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The North Carolina Science Festival (NCSciFest) has broken a Guinness World Record for highest launch from a Galilean cannon.

Morehead is leading efforts to empower the public with resources to discover and explore science from home.  

Meet Jacob Koehler, a senior from Wilmington, NC.

View the Lyrid meteor shower at its peak during the night of April 21/22, 2020.

You can use the free planetarium software Stellarium (stellarium.org) to learn the night sky.

Meet Melissa Fernandez, a senior from Apex, NC. Melissa, double majoring in Journalism and Political Science, has worked in a...

Meet Annie Bocko, a senior double majoring in Hispanic Linguistics and Human Development and Family Studies.

Meet Kat Timm, our Student Graphic Designer from Fairbanks, Alaska.

Useful Science and the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center have announced a new collaboration on the Useful Science Podcast.

Morehead Planetarium & Science Center to unveil new website in January 2020.

Join us for the UNC Science Expo (April 1 | 11 am-4pm)