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Morning Dance of the Planets
Bus Stop Astronomy October 2015 While waiting in the twilight at the bus stop, students can watch a slow dance of the planets as October...
Oct 19, 20152 min read


2015 GLPA Poster: First Midnight
Celebrating history through starlight. As South Bend, IN, celebrates its sesquicentennial (dubbed SB150) in 2015, the First Midnight...
Oct 14, 20153 min read


Trifles Among A Celestial Masterpiece
"Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle." -Michelangelo In astronomy there are lots of big, bold, badass concepts--from the...
Aug 27, 20155 min read


The Moon Occults a Star
You've probably seen illustrations of a crescent moon with a star within its pointed cusps, such as in the children's book P.J....
Aug 14, 20152 min read


Find Your Place
The 2015 Perseid meteor shower peaks Wednesday night (August 12) and into Thursday morning (August 13). Look up on either side of the...
Aug 10, 20153 min read


Our Pluto Flyby Experience
Thank you, NASA and the New Horizons team, for your inspiring work leading up to and following the Pluto flyby. Our community near the...
Aug 6, 20152 min read


#PlutoTime Images
New Buffalo, MI #PlutoTime New Buffalo, MI 2015 July 7, 9:29 p.m. EDT Venus is visible, with Jupiter nearby. South Bend, IN #PlutoTime...
Jul 7, 20151 min read


Timestamp: New Horizons at Pluto
Let’s photo bomb Pluto and leave no trace. Take pictures all week during Pluto Time. Image courtesy of NASA. Anywhere in South Bend, take...
Jul 7, 20151 min read


Planets Kiss as Predicted
On the last day of June 2015, the planets Venus and Jupiter nearly kissed in silent conjunction--stunning in the western twilight. That...
Jul 2, 20153 min read


Pluto Time
The New Horizons spacecraft will zip past Pluto and its moons on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at 7:49 a.m. EDT. For much of the day the...
Jun 30, 20153 min read