Take a walk through the solar system—in your own neighborhood.
…Take 10 big steps to get to Mercury. Pack a very special spacesuit for Mercury’s daytime side, where temperatures can reach 800 degrees Fahrenheit. At night it can be more…
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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,…
The meteor shower drought is OVER!
…appear to come from nearby is late in the night or early in the morning, when Lyra is high overhead. It can be easy to get your hopes up about…
Skywatching at home: See the space station fly (April 6, 2020)
…at its highest point, near the very top of the sky. At 8:37 p.m., the space station will disappear into Earth’s shadow, in the southeast. Note: These pass details are…
What’s up in the pre-dawn sky?
…Play connect-the-dots in your mind to see a backward question mark of stars. Star hop with the Big Dipper. The Big Dipper currently lies high in the northern pre-dawn sky. See…
Useful Science Podcast and Morehead announce a new collaboration
…Podcast can continue providing high quality content that explains important concepts to a broad audience of scientists and non-scientists. Recent podcast episodes have communicated studies about the science of pets,…
Sunsets, Stonehenge and solstices
…to pinpoint these movements and carefully chart how the shadows would land at a certain point in the day or year. During the winter solstice, the sunset perfectly aligns with the…
GSK renews Science in the Summer™
…which provides free, high-quality science education to underrepresented and underserved populations during the summer, was designed to combat the “summer slide.” The “summer slide” affects children who do not participate…
New Year event cancellation
…event. The highly attended, sold-out event attracts more than 5,000 people from the Triangle and surrounding areas each year. “This was a difficult decision to make,” says Susan Durham, Director…
Morehead awarded $50,000 grant to provide science education resources for rural NC
…Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to Morehead Planetarium and Science Center for a new project that will help address equity in access to high quality science education resources in…