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Cosmic Curiosities

“Thunderstorms are as much our friends as the sunshine.” 
- Criss Jami, Contemporary American Author

Sensible Space Cents

Cosmic Curiosities

“Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something
that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true.”
~ William Ralph Inge, American Author

A Grand Finale at Saturn

Who doesn’t love a cool image of Saturn and its rings?

Cosmic Curiosities

“When you look at the origins and evolution of life on Earth, it's been severely affected by asteroid impacts through history."
- Rusty Schweikart, Apollo 9 Astronaut

By the end of 2021, NASA plans to launch three significant missions. One will help protect us from a big impact; another starts the journey to have astronauts walk on the moon again. The last one will send into orbit the world’s most powerful space telescope.

Cosmic Curiosities

"A total eclipse of the Sun...is the most sublime and awe-inspiring sight that nature affords."
~ Isabel Martin Lewis, American Astronomer

Eclipse Saturdays

Preview and prepare for the big solar eclipse on August 21! Stop by the Planetarium on any of these three Saturdays: May 20, June 24, or July 29. We will have a host a fun events and activities, including:

Cosmic Curiosities

“Justice is like the north star, which is fixed, and all the rest revolve about it.”
- Confucius

Stellar Speedway

Cosmic Curiosities

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
- Carl Sagan, American Astronomer

The past several decades have witnessed a flourishing Sami tourist economy, despite the harsh conditions of northern Scandinavia.

As agrarian development, mining, logging, and other social processes continue to threaten the nomadic lifestyles of herding Sami groups, increasing numbers of individuals are turning to tourism for extra income.

Cosmic Curiosities

“There wouldn’t be a sky full of stars if we were all meant to wish on the same

Life in New York

The Wisconsin Oneida are an Iroquoian-speaking Indian tribe currently residing on a reservation in northeastern Wisconsin near Green Bay. They originally came from upstate New York. The Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora make up the Six Nations League of the Iroquois. The Oneida refer to themselves as Oneyoteaka -- "People of the Standing Stone." According to Oneida traditions, there was always a large, red boulder near the main Oneida village in New York.

Potawatomi Culture

Potawatomi speak a language of the Algonkian language family and have lived in the Great Lakes region for at least four centuries. Throughout their history, the Potawatomi have moved and been moved many times, but their aboriginal territory was in Michigan’s lower peninsula. Oral traditions of the Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Ottawa assert that at one time, all three tribes were one people who lived at the Straits of Mackinac.