
- Nov 6, 2016
- 2 min
Sun Stops for the Cubs
When the Chicago Cubs won the 2016 World Series, even the sun paused in its trek across the sky to take note. Around the June solstice,...

- Aug 24, 2016
- 3 min
Night Over the National Parks
Leave Them Unimpaired On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson deftly lifted his pen to sign the Organic Act. At that same moment,...


- Jun 21, 2016
- 3 min
Time Starts on the Solstice
How can you record the essence of time? Start with a beer can and duct tape. Photograph the sun's path between the solstices to create a...


- Jun 2, 2016
- 2 min
Lights for Indiana's Bicentennial Vision
For its 200th birthday, Indiana is "gathering big ideas the state should aspire to in the next fifty years." Ironically, the logo of the...


- Feb 25, 2016
- 3 min
300 Years Since Halley's Big Idea
Probably since time eternal, humans have wondered about our place in space. How could you not, gazing at a dynamic night sky emblazoned...


- Feb 15, 2016
- 2 min
Timelines of History and Starlight
An exhibit made by Ruth Craft connects 200 years of Indiana history to the distance starlight has traveled from Indiana's Bicentennial...


- Jan 14, 2016
- 1 min
Bicentennial Star Banner
An unofficial banner for the Indiana Bicentennial Star, adapted from the Indiana state flag, shows the constellation Pegasus around the...

- Dec 9, 2015
- 1 min
One Year Until Indiana's First Night
On Friday, December 11, 2015, the one-year countdown begins until the 200th anniversary of Indiana's becoming a state in 1816--and its...


- Oct 24, 2015
- 1 min
First Pilots
In Murun, Mongolia, residents tell about Khainzan Gelenkhuu, dubbed Mongolia' first pilot. He purportly jumped from 200 meters with an...


- 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...