Your checklist for viewing the 2020 Perseid meteor shower
…many a prospective meteor viewer has missed out because they were looking instead at something other than the sky, such as another person, or even worse, their bright phone screen….
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Planned Giving
The gift that keeps on giving. By making a planned gift, you can make a lasting impact on Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, and on science education in North Carolina…
Employment Opportunities
…providing inspiring science education opportunities. Current Openings Permanent Positions Director of Advancement Morehead Planetarium and Science Center is looking for an accomplished fundraising professional with demonstrated administrative and managerial experience….
Field Trip & Reservation FAQs
…10 or so) extra adult tickets onto your reservation (not including teachers and required chaperones), and have parents sign up for and pay your school for those tickets. If you…
NCSciFest sets new Guinness World Record
June 5, 2020 By Samantha Dikolli The North Carolina Science Festival (NCSciFest), the nation’s first statewide celebration of science, has broken a Guinness World Record for highest launch from a…
Take a walk through the solar system—in your own neighborhood.
…you from the Sun to Pluto, if you scale down the distances enough. In this model, 1 inch equals 100,000 miles. Every time you take 1 big step (a yard,…
Happy birthday, Durham! Your city flag is astronomically wonderful.
…the Pleiades are represented on Durham’s city flag. This star cluster (which has a number of other names, including the “seven sisters”) is located in the constellation Taurus the Bull,…
Morehead awarded $50,000 grant to provide science education resources for rural NC
…school science guidelines for NC Standard Course of Study and augmented with standards-based curricula. This project will also make possible a total of five summer science enrichment camps for children in upper…
Tips for viewing the 2019 Geminid meteor shower
…your sky. You don’t need or want a telescope to see meteors. Avoid white light. That includes phone screens. Be patient. Your eyes need time to adjust to the dark, and the…
Yoga Under the Stars: Benefits beyond the mat
…and connected with your own body: Gain greater flexibility Increase muscle strength Ease chronic back pain and arthritis Protect from conditions such as multiple sclerosis Stress is one of the…