first…
May 15, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 10:30 am This immersive planetarium show highlights some of the unique stories about the American South, and explores the South’s complicated past, the…
