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Due to winter weather conditions, Morehead will be closed on Friday, January 10, and open at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 11. Affected ticket holders will be refunded. Any additional changes to our operating hours will be communicated as soon as possible. 

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Teen Science Cafe | Canaries of the Creek: Bioindicators Water Quality

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

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...

Astronaut

GSK Fulldome Theater
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Skywatching: Little River Regional Park

Little River Regional Park

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center invites you to a free skywatching event at Little River Regional Park (weather permitting).

Astronaut

GSK Fulldome Theater

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UNC Science Expo

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

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.

Free

We Are Stars

GSK Fulldome Theater

Astronaut

GSK Fulldome Theater
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Carolina Science Cafe | Let’s Chat about ChatGPT

Gizmo Brew Works 157 E Franklin St #100, Chapel Hill

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.

Science for All Summit

Friday Conference Center 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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...

$75 – $295