This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, February 3, 2023. 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, January 27, 2023. 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
Cottontail Rabbit, Sylvilagus audubonii January 22nd was the official start of the Chinese New Year in 2023, marking the end of winter and beginning of the spring season. Each year, an animal from the Chinese zodiac is assigned in a repeating twelve-year cycle based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. 2023 is the Year of… Continue reading
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, January 20, 2023. 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
Black Bear, Ursus americanus Today is #MuseumSelfieDay! Our Collections Manager snapped a pic with Shadow, the Science Center’s American black bear, to celebrate. Did you know that black bears live in 40 of the US states? An estimated 100,000 of these omnivores live in Alaska where Shadow called home. Found only in North America, approximately 800,000… Continue reading
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, January 13, 2023. 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
Bird of Paradise Hat, ca. 1890-1910s At the turn of the 20th century, ladies in the US and Europe went wild over hats, and not just any hats, hats with feathers and whole taxidermied birds on them! The beautiful birds of paradise, like the one adorning this hat, were most desirable because of their brilliant… Continue reading
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, January 6, 2023. 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
American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Have you ever seen a white crow? Most of us think that crows are black, which is true, however some of them have problems with pigment disposition and show white in their plumage. A rare number of crows are all white, like this one, because of a gene mutation called albinism.… Continue reading
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, December 30, 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
