MSUM Physics & Astronomy Seminar Series: Student-Developed Planetarium Shows
Friday, March 31 | 3 p.m. | Planetarium (BR 167)
MSUM Physics and Astronomy Seminar Series Presents: Student-Developed Planetarium Shows
Friday, March 24 | 3-3:50 p.m. | Planetarium (Bridges 167)
Pacific Northwest Ecology (BIOL 308) summer travel course
Are you interested in camping next to the ocean, exploring tide pools, hiking in a temperate rainforest and traversing an alpine meadow? This summer travel course allows students to study general ecological principles and regional natural history within the context of a variety of ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest, including coastal, alpine, freshwater stream, lake, and river, and temperate rainforest […]
Life on Other Planets
Friday, March 3 | 3 p.m. | Planetarium NASA announced last week they have discovered a star system containing planets with the potential to support life. The TRAPPIST-1 system is comprised of a red dwarf star and seven roughly Earth sized planets. Three of these planets exist in the “habitable zone” meaning they have the right conditions to have water […]
Planetarium, Physics & Astronomy awarded Eclipse Outreach Grant
Sara Schultz, Planetarium Director, and Juan Cabanela, Physics/Astronomy Faculty, have been awarded an American Astronomical Society (AAS) grant to support 2017 Great North American Eclipse outreach. The grant will include partnerships with YES School, FM Boys & Girls Club, YMCA, CHARISM, and the public libraries of Fargo and West Fargo. It will support the purchase of solar scopes and eclipse model kits […]