Hiltonia Association

Education/Learning

Name: Science Under the Stars: An Astronomer’s View on Climate
Start: 2025-12-20T16:15:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-20T17:15:00-05:00
Location: NJ State Museum

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December 2025
December 6 @ 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm

Winter Meteor Shower Talk

NJ State Museum 205 West State Street, Trenton, NJ, United States

Education/Learning

Trying to catch a shooting star? Join us in the Planetarium for a free talk with Michael Pedowitz, State Museum Planetarium Technician and learn about the Geminid and Quadrantid meteor showers, including when, where, and how to look for them. We'll also talk about other small objects in our Solar System, such as comets and […]
December 20 @ 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm

Science Under the Stars: An Astronomer’s View on Climate

NJ State Museum 205 West State Street, Trenton, NJ, United States

Education/Learning

Join us in the Planetarium for this free talk with Dr. Jacob Hamer, Museum Assistant Curator of Planetarium Education. Over the last 800,000 years glacial ice caps miles deep advanced and retreated across North America at least eight times. These cyclic changes in Earth climate are connected to small cyclic variations in Earth’s orbit called […]