January 28, 2022 If you’re up early this morning at about 5:45 am, Venus, Mars, and a waning crescent moon are all visible in the southeastern sky. The moon is visible between Mars and the bright red star Antares. Stars will appear to twinkle, or scintillate, while planets generally do not. With both Mars and… Continue reading
The Science Center and the Sheldon Concert Hall: A SOLID Partnership
Support science for our future. Make a gift to the Science Center’s Annual Fund to help support the Science Center’s education programs. For several years the Saint Louis Science Center has partnered with the Sheldon Concern Hall to offer schools the Science of Learning Instrument Design (SOLID) Project. With the SOLID program, teachers and their… Continue reading
Astronomy Fact of the Day: January 27, 2022
January 27, 2022 On this date in 1967, the crew of Apollo 1 — composed of Virgil I. Grissom, Ed-ward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee — was killed in a fire during equipment testing inside their capsule. The original mission wasn’t scheduled for launch until February 21, 1967. More information regarding the event… Continue reading
Lined Seahorse Collected from Gulf of Mexico
Is it true that the seahorse is a fish?! Yes, it is, but one of the most unusual looking fish out there. Instead of scales, they have rings of bony plates that form a semi-rigid skeleton. With a horse-like head and curved tail, it looks like the knight piece in a chess set. Did you… Continue reading
Astronomy Fact of the Day: January 26, 2022
January 26, 2022 At any point throughout the year it is possible to find the North Star, Polaris in the same location in our northern sky. Unlike other stars, it does not appear to move throughout the night. Instead, other stars appear to revolve around Polaris while it remains stationary. This happens because the axis… Continue reading
Astronomy Fact of the Day: January 25, 2022
January 25, 2022 On this date in 2004, the Opportunity rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars. Although this rover was only designed to last approximately 90 days, it remained active for nearly 15 years. Opportunity was successful in finding several pieces of evidence of past water activity on Mars. To read more about… Continue reading
Remembering Donna Wilkinson
This past November we were saddened by the passing of longtime advocate Donna Wilkinson, whose longstanding friendship and support of the Science Center (as well as numerous nonprofits across the St. Louis region) will be missed. For over two decades, Donna volunteered her time in service to the Science Center as a Commissioner, president of… Continue reading
Bee Blog – Scales
We have new toys in the bee yard! We recently installed broodminder scales under the GROW honeybee hives to help keep track of how they are doing without having to open the actual hives, which is especially challenging during winter. The scales take a lot of the guesswork out of beekeeping. Before, we could tell… Continue reading
Astronomy Fact of the Day: January 24, 2022
January 24, 2022 On this date in 1986, Voyager 2 successfully completed a flyby of Uranus at 9:59 PST where it came within 50,600 miles of the uppermost atmosphere. In addition to sending back images of Uranus and its moons, Voyager 2 used several scientific instruments to provide new data on the ring system, complex… Continue reading
Astronomy Fact of the Day: January 23, 2022
January 23, 2022 The moon is the only celestial body other than Earth that humans have stepped foot on. To this day, only 12 people have walked on the moon all as part of the Apollo program. However, the NASA Artemis program plans to send the next crewed mission (including the first woman) to the… Continue reading