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 of our night sky as a backdrop, and discuss the prospects for life elsewhere in our own solar system, as well as how we find Read more...
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 the next clear night. Make sure you check out the star chart for this month. Please Note: Registration is not required. The Zoom link will Read more...
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 not required. The Zoom link will not be live until 10:00 a.m. If you’re having trouble accessing it, please reload the page at 10:00 a.m. Read more...
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 visit and learn about everyone’s favorite former planet. *Please Note: Registration is not required. The Zoom link will not be live until 10:00 a.m. If Read more...
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 far (and how far back in time) you can see. *Please Note: Registration is not required. The Zoom link will not be live until 10:00 Read more...
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 Major and Ursa Minor got their really long tails, why Corvus the Crow will eternally regret telling a lie about a water snake, and why Read more...
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 how Morehead Planetarium trained many of the early NASA astronauts, including Neil Armstrong, the first human to walk on the Moon. *Please Note: Registration is Read more...
Black holes aren’t just in science fiction. These mysterious objects really exist—including in our own Milky Way galaxy. We’ll learn what a black hole is, where they lurk in our night sky, and why it’d be a really terrible idea to visit one. *Please Note: Registration is not required. The Zoom link will not be Read more...
Join us at Little River Regional park for the highly-anticipated return of our in-person skywatching events! You'll get a chance to view the Perseids at its peak and enjoy one of - if not THE - best meteor shower of the year. Cost: FREE - ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED This event is now FULL. Location: Read more...
