Geological carbon sequestration involves capturing atmospheric CO2, condensing it into liquid form, and pumping it into deep underground aquifers. Scientists have been exploring the environmental impacts of carbon sequestration, including changes to groundwater geochemistry, subsurface microbial community composition, and the potential for fracturing and escape of CO2 back into the atmosphere. I’ll give an overview 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...
Professor Angel Hsu found herself in the lowland jungles of Costa Rica while studying abroad the summer after her freshman year at Wake Forest University, experiencing the beauty of glass tree frogs and sound of howler monkeys, but wondering, “What good is the science I'm discovering, if global warming and deforestation eventually lead to the demise of 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...
Did you know that you could host a beehive in your backyard or at your favorite local business? Meet Jackson Brinkley, your friendly neighborhood beekeeper at Teen Science Cafe.
Learn about how digital media is impacting teens' development as well as how teens are impacting the development of digital media.
Do you like scavenger hunts? How can you tell if creek water is clean and healthy. Join environmental educators and researchers Heather Holley and Sammy Bauer for a walk through the science of looking for certain kinds of stream bugs (aquatic macroinvertebrates) that need clean, unpolluted water to survive. What will you find as you dig through real-world data Read more...
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center invites you to a free skywatching event at Little River Regional Park (weather permitting).
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.
Finally returning after a 3-year hiatus, the Carolina Science Café returns to Franklin Street on a new day and a new location as Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s free, current science awareness program.
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...
Teen Science Cafe is for you! This program is just for young adults, ages 13-18, and it’s free! Birdsong is a unique form of animal communication, as it faces evolutionary pressures from mate selection and social learning, and it possesses a vast amount of diversity. There is still much left to understand about how this Read more...
How do we rethink our landscape usage? Let's start with three positive outcomes: benefits to mental health, alleviation of food insecurity, and conservation for pollinators by planting habitats
Join us for our May Teen Science Cafe where we will talk about FIRST Robotics as an organization, our guest's most recent robot, and how they function as a team and meet their goals each year.
This event has been canceled due to weather. Morehead Planetarium and Science Center invites you to a free skywatching event at Dix Park in downtown Raleigh (weather permitting). Come see Venus, Mars, and other celestial delights! Morehead educators and Raleigh Astronomy Club will bring telescopes and guide you through fun observations of stars, planets, moons, Read more...
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.
Adam Rosenthal, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, shows that genetically identical cells within a bacterial community have different functions, with some members behaving more docile and others producing the very toxins that make us feel ill.