Planetarium News
New World Record Set!
What a day! What a party! What a tremendous event!
August 10 is a day to remember. That's when more than 1,701 people gathered on the green across the street from the Fairbanks Museum for the largest astronomy lesson ever. This extraordinary event started as an idea to do something different ...
Saint J. Subaru Stargazing Party (Weather Looking Good!)
We are go for today’s event, the weather is looking good! An RSVP is NOT required to attend this event. Please navigate to fairbanksmuseum.org/stargazingparty for up to date information.
We like to think big here at the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium and August 10th, 2018 is no exception. On that date, ...
June Astronomy
The planets are prominent in the skies this month, with Venus at its highest for 2018, Jupiter dazzlingly bright in the south, Saturn reaching its best late in the month, and Mars becoming fabulously bright, rising by 11 o’clock by late in the month. Our shortest nights still feature some ...
Space news of the week
Hi all, thanks for joining me! The following is an excerpt from my weekly space news and astronomy newsletter, and I'd love it if you joined in and subscribed! You can do so here. I take everything space related from the Museum, like StarStruck, Skywatch Almanac, and Eye on ...
Star Struck: Mission to Mars
The Fairbanks Museum's Bobby Farlice-Rubio talks to WCAX about the Mars InSight lander on this month's Star Struck. It'll arrive at Mars this November and is designed to investigate marsquakes. Also in this interview, Farlice-Rubio shows off some of the new ...
May Astronomy
May welcomes the return of some of the brighter summer stars, including Vega in the northeast, and Antares in the southeast. Leo the Lion prowls the southern skies through the month, with its bright star Regulus, while late in the month, the Summer Triangle begins its annual display, rising in ...
Introducing Our Summer Planetarium Schedule
We've got brand new shows in the works for Summer 2018 and are pleased to announced our new fulldome film "Rosetta: A Lifetime Discovery". Join the comet discoverer Klim Churyumov in the story about the origins of the Solar System and life ...
Star Struck: Defunct space station falls from sky
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 ...
April Astronomy
April starts with Venus climbing higher in the west, not setting until 2 hours after sunset by month's end. Jupiter also rises earlier each night, close to sunset at the close of the month. Saturn and Mars, low in the southeast before the morning twilight, enjoy a close encounter as ...
Astronomy Camp
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 ...