STEAM Education & Research
Family Astronomy Night, Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 7 PM EST – VIRTUAL EVENT
Saturn: Our Most Beautiful Planet Did you know that Saturn is the furthest of the planets that we can easily see with our unaided eye? Have you heard that, while Saturn is many times larger and heavier than Earth, it is so light for its size that it would float on water? Are you aware that, while humans have sent nearly 50…
Family Astronomy Night, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 7 PM EST – VIRTUAL EVENT
Please check back soon for a recording of this presentation! Exoplanets: Other Worlds Beyond Our Solar System People have known about planets since ancient times. But all of those planets orbit our sun. What about all the other stars? Astronomers have been hoping to find planets around them—exoplanets—for centuries. Yet did you know that not a single exoplanet was found to orbit…
Family Astronomy Night, Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 7 PM EST – VIRTUAL EVENT
Please check back soon for a recording of this presentation! Star Birth: How Our Night Sky Came to Be Zoom link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/98568624049 Password: MSU Did you know that everything we understand about star birth has been learned only in the last hundred years? There are so many questions for scientists to answer! What does it actually mean for a star to be…
Family Astronomy and Telescope Night
Learn all about Jupiter and Saturn on Friday, September 27 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.
Canceled: Astronomy and Telescope Night
Did you know that this is a great time to see our neighboring planets without having to wait until late into the night? The Moon, Mars, and Saturn are all visible in the early evening sky this month, both by eye and by telescope. Come to see them from MSU St. Andrews in Midland, and take advantage of the earlier darkness that…
