Recent WKU Astronomy News
Hardin Planetarium "Star of Bethlehem" show has be
Monday, November 16, 2009
Come and join us for the Hardin Planetarium's most popular show of the year - a look at the night sky of Bethlehem the night Christ was born and the scientific evidence for several candidates for the Christmas Star.
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Public Observing Night
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Come out and dress warm for this Wednesday's November 11th Public Observing Night hosted by the WKU's Department of Physics and Astronomy!
Posted at 15:17
2009 Leonid Meteor Shower
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The 2009 Leonid meteor shower peaks on Nov. 17th with a sprinkling of meteors over North America and a possible outburst over Asia.
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2009 Orionid Meteor Shower
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Caused by debris from Halley's Comet, the 2009 Orionid meteor shower peaks on Wednesday, Oct. 21st, and forecasters say it could be an unusually good show.
More...Posted at 09:58
LCROSS Lunar Impact this Friday
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Come join us at Hardin Planetarium to be part of a very unique event. This Friday morning at approximately 6:30 am local time NASA's Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) will crash into a crater near the Moon's south pole followed shortly by its Centaur booster rocket. The spectacular double impact will be shown live on NASA TV and is hoped to provide concrete evidence of water on the moon.
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