Are you stoked about stars? Mystified by the moon? Would you like to get better acquainted with a telescope? If your answer is "yes", then join us for the tenth annual Statewide Star Party! Chapel Hill Public Library will once again host an in-person Star Party on Friday, April 8, 2022, from 4-7 p.m. We will Read more...
Join staff and volunteers from the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, Chapel Hill Astronomical and Observational Society (CHAOS), and Raleigh Astronomy Club (RAC) for skywatching at Dix Park. Look through telescopes, facilitated by Morehead staff and dedicated volunteers, at a variety of objects in the sky including Jupiter and Saturn. To set the stargazing mood, Read more...
Due to expected rainy weather conditions, this event has been postponed. Please join us for December's Skywatching: Geminid Meteor Showers. Morehead Planetarium and Science Center invites you to a free skywatching event at Little River Regional Park (weather permitting). Morehead educators and CHAOS members (from Chapel Hill Astronomical & Observational Society) will bring telescopes and Read more...
NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography Satellite: A New Eye in the Sky for Earth’s Water Water is perhaps the single most important resource for humans and naturals systems. In the form of floods, it also drives the most destructive category of natural disasters worldwide. Despite its clear importance, there is a huge amount we Read more...
One of the best meteor showers of the year – the Geminid meteor shower — will next peak on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. Morehead Planetarium and Science Center and Little River Regional park will host a free skywatching event. Learn about meteors and more! For example, did you know meteors, sometimes misleadingly called “shooting stars,” Read more...
Join us for one of the biggest celebrations of science in the state. Check out more than 100 hands-on activities and science demonstrations lead by STEM students, researchers, and practitioners from across UNC.
On April 5-6, 2023, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center will host the inaugural Science for All Summit at the Friday Conference Center in Chapel Hill, NC. The Summit is a community convening to advance inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA) in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The theme of this year’s Summit is From IDEA Read more...
On April 5-6, 2023, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center will host the inaugural Science for All Summit at the Friday Conference Center in Chapel Hill, NC. The Summit is a community convening to advance inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA) in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The theme of this year’s Summit is From IDEA Read more...
Join us from 8 to 10 p.m. at Little River Regional Park on December 13! With the guidance of a Morehead educator and members of Chapel Hill Astronomy and Observing Society (CHAOS), you’ll have the chance to view the sky via telescope, engage in hands-on astronomy activities, and take a laser-guided “star tour” of the Read more...
Join Morehead as we celebrate the solar eclipse with activities, solar observing, and a special edition of Carolina Skies.
Just us for an out-of-this-world night at The Durham Hotel!
