Please join us at Morehead Planetarium on Friday, September 15th for a very exciting Teen Science Cafe!
Join us on the roof of The Durham Hotel for a series of telescopic stargazing nights. Stop by for guided constellation tours and educational activities, all while enjoying music from DJ Mic Check. Music begins at 8:00 pm and stargazing begins at 9:00 pm. This skywatching event is free and open to the public. All ages are welcome.
For this month, we will be joined by Dr. Timothy Sheahan to explore cutting edge antiviral drug development at UNC.
Join us on the roof of The Durham Hotel for a series of telescopic stargazing nights. Stop by for guided constellation tours and educational activities, all while enjoying music from DJ Mic Check. Music begins at 6:30 pm and stargazing begins at 7:30 pm. This skywatching event is free and open to the public. All ages are welcome.
We will be exploring astronomy and future of future of space travel to and from the moon.
For this month, we will be joined by Dr. Marc Rogers to explore the stigma of men's health during Movember to raise awareness for men's health - specifically prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention.
Please join us at Morehead Planetarium on Friday, November 17th for a very exciting Teen Science Cafe!
We will be joined by Dr. Tamlin Pavelsky to discuss how his team is verifying data from a new NASA satellite called SWOT.
El viernes 8 de diciembre te invitamos a explorar el cielo nocturno con Noche de Estrellas, en colaboración con el Consulado de México en Raleigh, Morehead Planetarium Science Center, Red Global MX, Sigma XI, el Ayuntamiento de Raleigh, el Club de Astronomía de Raleigh y el Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Carolina del Norte. Esta 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...
Please join us at Morehead Planetarium on Friday, December 15th for a very exciting Teen Science Cafe!
For this month, we will be joined by Dr. Dan Stancil from NC State to discuss the future of quantum computing.
Please join us at Morehead Planetarium on Friday, January 19th for a very exciting Teen Science Cafe! For this month we are diving into the topic of water quality.
For February, we will be joined by Dr. Detlef Knappe from NC State to discuss Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in North Carolina drinking water.
Please join us at Morehead Planetarium on Friday, January 19th for a very exciting Teen Science Cafe!
For the March cafe, we will be joined by professional science communicator Marley Parker to learn what life is like during a deep-sea ocean expedition.
For this month we will be joined by a delegation of high school students from Japan as a part of Nagoya University MIRAI Global Science Campus program.
We will be joined by Dr. Lisa Paciulli and Dr. Adam Hartstone-Rose from NC State University to discuss wildlife under a solar eclipse.
Join us for one of the largest celebrations of science in North Carolina!
Dr. Christine Drea explores species where females display morphological and behavioral traits that are typically associated with males.
Big Things Have Small Beginnings: How understanding atmospheric aerosols can save lives and help our climate.
Just us for an out-of-this-world night at The Durham Hotel!
For this month we will be joined by FIRST Robotics team Carrborobotics who has just returned from the national competition.
For the June Cafe, we will welcome Dr. Ryan Emmanuel, a tenured faculty member at Duke University's Nicolas School for the Environment.
Just us for an out-of-this-world night at The Durham Hotel!
For the July cafe, we will welcome Shelby Baez, Ph.D., ATC, Director of the Psychology of Sport Injury Laboratory in UNC's Department of Exercise and Sport Science.
Just us for an out-of-this-world night at The Durham Hotel!
Join us for our next installment of the Carolina Science Cafe, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s free, current science awareness program.
Join us for our next installment of the Carolina Science Cafe, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s free, current science awareness program.
Just us for an out-of-this-world night at The Durham Hotel!
Join us at Morehead to watch the partial lunar eclipse!
Join us for our September Teen Science Cafe! 📚
For the October cafe, we will welcome Sasha de Vogel, a Post-Doctoral Fellow and Associate Director with the Authoritarian Politics Lab in the UNC Department of Political Science. This cafe is done in partnership with the University of North Carolina Postdoctoral Association.
Just us for an out-of-this-world night at The Durham Hotel!
With Halloween right around the corner, we want to have some fun and share some spooky space stories.
Please join us at Morehead Planetarium on Friday, November 8th for a very exciting Teen Science Cafe! This is a special cafe done as a part of our climate action plan that was written during the North Carolina Youth Climate Summit earlier this year. Members of our Teen Advisory Board will be returning to the Summit Read more...
For the November cafe, we will welcome 5 outstanding graduate students from UNC to share their research in a series of lightning talks. This cafe is done in partnership with the University of North Carolina Three Minute Thesis Competition.
Spatial Intelligence and Embodied AI: Understanding and Interacting with the Real World Join us for the next installment of the Carolina Science Cafe, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s free, current science awareness program. For the December cafe, we will welcome Richard Marks from the UNC School of Data Science and Society to discuss his work Read more...
Please join us at Morehead Planetarium on Friday, December 6th for a very exciting Teen Science Cafe! For the December cafe, we will be diving into the topic of healthcare science with a few fun activities as well as a presentation from a hospital professional. The right doors up the big stairs will open at 5:30 Read more...
Join us for a free skywatching opportunity at Little River Regional Park!
Red dye, seed oils, and corn syrup, oh my! What nutrition science really says about what’s healthy to eat. Join us for the next installment of the Carolina Science Cafe, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s free, current science awareness program. For the January Cafe, we will be joined by Dr. Lindsey Smith Taillie from the Read more...
