Join Morehead educators for a tutorial of Stellarium, a free, open-source planetarium software that shows what you see when you look up into the sky. We'll be using this tool for Morehead At Home: Skywatching sessions every Tuesday and Thursday. This tutorial will demonstrate the basics and provide some tips for using the software. You Read more...
This Morehead At Home: Skywatching session will include a journey through the night time sky for Thursday, 4/16/20 including early evening constellations such as Orion (and all of his friends and enemies,) an absurdly bright planet (Venus) and a treat for you early birds: three more planets and the Moon in the pre-dawn sky. *Please Note: Read more...
A Journey To & Through Med School Speaker: Steve Mow About Steve: Steve is an aspiring doctor studying at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. While working towards being a physician, Steve’s passion is teaching and has taught science both formally and informally for years for institutions committed to science education. Outside of Read more...
Have you ever wanted to watch a 360° video of a planetarium show? Now you can! Explore the relationship between Earth, Moon and Sun with the help of Coyote, an amusing character adapted from Native American oral traditions. Read more about the show here.
Learn the skill of star hopping! Discover how to star hop with the Big Dipper and find your way to the North Star, to a lion in the sky, and to two of the brightest stars. We’ll also share a Southern Paiute story about a mountain sheep who climbed a really tall mountain and turned Read more...
How Dark is Your Sky? Leo Knows. More than 99% of us in the United States live under light-polluted skies. We’ll explore how our use of outdoor lighting affects what you can, and can’t, see in your nighttime sky, and we’ll take a look at the breathtaking sights a truly dark sky has to offer. Read more...
Life in the times of Covid-19 (coronavirus) Speaker: Joanna Ramirez About Joanna: Joanna Ramirez is the Community Outreach Coordinator for UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her role is to create and foster meaningful communication with communities to improve cancer outcomes across NC. When she’s not answering work emails, she loves to read and watch her Read more...
Join us on a futuristic adventure with Jack Larson as we explore what could happen if humans consume all the resources of Earth. Jack will embark on a quest to discover a new home for humans to colonize, piloting his spacecraft on a wild ride through our Solar System. Read more about the show here.
Take a trip of billions of miles with us! Today we’ll go on an imaginary vacation through the solar system, making stops at several planets. We’ll consider the sightseeing possibilities at each destination, as well as what you should pack for your trip. Along the way, you’ll learn how to identify planets in tonight’s sky. Read more...
“What’s Your Sign?” The Constellations of the Zodiac We’ll use planetarium software to identify constellations of the zodiac, learn why they’re associated with particular dates (but maybe not the dates you were expecting), and discover the scientific reason it’s worth learning to identify zodiac constellations—spoiler: it’s a way to find planets. Note: This is a Read more...
Tackling Climate Change: Where are we now and how do we move forward? Join us for a conversation with Lauren McRae who will discuss climate change and the ways scientists are looking to combat it within the next decade. About Laren: Lauren is a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry, Materials Division at the Read more...
Join uniquely-animated brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright for a full-throttle adventure through the history and into the future of aeronautics! You'll take a look at the science, pilots and inventors that allowed humans to take to the skies, and learn about the four forces of flight — lift, weight, thrust and drag. Read more about Read more...
