Solar Astronomy

Did you know that light from the Sun takes 8 minutes to reach Earth? Or that the sun, our nearest neighbor star, outweighs all of the planets in the solar system combined? Earth was formed from leftover bits of the sun 4.5 billion years ago, but even today the sun has dazzling surface features like sunspots and massive blazing-hot streams of gas that leap from the sun, called prominences. There are even bursts of particles that blast the Earth and create the colorful aurora in our skies!

In this interactive program you'll not only learn more about the science behind our mysterious sun, you'll get a chance to directly look at the sun's surface through special solar telescopes!

SAFETY WARNING: NEVER look directly at the sun without appropriate solar protection and instruction, permanent eye damage can happen instantaneously!

Registration is required.