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Middle Tennessee State University professor Chuck Higgins delivers the first Star Party lecture of the semester at MTSU in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Photo by Lily Wilson.

Eyes on the sky: Friday night “Star Parties” at MTSU

Bailey Brantingham September 9, 2024

Feature photo by Lily Wilson Story by Siri Reynolds and Lily Wilson Despite the cloudy skies on Friday night, Middle Tennessee State University Department of Physics and Astronomy professor...

Blue Raiders, here is what to know about Monday's eclipse

Blue Raiders, here is what to know about Monday’s eclipse

Featured graphic by Destiny Mizell Story by Victoria Stone  If you want more news like this, sign up for the Sidelines weekly newsletter here! Find it in your inbox every Thursday afternoon. On Monday...

The Green Comet returns: What it is and where to see it 

The Green Comet returns: What it is and where to see it 

Stephanie Hall January 28, 2023

Featured Graphic by Stephanie Hall Story by Stephanie Hall After 50,000 years, the Green Comet is finally coming our way.   The comet, discovered about a year ago, is visible now with...

MTSU's first Friday Star Party

MTSU’s Friday Star Parties: Off to a Stellar Start

Ethan Pickering | Lifestyles Editor September 7, 2022

Story by Delaney Rohrs | Contributing Writer Photos from Middle Tennessee State University To many, the great mysteries of space will always be just that – mysteries. However, if you are looking...

Little things in a big universe: Friday Night Star Party honors 'small objects' of solar system

Little things in a big universe: Friday Night Star Party honors ‘small objects’ of solar system

Sidelines April 6, 2019

Photo courtesy of NASA Story by Emily Blalock / Contributing Writer  Jana Ruth Ford delivered a presentation entitled “Small Objects in the Solar System” in the Wiser-Patten Science Hall Friday...

MTSU holds November's First Friday Star Party

MTSU holds November’s First Friday Star Party

Sidelines November 6, 2017

Photo and story by Sabrina Tyson / Contributing Writer  On Friday evening, Middle Tennessee State University held a First Friday Star Party on campus. The star parties take place the first Friday of...

Dr. Klumpe, a professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department, gives a lecture on eclipses as part of the "First Friday Star Party" series.

Final MTSU Star Party of the semester hosted by physics, astronomy departments

CIM Digital May 6, 2017

Photo by Eric Goodwin / Assistant News Editor Astronomy and Physics Professor Eric Klumpe provided a lecture on eclipses Friday night in the Wiser-Patten Science Hall as a part of MTSU's "First Friday...

MTSU Physics and Astronomy department host First-Friday Star Parties this fall to engage students and the community. (Andrew Wigdor)

MTSU Physics, Astronomy Departments host First-Friday Star Parties

Sidelines October 6, 2016

Photo by Andrew Wigdor/ Assistant News Editor Story by Ryan Miller/ Contributing Writer After a week of cramming for midterms, MTSU's Physics and Astronomy Department will start fall break with this...

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