Morehead Planetarium and Science Center

Forward! To the Moon
2025-02-23 13:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York)

The Longest Night: A Winter's Tale
2025-02-23 15:00 - 16:00

One Sky, Many Eyes
2025-02-23 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-02-28 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-03-02 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-03-07 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-03-09 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-03-14 16:30 - 17:30

Yoga Under The Stars
2025-02-26 18:00 - 19:00

Mars: The Ultimate Voyage
2025-02-28 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-07 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-14 15:00 - 16:00

Magic Tree House Space Mission
2025-03-01 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-03-08 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-03-15 10:30 - 11:30

Solar System Odyssey
2025-03-01 12:00 - 13:00

Earth, Moon and Sun
2025-03-01 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-03-08 13:30 - 14:30

We Are Stars
2025-03-01 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-08 15:00 - 16:00

Carolina Skies
2025-03-01 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-03-08 16:30 - 17:30

Astronaut
2025-03-02 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-03-09 13:30 - 14:30

Supermassive Black Holes
2025-03-02 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-09 15:00 - 16:00

Science for All Summit
2025-03-03 08:00 - 2025-03-04 15:00 | Friday Conference Center, 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center hosted the inaugural Science for All Summit in April 2023 and the second annual Summit in February 2024. We are already looking forward to hosting the third annual Summit on March 3-4, 2025.

The Summit is a community convening to advance access and opportunity in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) for people of all backgrounds and lived experiences. The purpose of the Summit is to engage educators, practitioners, researchers, thought leaders, and other change agents in conversation and knowledge-building around emerging issues and innovative strategies related to advancing access in STEM. Putting these ideals into practice requires an intentional focus on creating authentic and adaptive environments while simultaneously cultivating a community that collaborates, innovates, and implements promising practices shown to effect sustainable change. At the Summit, we will provide opportunities to share new research findings, exchange resources, discuss strategies, and demonstrate effective practices and interventions.

The 2025 program will include keynote addresses by Dr. André Isaacs, Dr. Valencia Hicks-Harris, Dr. Terrell R. Morton, and Dr. Crystal Harden.

Learn more about the Summit

Carolina Science Cafe | Brain-Machine Interfaces
2025-03-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Haw River Tap & Table, 300 E Main St C, Carrboro, NC, 27510, United States
Connecting Minds with Machines

Join us for the next installment of the Carolina Science Cafe, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s free, current science awareness program. For the March Cafe, we will be joined by Dr. Amol P. Yadav from the UNC-NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill to discuss his research on brain-spine interfaces, multi-animal brain-nets and closed-loop stimulation.

Designed for adults, this program explores science topics making national and international headlines and offers the chance to meet the experts behind the headlines. The Carolina Science Cafe is hosted at Haw River Tab & Table in Carrboro on Tuesday, March 4th, starting at 6:00 p.m. with light appetizers available for all attendees. Parking is available in the parking deck behind the building if the lot out front if full.

About the Speaker

Dr. Amol Yadav is an Assistant Professor in the UNC-NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill. He earned his PhD in Biomedical Engineering in 2015 from Duke University in the laboratory of Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, where he developed tools to advance brain-machine interfaces using spinal cord neuromodulation, and pioneered technologies such as brain-spine interfaces, multi-animal brain-nets and closed-loop stimulation

His research lies at the intersection of Neuroscience and Engineering, and his lab specializes in spinal cord stimulation, high-density neural recording, computational modeling, behavioral experimentation in rodents and human clinical trials with invasive technologies. To advance translational ideas and to bridge the gap between pre-clinical and clinical research, the lab collaborates with surgeons, clinicians, basic scientists, and other engineers.

The Carolina Science Cafe is produced by Morehead Planetarium and Science Center and sponsored by the UNC Chapter of Sigma Xi.

You do not need to register…just show up!

I AM: The Student Experience
2025-03-05 17:00 - 19:00 | Morehead Planetarium Fulldome Theater, 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States
Join us for an evening of enchanting music and stellar wellness at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center! We are thrilled to welcome Grammy® -nominated Artist and Composer Radhika Vekaria and astrophysicist Nick Siegler to Morehead. The event includes a live performance by Radhika, a screening of the short film I AM, a short, guided meditation to embrace mindfulness, and a Q&A session with the artist. UNC Student Affairs will be on-hand with resources promoting healthy wellbeing and fun giveaways. Enjoy snacks and hands-on activities in Morehead’s exhibit galleries; did we mention puppies on the portico?

This event free and open to the UNC community; registration is encouraged. This event is brought to you in partnership by Student Wellness and Morehead Planetarium and Science Center in support of UNC community wellness.

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The Artist and The Scientist: A Collaboration of WonderWhat happens when a Grammy®-nominated instrumentalist, composer, and vocalist connects with a highly regarded astrophysicist? Together, they create I AM, a one-of-a-kind show—an immersion excursion for the body and mind, exploring the distant Universe and our Solar System through awe-inspiring imagery and sound.

Musician Radhika Vekaria describes the short film, I AM, as “an open invitation to (our) hearts for an immersive odyssey.” Radhika’s voice blends ancient Vedic sounds with captivating imagery of the cosmos curated by astrophysicist Nick Siegler. Inside Morehead’s fulldome theater, I AM takes you on a voyage of curiosity, reflection, and wonder. Sit back, breathe deeply, and enjoy the experience.

Everything you’re about to see and feel… is real.

Imagined and produced by Grammy®-nominated Artist and Composer, Radhika Vekaria, Terry Torok, Co-founder of the Creative Intelligence Agency and astrophysicist Nick Siegler.Digital production by Ben Fox and Eric Ho, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center.

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis
2025-03-08 12:00 - 13:00
