Mercury makes its best evening appearance in mid-to-late March. For morning watchers, the best time to catch the smallest planet is late August to early September.
Venus can be seen in the morning sky until early April. After that, catch the brightest planet in the evening sky in late July until the rest of the year.
Mars starts slow in 2024. The red planet is in the morning sky but not easily visible until April. By November, it will be brighter and easy to spot.
Mercury makes its best evening appearance in mid-to-late March. For morning watchers, the best time to catch the smallest planet is late August to early September.
Venus can be seen in the morning sky until early April. After that, catch the brightest planet in the evening sky in late July until the rest of the year.
Mars starts slow in 2024. The red planet is in the morning sky but not easily visible until April. By November, it will be brighter and easy to spot.
The collections have been managed under various departments over the years, most recently as Insect and Non-Insect Collections in the Invertebrate Zoology Department.
Education Programs take your group on a 50-minute, guided adventure of a specific subject area. These hands-on, interactive experiences incorporate objects, displays and exhibits that support your classroom course of study and support specific Wisconsin Model Academic Standards.
"Do not look at stars as bright spots only.
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“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.