Support science for our future. Make a gift to the Youth Exploring Science Program today to help power connections to STEAM through efforts like these. Once again, teens from the Science Center’s Youth Exploring Science (YES) Program are headed to compete in the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship’s (NFTE) National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge. The National Youth… Continue reading
Tonight by 11:00pm, you will find the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn in the southeast. The Moon will be exhibiting a waning gibbous phase, with about 88% of the lunar disk illuminated.
On this date in 1973, the Soviet Union launched Mars 5, a probe intended to enter Martian orbit and comprehensively photograph the surface. Due to computer chip failures, the orbiter operated only a few days and returned atmospheric data and images of just a small portion of the southern Martian hemisphere.
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, July 23, 2021. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time, which is Central Daylight Time (CDT). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
In 1969 on this date, in the early morning hours, 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, and 18 seconds after leaving Kennedy Space Center, Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia plopped down into the Pacific Ocean about 200 nautical miles (370 kilometers) south of Johnston Island. Later, the astronauts changed into clean flight suits and entered… Continue reading
The full moon for July, often called the Thunder Moon, happens tonight at 9:37pm. You can look for the Moon to rise at 8:33pm in the southeast.
Jupiter’s largest moon is Ganymede. It was discovered in 1610 by Galileo. Ganymede is larger than the planet Mercury and it is the only moon that has a magnetic field like the Earth’s. It is also one of the moons thought to have a subsurface ocean that is estimated to be about 60 miles thick.
This intricately detailed elephant sculpture made of ivory features symbols significant in ancient Chinese culture. The crane is a symbol of noble character and represents longevity, long-lasting love and loyalty in marriage. The lotus flower on top symbolizes the heart and mind’s ultimate purity, and is used for religious purposes, in marriage symbolism and food… Continue reading
Looking west tonight about 30 minutes after sunset, you can find Venus, Mars and the bright star Regulus. Regulus will be the bright object a little more than 1° away from Venus.
On this date in 1969, Apollo 11 achieves the first landing of humans on the moon. The LM touched down on the moon at 4:18pm EDT.. Armstrong reported to mission control at MSC, “Houston, Tranquillity Base here – the Eagle has landed.” Later, Man’s first step on the moon was taken by Neil Armstrong at… Continue reading
