Public Observation Nights at Millikin University's Requarth Observatory are returning each Wednesday for spring 2022 beginning on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. (weather permitting). Public Observation Nights are free and open to the public.
Christmas 2021 saw the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) that now serves NASA as another eye in the sky.
For those that grow up in a "college town," there may be preconceived notions about staying close to home to attend a university. Students like Millikin University sophomore Theodore Fisher are breaking that barrier.
The following article comes from the Summer 2021 edition of Blue Review, Millikin University's Family Magazine
On Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, the two largest planets in the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, will appear closer to each other in a great conjunction that some are calling a "Christmas star." It's been almost 400 years since the two planets were this close and 800 since they were visible in the night sky.
Skywatchers on Oct. 13 were treated to an extraordinary site as Planet Mars reached opposition.
During opposition, Mars, Earth and the sun form a straight line, with Earth in the middle. As a result, the planet appears bigger, brighter and redder than usual, not reaching this close to Earth again until 2035.
NASA and its international partners are planning to send humans to Mars in the 2030s. Mission to Mars will challenge the frontiers of human collaboration as the crew lives and works in an extreme environment including prolonged isolation and confinement for the two-and-a-half year journey. Who should go on this journey? How will NASA build a team that can excel in this extreme environment?