This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, December 16, 2022. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time which is Central Standard Time (CST). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
Ship Model – ca. 1950s. The majestic Fragata Espanola was a ship of the Spanish Navy, launched in 1780. She fought in the battle of Cape St. Vincent, off the southern coast of Portugal in January 1780 during the American Revolutionary War. Since Spain supported the American colonists’ war of independence, Spanish frigates were used… Continue reading
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, December 9, 2022. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time which is Central Standard Time (CST). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, December 2, 2022. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time which is Central Standard Time (CST). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, November 25, 2022. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time which is Central Standard Time (CST). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
Fossil Skull Collected from South Dakota This skull belonged to an oreodont, an extinct North American herbivore that lived during the MiddleEocene through the end of the Miocene epoch-between roughly 40 million and 5.3 million years ago. They looked like a mix between a sheep, a camel, and a pig. They had short faces, fang-like… Continue reading
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, November 18, 2022. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time which is Central Standard Time (CST). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
Japanese Maskca.19th century Fearsome, right? This mask is of the character Konron, a savage demon portrayed in the religious dance-drama called gigaku. Gigaku were plays performed for the imperial Japanese court from the 7th to the 10th centuries. Even though Konron looks pretty scary, his role was interpreted in a comical way meant to make… Continue reading
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, November 11, 2022. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time which is Central Standard Time (CST). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
