By: Ryan Johnson, INFORUM MOORHEAD – While it was built with valid scientific goals in mind, the premise of the six-wheeled, 2,000-pound Curiosity rover and the engineering feat that landed it on Mars early Monday could strike some as more science fiction than reality. “We have landed a nuclear-powered truck on another world,” said Juan Cabanela, astronomy professor at Minnesota […]
David Weinrich, MSUM’s Planetarium Director, welcomed attendees at the opening ceremony of the International Planetarium Society (IPS) meeting in Baton Rouge, on July 23. Weinrich is serving as the president of IPS, and in this role appeared on local TV and radio spots prior to the start of the conference. The conference attracted 701 attendees, representing 44 U.S. states and 44 […]
Experience will be immersive, dynamic and far-reaching MSU Moorhead installed its new digital Elumenati projector and Uniview projection software last weekend and is now hosting free, public open houses to highlight the seamless visualization in shows that are more dynamic and far-reaching than traditional astronomy programming. The Planetarium open houses will be Sundays at 2 p.m. and Mondays at 7 […]
By: Sam Benshoof, INFORUM MOORHEAD – The farthest reaches of the universe are now closer than ever for the Fargo-Moorhead area. Over the weekend, the Minnesota State University Moorhead Planetarium, on campus in Bridges Hall, installed a new $60,000 Elumenati digital projector. The projector, coupled with special Uniview scientific software, provides the opportunity for the planetarium to expand its programming […]
Experience will be immersive, dynamic and far-reaching Imagine leaning back in a comfortable, climate-controlled room and diving into the depths of the ocean, flying to the mountaintops on Earth or soaring out to the furthest known quasar. This seamless visualization will soon be available in MSUM’s with its new digital Elumenati projector and Uniview scientific software. The new projector will […]