This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, November 5, 2021. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time which is Central Daylight Time (CDT) until November 7, 2021. This date is when Daylight Saving Time ends, and we revert back to Central… Continue reading
November 6, 2021 Tomorrow, Daylight Saving Time ends. Don’t forget to set you clocks one hour back. This also means we are now 6 hours behind Universal Time (UT) using Central Standard Time (CST). Sunset seen from Joshua Tree California. Image credit: Jessie Eastland
The Experience Flight team is thrilled to announce some big changes with our flight simulators! Our long-serving Ride Simulator, which we’d affectionately called “Blue,” has been swapped out for a new machine. Taking up the mantle from this popular machine is our new Adventure Pod, which we’ve appropriately named “Red!” This newly renovated machine offers… Continue reading
November 5, 2021 Today in 1906, Marie Curie gave her inaugural lecture as the first woman lecturer at the Sorbonne. She explained the theory of ions in gases and her treatise on radioactivity. Madame Curie would become a Nobel prize winner and authority on radioactivity. Marie Curie and her daughter Irène in the laboratory after… Continue reading
November 4, 2021 New moon occurs today starting lunation 1223. Additionally, Uranus reaches opposition tomorrow at midnight. If you have binoculars, you can find the planet in the constellation Aries. Location of the planet Uranus in the constellation Aries. Also labeled for reference are the Pleiades star cluster and the star Menkar in the constellation… Continue reading
Did you know that hornets construct their homes from saliva and wood pulp they chew and then shape into a nest? These paper-like structures are built in areas with plenty of shade and protection from the elements. The size of the nest is determined by the size of the colony, and some can grow to… Continue reading
November 2, 2021 Looking south tonight at 7 pm, you will find the planets Jupiter and Saturn. Those with a telescope, have a chance to see the Great Red Spot transiting across the visible face of Jupiter. The Great Red Spot will already be transiting once it becomes dark and will continue to be visible… Continue reading
Create Your Own Rube Goldberg Machine A Rube Goldberg machine, named after the American cartoonist Rube Goldberg, is a chain-reaction machine that uses purposely overcomplicated methods to accomplish a simple task. You can make your own by creating a series of simple machines like ramps, levers and pulleys! You will need: Supplies: Variety of household… Continue reading
Cardboard Engineering Try your hand at a variety of engineering skills using the simplest building material – cardboard! Turn your cardboard into a robot or a creation all your own. You will need: Supplies: Corrugated cardboard Tools: (use with a grown-up’s permission) Hot glue gun Scissors X-acto knife
Learn to Play Exquisite Corpse! This fun drawing game uses chance and teamwork to create surreal drawings. You will need: Supplies: Drawing implements of any kind Paper Family and friends
