May the 4th be with you, Warriors!

Congratulations to all the Wayne State University students graduating today! You can watch the Wayne State College of Liberal Arts and Sciences graduation event virtually at 11am here: commencement.wayne.edu/clas

Some heroes don't wear spacesuits! Alan Shepard's flight wouldn't have been possible without mathematician Katherine Johnson! Best known for her work on John Glenn's orbital flight in 1962, Johnson also did trajectory analysis for Freedom 7. #60thAnniversary

The view of our Earth as seen by the first American in space. 🌎 On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard made history during a suborbital flight aboard a Mercury capsule named Freedom 7. On this day in NASA History Office: go.nasa.gov/3hbg5lw.

Don't miss it! Upcoming lecture by Angela Saini on Tuesday, May 25th hosted by Women in STEM at Wayne State and sponsored by the Office of the Provost. Register here for the Zoom link: rsvp.wayne.edu/saini2021 #WomenInSTEM #genderequity #WISTEM

This week the moon is visiting the planets in our night sky. On Wed a sliver of Moon will appear just below Venus at twilight; on Thur. you'll find it to the left of Mercury, and by Sat it will be just to the right of Mars. #fromdetroittothestars skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news…

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN for the NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program! Are you a grad student in an astronomy-related field? Are you interested in astronomical surveys, data science, and building better code? Don't know any of it but want to? forms.gle/7DzZ9qdxZwfbcz…

TODAY: The golden mirror on the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope – NASA Webb Telescope – opened for the last time on Earth. ✨🚀 Get the details about this important milestone ahead of the mission’s Oct. 31 launch: go.nasa.gov/3eCQvVd

✅ Finals ✅ Register for fall classes ☀️ Let the summer begin 😎 Save your spot at registration.wayne.edu.

We're got a great History of #Astronomy II show this Thursday evening and Sunday afternoon - from Newton to the present. Join us virtually! events.wayne.edu/planetarium/20…

Welcome home, Iki! 🐘Last week, Iki the Elephant was installed in her permanent home in Wayne State University's STEM Innovation Learning Center. 💚💛 Learn more about Iki and her journey to #Detroit: go.wayne.edu/Iki-Story

We've got our History of Astronomy II show tomorrow night at 7pm, and again at 1pm on Sunday. Please join us and bring your questions! RSVP here: events.wayne.edu/planetarium/20… #FromDetroitToTheStars

We couldn't think of a better name for a falcon born on the balcony of the building we call home! Proud SciParent. Welcome Aurora! #wsufalcons #citybirds #fromDetroittothestars #detroit #astronomy cc: @mi_sci GLPA Planetariums E&S | Spitz

Yesssssss. #CityBirds #Falcons #UrbanEcology #UrbanOrnithology

Welcome back to campus Wayne State students! How was your first day? What's your favorite class? #WarriorStrong

The #detroitpubliclibrary is partnering with the WSU Planetarium on a series of presentations around the JWST launch, with support from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Join us on Tuesday, October 26 at 6 pm: eventbrite.com/e/science-with…

Mysterious fireball races across Michigan sky, stokes speculation about what it might be rssfeeds.freep.com/~/670360230/0/…

The AMSMETEORS believe this fireball was due to the reentry of a satellite into Earth's orbit. Did you see it? You can report it here to add your data: fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_vi… #detroit #michigan #meteor #fireball

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