Skywatching at home: See the space station fly (April 6, 2020)
…NASA flight engineers Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan. For email or text alerts about future opportunities to see the International Space Station fly over, sign up at NASA’s Spot the…
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The science behind the leap: Leap year 2020
…line with Earth’s orbit around the sun. Our calendar contains 365 days, but the Earth actually takes around 365.242 days to orbit the sun. To make up for this small…
Sunsets, Stonehenge and solstices
…and the Sun? Well, besides being a bummer if you enjoy late sunsets, the winter solstice features the sun at its lowest point in the sky. In specific science terms, this…
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…
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…
Why the Oct. 5th Observe the Moon Night is misnamed
…so if you hear the ending of a particular Lithuanian story about the Sun and Moon. According to this story, Sun and Moon originally lived together in the sky. They…
No, a black supermoon won’t rise in your sky tonight
…at all. At new moon, the Moon is in the part of its orbit around Earth where the Moon lies between the Sun and Earth. That gives you two reasons…
Your checklist for viewing the 2018 Perseid meteor shower
August 10, 2018 By Amy Sayle The annual Perseid meteor shower is underway and is predicted to peak the night of August 12/13, 2018. That’s Sunday evening into very early…
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…