In the ViewSpace Theater, the museum will be streaming a special live broadcast of other Asteroid Day celebrations around the world. Hear from astronomy experts about the nature of asteroids and how they influenced Earth’s history. The video will continue throughout the day on June 30 during the museum’s normal hours. Find out more at asteroidday.org/live
Enjoy hands on activities for the family. Learn how to tell the difference between meteorites and Earth rocks.
This will be the last year that Asteroid Day includes the exhibition "Dawn’s Mission to the Asteroid Belt". This temporary exhibit describes how the Dawn spacecraft works and what amazing discoveries it’s made between Mars and Jupiter. A new information panel, on public display for the first time, will highlight sites examined on the dwarf planet Ceres at the end of Dawn’s mission. The curator of the exhibition, Dr. Tom Prettyman, will be at an “Asteroid Advice Booth” and available to answer questions during most of the event.
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