Stop by Morehead for a last chance to see a transit of Mercury in decades
…the solar filter, Mercury will appear as a small black dot roughly 1/200th the size of the Sun in diameter. However, we’ve got good news for anyone disappointed by the…
…the solar filter, Mercury will appear as a small black dot roughly 1/200th the size of the Sun in diameter. However, we’ve got good news for anyone disappointed by the…
…10/30 at 8PM, purchase your tickets here. For downtown Chapel Hill parking information visit www.parkonthehill.com. Media Contact: Malenia Swinton | Marketing & Communications Manager Morehead Planetarium & Science Center malenias@unc.edu 919.843.3474…
…a new Moon is up only when the Sun is up, too: all day. (You won’t actually see a new moon, though, because the Sun lights only its far side.) When it’s…
…Foundation—Advancing Informal STEM Learning Program The National Science Foundation’s Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program seeks to advance new approaches to and evidence-based understanding of the design and development of…
…don’t use that term. But some people have started using it to refer to a new moon that’s the second one to occur within a calendar month. Two new moons—or…
…recently acquired a Morehead Planetarium Medal given to Commander Neil Armstrong through a family estate auction, he knew that the stars had aligned perfectly to share the medal with his…
…a time. Does your viewing party include someone with an early bedtime? Here’s the good news: The Geminid meteor shower is famous for producing good meteor activity in the evening…
July 27, 2018 By Amy Sayle You may have noticed that Mars has been in the news a lot lately: It’s at opposition! There’s a big dust storm! There’s a body of liquid…
…Morehead Planetarium and Science Center annually, including 85,000 schoolchildren. Media Contact for Gates County: Tammy Boone, 252-357-1113, ext. 23 Media Contact for Saunders Family: Benjamin Saunders, Jr., 704-340-2191 Media Contact for Morehead Planetarium and…
…against the Soviets, none of them did. Their Morehead training ensured that the astronauts knew star positions to use as guideposts to point the way home. December 21, 2017 is forty-nine…