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Solar Skywatching at Kidzu Children’s Museum

Join us at Kidzu Children's Museum on Saturday 12/18 for safe solar observing as part of their James Webb Space Telescope Launch Party community event. We'll be set up in the parking lot at University Place in Chapel Hill, near the mall entrance by Alfredo's Pizza. The mall address is 201 S. Estes Dr, Chapel Read more...

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Take Flight

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Astronaut

GSK Fulldome Theater

Astronaut

GSK Fulldome Theater

Teen Science Cafe | Webb Space Telescope

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Science Stage 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Come learn more about the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope Telescope from Tony Rice, NASA/JPL Ambassador. We'll discuss what has happened with the mission so far, what is coming next, and why this successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is being launched to a point 1 million miles from Earth.  We'll also talk a Read more...

Take Flight

GSK Fulldome Theater

Astronaut

GSK Fulldome Theater

Astronaut

GSK Fulldome Theater

Take Flight

GSK Fulldome Theater

Astronaut

GSK Fulldome Theater

Astronaut

GSK Fulldome Theater

Teen Science Cafe | Home Alone in the Universe?

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Science Stage 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Home Alone in the Universe? If humans are not the sole intelligent species in the universe, where is everyone else? In this brief discussion of the ‘Fermi paradox’, we use the Drake equation, thoughts on the Great Filter, and the statistics of German WWII tanks to show how just enumerating the possible answers to this question Read more...

Take Flight

GSK Fulldome Theater

Astronaut

GSK Fulldome Theater

Dynamic Earth

GSK Fulldome Theater

Astronaut

GSK Fulldome Theater

Take Flight

GSK Fulldome Theater

Astronaut

GSK Fulldome Theater

We Are Stars

GSK Fulldome Theater

Teen Science Cafe | Real-world Applications of Polymers

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Science Stage 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Real-world applications of polymers: Designing polymeric scaffolds for tissue engineering Dive into the world of polymer chemistry and learn about the day-to-day life of a polymer chemist. This learning experience will take you through the basics of polymers and highlight some of the research occurring right in the Durham Community. About our speaker: Briana Simms, a Read more...

We Are Stars

GSK Fulldome Theater

From Gates to Greats: Rural Science Education Engagement with the Saunders Science Scholars Program

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Science Stage 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

This presentation will highlight a collaborative rural community partnership featuring Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, Gates County Schools, and local non-profit Gates County Community Partnership. Discussion will include how these partners implemented a community-wide collaborative effort that resulted in academic achievements for the students and increased family science engagement in a rural community. Attend virtually Read more...