summer | Morehead Planetarium & Science Center

“The Longest Night: A Winter’s Tale” is a one-of-a-kind fulldome planetarium show that captures its audience with a timeless fable...

We’ll tour the June sky as it appears from North Carolina and show you how to identify planets and stars...

We’ll tour the early July sky as it appears from North Carolina and show you how to identify planets and...

The best summertime meteor shower peaks tonight. Find out what a meteor (“shooting star”) is, what one looks like, and...

We’ll tour the August sky as it appears from North Carolina and show you how to identify planets and stars...

We’ll combine science and storytelling and learn to find some of the constellations in the summer and fall night skies...

We’ll tour the September sky as it appears from North Carolina and show you how to identify planets and stars...

The annual Perseid meteor shower peaks Tuesday night, August 11, into early Wednesday morning, August 12, 2020. Find out how...