Think about your favorite science fiction space opera. Whether it’s Star Wars, Star Trek, or something more obscure like Larry Niven’s Ringworld novels, sooner or later someone’s going to jump into a spaceship, mutter some mumbo jumbo about warp drives, light jumps or wormholes and go winging past the stars at some fantastic speed, crossing […]
Lunar Party at UW Milwaukee
“One small step for man, one giant step for mankind.” Those words .. missing article and all… were broadcast around the world on July 20, 1969, as Neil Armstrong became the first human being to set foot on the surface of the moon. Fifty years later, Armstrong’s footprint still remains, thanks to the airless, waterless […]
UW-Milwaukee Planetarium Births New Exhibit
We all know about the Big Bang, or at least have heard about it, but what really happened to create all the stellar constellations, galaxy clusters and our very own pale blue dot in the universe? Astronomers have some clues about how it may have happened, but much remained unsolved and up for speculation by […]
Planetarium Show: “Indigenous Voices-Sharing the Wisconsin Sky&#...
When we look into the night sky, we all know about Cassiopea, Orion the Hunter, Draco the Dragon, or Leo the Lion, all named after Greek myths. But, not everyone looks at the stars through the same lens. The Manfred Olson Planetarium in Milwaukee is hosting Indigenous Voices-Sharing the Night Sky March 23 through May […]
