Category: Astronomy Camp | Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium's Blog

Star Struck: Defunct space station falls from sky

Posted: April 9, 2018| Categories: Astronomy Camp, Planetarium News, Skywatch Almanac Astronomy, Space Science, Star Struck, StarGazing

In this Star Struck, Bobby Farlice-Rubio tells us all about the Chinese space station that was lost in space until it crashed into the Pacific Ocean Monday. Watch the video for the full interview. The experimental space lab Tiangong 1 was launched in 2011 and ended service in… Read More

Astronomy Camp

Posted: March 14, 2018| Categories: Astronomy Camp, Planetarium News, Programs and Events

April 17 – 19 Our Astronomy Camp is a blast. Literally. We build and launch rockets. And it’s so cool to see something you’ve created soar into the sky! This year we will focus on the James Webb Space Telescope, an infrared telescope that is more sensitive and has… Read More

Phantom of the Universe

Posted: September 5, 2017| Categories: Astronomy Camp, Fairbanks Museum, Planetarium News, Programs and Events

Our Lyman Spitzer Jr. Planetarium is OPEN after a week of cleaning and upgrades. We’re NOW OPEN with new shows! Here’s a sneak peek at “Phantom of the Universe: the Hunt for Dark Matter,” a new planetarium show that details the mysteries of dark matter, from its gravitational effects observed… Read More

Engage for departure!

Posted: April 21, 2017| Categories: Astronomy Camp, Learning, Planetarium News

Although our three-day astronomy venture is over, many of us feel more confident journeying fourth into the future of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics! We began our third and final day with learning about theories and laws of science, specifically, equations. We spoke on formulas such as E=mc2 created by… Read More

Ready, set, launch!

Posted: April 20, 2017| Categories: Astronomy Camp, Learning, Planetarium News, Space Science

Day two in Astronomy Camp is now complete, but not without us getting thoroughly hands-on with our lesson of impact craters! Thanks to George Cobb, we learned how debris from asteroids form large, complex depressions, or craters, into celestial objects like moons and planets. Using measurements of angles we were… Read More

Astronomy Camp has begun!

Posted: April 18, 2017| Categories: Astronomy Camp, Learning, Planetarium News, Space Science

Day one has begun with our annual Astronomy Camp and our students couldn’t be more excited. Needless to say, our Museum educators are just as thrilled to begin a three-day long immersion in space and Earth science! Students arrived this morning and got to know one another with a fun… Read More

Explore Impact Craters in Astronomy Camp

Posted: March 19, 2017| Categories: Astronomy Camp, Learning, Planetarium News

Are you getting excited for Astronomy Camp? Here at the Fairbanks Museum, we’re planning to spend some time learning about one of the most recognizable features amongst our solar system: impact craters. More importantly, the large, complex depressions that form from meteors colliding into solid objects, such as planets and… Read More

Astronomy Camp 2017

Posted: February 14, 2017| Categories: Astronomy Camp, Learning, Planetarium News

This is an amazing time to be an astronomer! From movies like Hidden Figures highlighting the women behind NASA missions, to Juno’s encounter of Jupiter and Cassini’s last moments with Saturn, we will cover all the latest events in astronomy. Come to the Museum to learn about the history of… Read More