There’s a new planetarium in town, and the Christa McAuliffe Space Center belongs to Alpine...
Category - Constellations/Sky
Lowell Observatory | Flagstaff, Arizona
Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, is famous for being the place where Pluto was discovered...
Meteor Crater | Arizona
Fifty thousand years ago a large meteor struck Arizona in the middle of the desert. Some folks in...
Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center
The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum has split into two different museums. The main museum is still...
Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral
We are huge space junkies here at Utah’s Adventure Family. We love the sky and the stars...
Great American Eclipse | Solar Eclipse 2017
We had an amazing experience with the Great American Eclipse on August 21, 2017. We are lucky...
5 Constellations Every Kid Should Know
Finding constellations is remarkably easy with a little help. We’ve written an entire series...
Find Orion, 4 stars, and a galaxy
This is the 3rd entry in a series about finding constellations. You can also learn to find...
Delphinus
Let me begin by saying that Delphinus is an advanced constellation. If you’re still puzzling...
Aquila
The other night I was with my boys under the stars. My five year-old looked up and said...
The Milky Way
I’ve been going for a long walk around my suburban neighborhood every night, and on most...
Sagittarius
Sagittarius is beautiful right now in Utah Valley where I live. It can only be seen from July...
Telescopes for Kids
I got my first telescope last year for Christmas, and I was so excited. It is called the Funscope...
Messier Objects
So let’s talk about Charles Messier and his famous objects. Messier was a French astronomer...
Natural Bridges National Monument | Family Guide
Natural Bridges National Monument is an amazing place in southeastern Utah, but it is not visited...
BYU Planetarium
BYU has a planetarium on the 4th floor of the Eyring Science Center. We visited earlier this year...
Corvus the Crow Constellation
Have you ever seen a pure black crow flying in the southern summer sky? I haven’t either. But...
Find Lyra Constellation
Picture taken from Telescope King Lyra is one of the most beautiful and interesting...
BYU Astrofest
The large telescope was focused on Venus. BYU hosts an Astrofest every May at the Eyring Science...
Blood Moon (Lunar Eclipse)
This was the best picture I got of the Blood Moon. On April 14th at midnight, the Earth cast its...