Astronomy

Little things in a big universe: Friday Night Star Party honors ‘small objects’ of solar system
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 night. The lecture was part of the Physics and Astronomy Department’s monthly Friday Night Star Parties. The first Friday of every month, a different professor …

MTSU holds November’s First Friday Star Party
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 every month during the fall and spring semester and include lectures on topics such as meteors, black holes and stars. The lectures …

Final MTSU Star Party of the semester hosted by physics, astronomy departments
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 Star Party” series. The lecture, titled “Funky Fiziks in Film,” addressed movies involving eclipses and the upcoming solar eclipse that will occur on …

MTSU Physics, Astronomy Departments host First-Friday Star Parties
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 month’s First-Friday Star Party for students, faculty and members of the community. This year’s educational series of First-Friday Star Parties began on the first Friday in September, …