A lot has changed since Morehead Planetarium and Science Center launched its massive project in spring 2019 to remake the popular destination into a "modern science center." To start, there's the ...

Morehead Planetarium's Zeiss Model VI projector, its centerpiece from 1969-2011, is highlighted against Saturn during a planetarium show. Morehead Planetarium archives. As the Morehead Planetarium and ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- For the first time in more than 50 years, the Morehead Planetarium is publishing a book! It's a children's book about one of the earliest leaders of the planetarium: Tony ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCT) — A planetarium in North Carolina has been nominated for Best Planetarium by USA Today’s Readers’ Choice 2025. Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill is currently in fourth place ...

From left, Amir Foushee, 12, Chandra Dunston and Paris Miller-Foushee wear protective glasses while viewing the solar eclipse during a watch party at the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at UNC ...

Morehead Planetarium: where astronauts learned to navigate by the stars. For 16 years, Chapel Hill, NC, was a secret space town. At Morehead Planetarium, 62 NASA astronauts, including the first to ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Morehead Planetarium, an affiliate of UNC-Chapel Hill, is ...

The North Carolina Science Festival (NCSciFest), presented by RTI International, will return for its 16th year this April, with the theme "Science Matters." An initiative of Morehead Planetarium and ...