Geek Week: Panthers in Space
Tune in for a chat with Darian Dixon, UWM Alumni and Mission Operations Specialist for the Mars Curiosity Rover, about careers in space exploration and representation in STEM. Click Here for the Zoom Link
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Northern Lights
Back by popular demand! Enjoy the radiance of the night sky and colorful displays of dancing lights with a behind-the-scenes tour of the science behind one of nature’s most remarkable light shows. We’ll take questions at the end of the …
Northern Lights
Back by popular demand! Enjoy the radiance of the night sky and colorful displays of dancing lights with a behind-the-scenes tour of the science behind one of nature’s most remarkable light shows. We’ll take questions at the end of the …
Bad*** Women in Science
Tune in for a chat on Instagram Live (@uwmplanetarium) with Dr. Jean Creighton, UWM Planetarium director, and Miranda Ramirez-Vang, fourth-year pre-medical student at UWM, about their experiences in STEM. Cosponsored by the Women's Resource Center. Dr. Jean Creighton has been …
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Asian Celebrations
Experience celestial celebrations across Asia, from the Chinese New Year to the Japanese Spring Blossom festival. Each date features a different guest speaker who will talk about their country, culture, and connections to the night sky. We’ll take questions at …
Asian Celebrations
Experience celestial celebrations across Asia, from the Chinese New Year to the Japanese Spring Blossom festival. Each date features a different guest speaker who will talk about their country, culture, and connections to the night sky. We’ll take questions at …
Asian Celebrations
Experience celestial celebrations across Asia, from the Chinese New Year to the Japanese Spring Blossom festival. Each date features a different guest speaker who will talk about their country, culture, and connections to the night sky. We’ll take questions at …
Bizarre Black Holes
Join black hole expert and senior member of the LIGO scientific collaboration, Dr. Jolien Creighton, as he dissects major discoveries from the last 5 years related to black holes, gravitational waves, and neutron stars. Sign Up Here! If you enjoy …
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Glorious Galaxies
While our own solar system is a mere speck in our galaxy that is approximately 100,000 light years in diameter, there are even more enormous galaxies in existence. In fact, there are over 170 billion galaxies in the observable universe. …
NASA’s SOFIA: The World’s Largest Moving Observatory
Selected by NASA to be an Airborne Astronomy Ambassador, UWM Planetarium Director Dr. Jean Creighton spent 20 hours in the stratosphere on NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)—the largest moving observatory in the world. Dr. Creighton will share her …