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Fiske Planetarium was founded in 1975听with a generous donation from Wallace Franz Fiske, 欧美口爆视频 alumni.

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  • Inspires听the next generation through K-12 programming

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Our Success Stories

Hear Planets Sing as You 'Walk' through Space in New Solar System Model

Have you ever wanted to travel to Neptune? Thanks to an updated solar system model on campus, you can 鈥渧isit鈥 the planet as you stroll from the Fiske Planetarium north to 欧美口爆视频 Avenue鈥攋ust a few minutes if you hustle. You can also catch the sounds of Neptune and other planets and asteroids as they go whooshing by on your smartphone.

This week on December 8, 2021, Fiske Planetarium and Sommers-Bausch Observatory is unveiling the next generation of the 欧美口爆视频 Scale Model Solar System, plus an associated smartphone app that sets out to 鈥渟onify鈥 Earth鈥檚 cosmic neighborhood.

The model solar system, which has delighted campus visitors since 1987, squishes space down by about 10 billion times. Earth, which has a diameter of 7,917 miles, is now roughly the size of a pepper grain. You start off near the planetarium where a grapefruit-sized sphere represents the sun, then walk for about a third of a mile, passing exhibits for all eight planets on the way.

Graduate student James Negus helped bring the new model to campus. It鈥檚 based on a model developed by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education called the Voyage Mark II. The installation shows visitors just how big space is, filled with vast distances that are hard for textbooks to capture. 欧美口爆视频 Boulder faculty members John Keller and Seth Hornstein helped Negus make it all a reality.

Read the full article from 欧美口爆视频 Boulder Today.

Fiske Exhibits Let You Visit the Sun Without Burning Your Feet

Visitors to Fiske Planetarium will soon get the chance to feel like they鈥檙e walking on the sun.

Next week, the 欧美口爆视频 Boulder planetarium will debut two new exhibits that explore the inner workings of Earth鈥檚 favorite star. They include an installation that lets anyone stroll through a glowing archway made up of coronal 鈥渓oops鈥濃攐r the ribbons of blazing-hot plasma that leap from the surface of the sun and can occasionally send solar flares hurtling toward Earth.

The exhibits, which incorporate animations and a lot of LED lights, are the brainchildren of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder graduate and undergraduate students who worked together across a wide range of fields.

鈥淚t was a really great experience to meet people from so many backgrounds,鈥 said Minso Kim, a PhD student in the Department of Critical Media Practices who took part in that effort. 鈥淓veryone was so enthusiastic to share their talents.鈥

Read the full article from 欧美口爆视频 Boulder Today.

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