'Hitchhiker' fans to meet at MSUM planetarium
25 May 2012, 1:01 am
MOORHEAD - Fans of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" are invited to gather at the Minnesota State University Moorhead planetarium today for Towel Day, an annual celebration for the late author.

Will Smith Talks Science, Mathematics And The Time Travel 'Paradox' With NYC High Schoolers
24 May 2012, 6:26 pm
NEW YORK -- The Hayden planetarium at Manhattan's Natural History Museum has been home to many famous voices over the last decade.

U of L to unveil portable planetarium
24 May 2012, 1:26 pm
The University of Louisville's College of Education and Human Development will unveil a new portable planetarium at a 10 a.m. news conference May 25.

WVU opening its planetarium for rare solar event
24 May 2012, 7:41 am
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The West Virginia University physics department is giving people a chance to witness a rare solar event that wont occur again for 105 years.The planetarium and observatory on the fourth floor of Hodges Hall will open to the public the ...

MSUM planetarium to host Galactic Hitchhikers Friday
22 May 2012, 10:31 am
Fans of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" will gather at the Minnesota State University Moorhead planetarium while carrying towels on Towel Day, an annual event on May 25 to honor the late author.

UNR planetarium orders 10k more eclipse glasses
19 May 2012, 10:23 pm
The planetarium at the University of Nevada, Reno has ordered another 10,000 solar viewing glasses in an effort to keep up with the big demand before Sunday's solar eclipse.

Lafayette planetarium moves into the digital age
13 May 2012, 5:42 am
The stars are shining brighter at the Lafayette Science Museum's planetarium. The Advocate reports ( http://bit.ly/KKu8EB ) that the planetarium reopened this week after renovations that included $500,000 in new digital technology that replaces 42-year-old equipment that until recently projected constellations on the viewing dome.

Museum Of The Rockies planetarium To Undergo Upgrades
11 May 2012, 8:56 pm
Museum of the Rockies' Taylor planetarium is set to get a major face lift.

planetarium has five shows on slate
11 May 2012, 12:19 pm
VISALIA — The Sam B. Peña planetarium, operated by the Tulare County Office of Education, will have five shows in May, June and July. The first show — Saturn: Jewel of the Heavens — is 7 p.m. Friday. Saturn was once a planet of great mystery....

Walker County's Smith planetarium back in business with new projector
8 May 2012, 11:18 pm
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. — When the Smith planetarium opened in May 2011 on Pond Springs Road, its namesake James A. Smith led the first program, pointing out constellations on the domed ceiling with a handheld green laser beam.

'Hitchhiker' fans to meet at MSUM planetarium - INFORUM
25 May 2012, 12:05 am
MOORHEAD – Fans of Douglas Adams’ “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” are invited to gather at the Minnesota State University Moorhead planetarium today for Towel Day, an annual celebration for the late author. MOORHEAD – Fans of ...

Will Smith Talks Science, Mathematics And The Time Travel 'Paradox' With NYC High Schoolers - Huffington Post
24 May 2012, 9:13 pm
NEW YORK -- The Hayden planetarium at Manhattan's Natural History Museum has been home to many famous voices over the last decade. Tom Hanks, Liam Neeson, Harrison Ford and Robert Redford have all hosted space-related video presentations within ...

Stellarium Brings a 3D planetarium To Your BlackBerry PlayBook - Berry Review.com
22 May 2012, 5:05 pm
Stellarium is an amazing 3D planetarium software that was just ported to the PlayBook. The app is based on the open source Stellarium Linux/Windows project and does a great job of making it all touch friendly. I am not sure if the developer is ...

Solar eclipse sparks curiosity at local colleges, public events - San Gabriel Valley Tribune
20 May 2012, 11:27 pm
The college set up solar telescopes and free solar-safe viewers at Randall planetarium, along with a craft station where children could build paper rockets for a $2 donation, and a free planetarium feature film titled "Secrets of the Sun."

Rare eclipse draws crowds of thousands across Utah (+video) - Deseret News
20 May 2012, 10:44 pm
With eclipse glasses and viewers sold out at many stores, people congregated on the landing south of Olympic Legacy Plaza to peer through pinhole viewers and solar telescopes set up by Clark planetarium and the University of Utah observatory.

UNR planetarium orders 10k more eclipse glasses - Las Vegas Sun
19 May 2012, 7:22 am
The planetarium at the University of Nevada, Reno has ordered another 10,000 solar viewing glasses in an effort to keep up with the big demand before Sunday's solar eclipse. The Fleischmann planetarium and Science Center sold out of the special ...

Lafayette planetarium moves into the digital age - News-Star
13 May 2012, 6:42 pm
LAFAYETTE (AP) — The stars are shining brighter at the Lafayette Science Museum’s planetarium. The planetarium reopenedafter renovations that included $500,000 in new digital technology that replaces 42-year-old equipment that until recently ...

CM inaugurates planetarium at Goa Science Centre - New Kerala
12 May 2012, 10:15 am
Panaji, May 12 : Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today stressed upon the importance of developing scientific outlook among students and said curiosity, observation and logical thinking are important aspects in this direction. He was speaking after ...

planetarium has five shows on slate - Porterville Recorder
11 May 2012, 11:06 am
VISALIA — The Sam B. Peña planetarium, operated by the Tulare County Office of Education, will have five shows in May, June and July. The first show — Saturn: Jewel of the Heavens — is 7 p.m. Friday. Saturn was once a planet of great mystery.

Museum aims to make planetarium a star - Bozeman Daily Chronicle
11 May 2012, 1:12 am
Not all the dinosaurs at the Museum of the Rockies are the “Jurassic Park” kind. The museum’s Taylor planetarium uses star-show technology that’s so out of date, it was called a “dinosaur” at Thursday’s annual meeting of museum members.