
- Oct 19, 2015
- 2 min
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 14, 2015
- 3 min
2015 GLPA Poster: First Midnight
Celebrating history through starlight. As South Bend, IN, celebrates its sesquicentennial (dubbed SB150) in 2015, the First Midnight...


- Aug 27, 2015
- 5 min
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 14, 2015
- 2 min
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 10, 2015
- 3 min
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 6, 2015
- 2 min
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...


- Jul 8, 2015
- 1 min
#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, 2015
- 1 min
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 2, 2015
- 3 min
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...

- Jun 30, 2015
- 3 min
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...