Star Party at the Regional Science Center Fri, 8:30 p.m.

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 Alumna and emeritus faculty co-discover new exoplanet

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 […]

Eclipse events on campus

Join the MSUM Planetarium, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Regional Science Center, along with the Fargo-Moorhead Astronomy Club for a couple of activities on Monday, Apr 8, related to the eclipse from noon to 3PM. Planetarium: live stream of the eclipse from a location along the path of totality. Parking lot adjacent to the Center for Business, weather permitting: […]