…system’s innermost planet between Earth and the Sun. Another transit will take place in 2032, but the next one visible from North America won’t occur until 2049. Morehead Planetarium & Science…
…most common mental health issues of today. Mindful practices such as yoga, however, are an effective tool for stress management. Yoga can help create mental clarity and calmness for the brain,…
…Tickets 4:30 p.m. – Buy Tickets Stop by for a Halloween event of family fun, rain or shine. Tickets for the star show are $5 and are available now online. Space is…
…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…
…Center is a unit of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Morehead works to serve North Carolina and beyond by bringing together the unique resources of UNC to…
…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…
…learned about the time he spent at Carolina studying celestial navigation. It influenced me [to take] an astronomy course at Carolina – prideful that my labs were conducted in the…
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…sky. Although they are sometimes referred to as “shooting stars,” they are not stars. They are caused when small bits of debris in space hit our planet’s atmosphere and heat…
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…
