Skywatching at home: See the space station fly (April 6, 2020)
…NASA flight engineers Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan. For email or text alerts about future opportunities to see the International Space Station fly over, sign up at NASA’s Spot the…
…NASA flight engineers Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan. For email or text alerts about future opportunities to see the International Space Station fly over, sign up at NASA’s Spot the…
…Morehead will adapt three of its educational planetarium shows for use at ECSU’s recently reopened Khan Planetarium: Earth, Moon and Sun; Solar System Odyssey; and Take Flight. Each show is aligned with elementary and middle…
…view, cutting down on the total number you’ll see. You can still enjoy a meteor viewing outing, as long as you adjust your expectations. Credit: Matt Lochansky Viewing tips: Choose…
…Monday morning. Here’s a checklist for getting the most out of your Perseids viewing this year: 1) Know what you’re looking for. Meteors look like streaks of light in the…
…curious to see Mars in the night sky, this is what to look for: 1) Mars is currently very bright. Now (July 27, 2018) and for a number of weeks to come, Mars…
…Senior Director of Community Relations at Cary, NC-based analytics company SAS Institute Inc., for her continued support of STEM education. Goodnight serves on a number of boards committed to education,…
…back to the Sun. Always supervise children when using any method to view the eclipse. You can make pinhole projectors using readily available materials. Methods include: 1. Cereal box viewer This…
…in the night sky, Sirius. It’s “only” about 8 and a half light years away, which means that its starlight—traveling at the speed of light, 186,000 miles a second—takes eight…
…April 6 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Hall Tickets go on sale Monday, March 6, 10 a.m. Between 1959 and 1975, Morehead was called to serve not only the people of…