UofM Lambuth MD Anderson Planetarium

08/28/2026

Let Two Small Pieces of Glass: the amazing telescope expand your vision of the Universe at 1:30 this afternoon! Doors open at 1:15 for this eye-opening show!

08/28/2026

Are you ready for the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope this coming Sunday? Complete your party plans with this cosmic cake!

To celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of Dr. Nancy Grace Roman — NASA’s first chief astronomer and the namesake for the agency’s nearly

08/28/2026

Our Sun is obviously the closest star to Earth...but what it the closest star to our Sun? Get to know the Alpha Centauri system:

Centaurus the Centaur lies well south of the celestial equator. So it’s a southern constellation, and a huge one! It ranks 9th largest among the 88 official constellations. And the Centaur contains the closest known stars to our sun.

08/28/2026

Today is the last fun, fantastic Friday in August, so in our last look at astrobiology, consider this: has SETI been getting things wrong? Have we been listening for alien intelligence the wrong way? Consider this:

In the movie Contact, Jodie Foster’s character – the astronomer Ellie Arroway – sits by a row of radio telescopes, listening through headphones for signals from alien intelligence. This scene has become symbolic of SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). But now it turns out Ellie...

08/28/2026

MINDBLOWING

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

08/27/2026

EDUCATORS! With the recent solar eclipse and tonight's deep partial lunar eclipse, do you want to do a deep dive into eclipses with your students? Here's a great resource from the NASA Scientific Visualization Studio!

On August 28, 2026 (the evening of the 27th in some time zones), the Moon passes into the shadow of Earth, creating a deep partial lunar eclipse. At the moment of greatest eclipse, 4:13 a.m. Univeral Time, 96.3% of the Moon's disk will be within Earth's umbra. The Americas are centrally located for....

08/27/2026

If you're an early riser you can catch one of the signs of fall in the sky: start to look for the Winter Circle now before dawn!

Summer will soon be ending for us in the Northern Hemisphere. Although it’s still hot outside across much of northern Earth, our days are rapidly shortening now and our nights are getting longer. Meanwhile, a classic sign of winter looms large now in the predawn sky, as it does every year at this ...

08/27/2026

So how about this one? A NGRST knitting pattern?! Get those needles out!

Below you will find the color work pattern for the Roman emblem, the Wide Field Instrument focal plane, seen on figurine Nancy’s knitted blanket in the images

08/27/2026

All this week we've been posting about the NEWEST thing in telescopes, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and it's time to get excited for the launch on Sunday, August 30! Sign up to be a virtual guest at the launch and find out how you can share the excitement!

https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-virtual-guest-program/

https://www.nasa.gov/social-media/nasa-socials-program/experience-the-launch-of-nasas-roman-space-telescope/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202624

Are you ready for a new view of the universe? The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will reveal distant worlds, dark energy, and the structure of the cosmos,

08/27/2026

GLORIOUS

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.