Moorhead Alumna and emeritus faculty co-discover new exoplanet Minnesota State Moorhead Department of Physics and Astronomy alumni Mara DeRung, Fall 2023, and Emily Watson, Spring 2025, and Professor Emeritus Matt Craig are part of a team that discovered 4 planets around other stars. Data taken by Mara and Emily at the Paul P. Feder Observatory at the MSUM Regional Science […]
Come out to see the stars and do some hands-on activities. The Minnesota State Moorhead Astronomy Club and the FM Astronomy Club will, in conjunction with the Minnesota State Moorhead Planetarium and Buffalo River State Park, have several telescopes set up and some hands-on activities in the Minnesota State Moorhead Regional Science Center. Free and open to all! NOTE: This […]
Moorhead Department of Physics and Astronomy alumna Madelyn Madsen, class of 2023, and Professor Emeritus Matt Craig are part of a team that discovered 30 planets around other stars. Data taken by Madelyn at the Paul P. Feder Observatory at the MSUM Regional Science Center in summer 2020 was one of many data sets used to confirm that the object […]
The MSUM student Astronomy Club and the Fargo-Moorhead Astronomy Club are hosting a sky viewing open house at the MSUM Regional Science Center on Friday, Sep 27 from 7:30 -10:30PM. Lots of telescopes will be set up for you to look at things like Saturn, a blue and gold pair of stars, as many nebulas as your heart desires and […]
Join the MSUM student astronomy club and the FM Astronomy Club for an evening of night sky viewing on Fri, Apr 5, from 8-11PM, weather permitting, at MSUM’s Regional Science Center adjacent to Buffalo River State Park. The spring is the best time to see several faint objects in the nighttime sky; several folks from both clubs will have telescopes […]