Skywatching at home: See the space station fly (April 6, 2020)
…the space station, Venus won’t look like it’s moving. An airplane. If you see lights that are red or green or flashing, that’s not the space station. A meteor. Many…
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Useful Science Podcast and Morehead announce a new collaboration
…discusses and translates scientific findings into useful tips for a broad audience. The podcast has been running since 2015 and has received more than 1 million downloads and 112 iTunes…
Morehead awarded $50,000 grant to provide science education resources for rural NC
…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…
Tips for viewing the 2019 Geminid meteor shower
…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…
Your checklist for viewing the 2018 Perseid meteor shower
…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…
How to find Mars in the sky
…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…
Never agree to marry the northern lights (and other life lessons from Valentine sky stories)
…onions for dinner tonight (Monache, USA) …why you shouldn’t neglect your heavenly weaving, no matter how attractive that cowherd on Earth might be (China) Image credit: NASA, ESA, Z. Levay, STScI/AURA…
Morehead hosts star-studded Jupiter Ball
…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,…
Can’t get eclipse glasses? You can still view the eclipse!
…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…
Finding the winter hexagon (and maybe your birthday star)
…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…