MAH | Skywatching: Star Hop with the Big Dipper
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 Read more...
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MAH | Skywatching: How Dark is Your Sky?
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 Read more...
Virtual Teen Science Cafe
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 Read more...
360° Video Premiere: Solar System Odyssey
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 Read more...
MAH | Skywatching: Vacation Destinations in the Solar System
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 Read more...
MAH | Skywatching: “What’s Your Sign?”
“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 Read more...
Virtual Teen Science Cafe: Tackling Climate Change
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 Read more...
360° Video Premiere: Take Flight
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 Read more...
MAH | Skywatching: Your Guide to the Moon
When can you see the Moon in the sky? What does it look like close up? How does its appearance change from day to day? Has anyone ever been to Read more...
Carolina Science Cafe: The Science of Connection & Living Well During Pandemic Times
Insights from the UNC Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory How do positive emotions accumulate and compound to transform people’s lives for the better? What do experts think about the impacts Read more...
MAH | Skywatching: Anyone Out There?
Have you ever wondered if there is life anywhere besides Earth? We want to explore this question with you during this Morehead At Home session. We'll use a planetarium view Read more...
Virtual Teen Science Cafe: Oceans & Climate
During this Virtual Teen Science Cafe, Alexandria Niebergall will be talking generally about the role that the ocean plays in moderating the Earth's climate, the big research fields in oceanography Read more...
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360° Video Premiere: The Longest Night
“The Longest Night: A Winter’s Tale” is a one-of-a-kind fulldome planetarium show that captures its audience with a timeless fable of courage, generosity and renewal. Its story explores the concept Read more...
MAH | Skywatching: May Carolina Skies
We’ll tour the May sky as it appears from North Carolina and show you how to identify planets and stars that you can see from outside your own home on Read more...
MAH | Skywatching: See the International Space Station
Find out what the International Space Station is, who’s currently living on it, and how YOU can see the space station fly over tonight (May 14). *Please Note: Registration is Read more...
Virtual Teen Science Cafe: So You Think It’s Your Chance?
So You Think It’s Your Chance – Are You Prepared for Success in High School, in College, in Life? Getting ready for college involves developing a mindset that includes an Read more...
360° Video Premiere: Tales of the American South
This immersive planetarium show highlights some of the unique stories about the American South, and explores the South's complicated past, the present, and its hopeful future. *Please note that this Read more...
MAH | Skywatching: Pluto
Where is Pluto in our sky? How was Pluto discovered? Why did it get booted from the planet club? We’ll hitch a virtual ride on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft to Read more...
MAH | Skywatching: The Sky is a Time Machine
The sky is a time machine! The deeper you look into space, the farther back in time you see. Explore the scale of our universe, and find out just how Read more...
Virtual Teen Science Cafe: Women in Engineering Leadership
Join us for this Virtual Teen Science Cafe edition with Engineering Manager, Kendra Settles. We'll talk about women in engineering leadership, and discuss how simple circuits play a role in Read more...
360° Video Premiere: Jeepers Creepers Short
Trapped in a giant semi-transparent dome, you watch as a single fly buzzes aimlessly above and finally comes to a rest on top. As the lights hauntingly flicker, a cockroach Read more...
MAH | Skywatching: Greek Myths & the Spring Sky
We’ll combine science and storytelling and learn to find some of the constellations in the current night sky that are associated with Greek myths. You’ll hear how the bears Ursa Read more...
MAH | Skywatching: Training astronauts in North Carolina
NASA astronauts are headed to the International Space Station today in the first launch of humans from U.S. soil in nearly a decade. Michael Neece (aka Meteor Mike) will explain Read more...
Teen Science Cafe: Everyday Biomechanics +Bioengineering
Biomedical engineering has a long history that spans more than 3,000 years. Simple crutches and splints are some of the earliest and most basic forms, but humans have made significant Read more...