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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


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


Moon Shadowed Sept. 27
On Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, a total lunar eclipse occurs when the moon glides through two shadows cast by the earth--a faint penumbral...
Jun 4, 20151 min read


Transit of Mercury, 9 May 2016
The countdown has begun. On May 9, 2016, start your Monday morning with a transit of Mercury, when the innermost planet is visible...
May 8, 20151 min read


Space Station Buzzes by Planets
April 6 The ISS rises in the the southwest around 8:46 p.m. EDT. It peaks in brightness (mag.= -3.4) around 8:49:20 p.m., right when...
Apr 2, 20152 min read


Total Lunar Eclipses in 2015
An illustrated video from California Academy of Science explains why eclipses occur and what causes that reddish hue (spoiler alert:...
Mar 31, 20152 min read


Paper Plate "Man on the Moon"
Andy Bowers from Bristol, TN, created the Man in the Moon paper plate activity for his very young students. He describes below how to...
Feb 26, 20152 min read


Gelatin Telescope
Gelatin Telescope Posted by admin on May 21, 2014 Ruth Craft, former director of the planetarium at Kennedy Primary Academy in South...
May 21, 20141 min read


Welcome Spring
Welcome Spring Posted by admin on March 25, 2014 After a long winter in the Midwest, a unique celebration welcomed the vernal equinox...
Mar 25, 20146 min read


Lunar Eclipse Shadows
Lunar Eclipse Shadows Posted by admin on March 17, 2014 Adapted from Activity: Lunar Eclipse Because the sun has a significant apparent...
Mar 17, 20142 min read













































































































