Jupiter is almost due south at dawn; it outshines all the stars we ever see at night. Mars is in the south-southeast at dawn. It brightens a little each morning as moves away from Jupiter and towards Saturn. Saturn is in the southeast at dawn this month. Venus is lost […]
It’s Throwback Thursday and today we are going all the way back to 2009 to discuss a scientific fail. Galileo Galilei is famous for his astronomical observations and discoveries, but he could have been famous for one more thing! He was technically the first astronomer to observe Neptune while studying Jupiter’s moons in 1612 and […]
As planetarium astronomer, my job includes fielding astronomy related questions from the public. A couple of weeks ago, I received in the mail several perceptive questions from Madison, a third grader in Lawrence, Kansas. After answering them, I realized that the answers, and the questions that elicited them, might benefit many of our BEYONDbones readers. […]
Now in its fifty-second year, Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the international leader of innovative visual representation in the natural world. This prestigious competition and resulting exhibition, opening at the Houston Museum of Natural Science Jan. 27, stimulates engagement with the diversity and beauty of the natural world. On loan from the Natural History Museum […]
5555 Hermann Park Dr.
Houston,Texas 77030
(713) 639-4629
13016 University Blvd.
Sugar Land, Texas 77479
(281) 313-2277
21901 FM 762 Rd.
Needville, Texas 77461
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