Experience intense cosmic destruction from the safety of our Hansen Dome Theatre. Clark Planetarium’s newest feature, Violent Universe: Catastrophes of the Cosmos, is a sure fit for those who enjoy the splendid beauty of our cosmic surroundings paired with explosive sequences and epic destruction.
Anthony Garcia wrote in to ask, “Why are planets perfect spheres, or at least appear to be perfect?”
Nature loves spheres. It can’t get enough of them.
It’s week two of our Clark Planetarium, KUTV-2 Cosmic Quiz and I’m enjoying reading through the many questions we have received. This week’s winner is Ramon Nieto and he wants to know, “Is Pluto a Planet?”
Short answer: Not anymore!
Long answer:
When Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 (through an amazing combination of brainpower, hard [...]
The ecliptic is formally defined in two different ways: 1) the path of the Sun against the background stars; and 2) the plane generated by Earth’s orbit. The solar system (or at least the system of major planets) is actually rather flat, so the ecliptic can also be called the plane of the solar system [...]
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