June 24, 2019—The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will host public shows at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 27 and Wednesday, July 17. The June 27 show is “Nine Planets and Counting.” How many planets are there in our solar system? Nine, right? Or is it eight? Maybe it’s ten, or twelve, or [...]
April 2, 2019—The Bushman Planetarium inside Agenstein Hall will host a public showing of “Nine Planets and Counting” at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4. How many planets are there in our solar system? Nine, right? Or is it eight? Maybe it’s ten, or twelve, or more. Take a tour to explore the variety of objects [...]
Feb. 25, 2019—The annual Missouri Regional Industrial Science and Engineering (MO-RISE) networking event will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 in the atrium of Remington Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University. More than 200 people have registered to attend, including almost 70 employers. Students will have the opportunity [...]
The Bushman Planetarium inside Agenstein Hall will host a public showing of “Journey to the Stars” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17. Witness the life and death of stars in our sky, including our own sun. Extraordinary images captured by telescopes on Earth and in space, combined with stunning never-before-seen images of physics-based simulations, will [...]
The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will offer public showings of “Mystery of the Christmas Star” several times in December. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall. “Mystery of the Christmas Star” journeys back over 2,000 years to Bethlehem seeking to discover a scientific explanation for the star the wise men followed to [...]
The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University presents a public showing of "Nine Planets and Counting" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall. “Nine Planets and Counting” gives viewers a tour to explore the variety of objects that populate our solar system. Along the way, we’ll examine each [...]
Faculty and staff from Missouri Western State University’s various STEM programs will be on site at the Sound of Speed Airshow Aug. 25 and 26 with experiments and hands-on activities related to science, technology, engineering and math. Exhibits that connect flight and aviation to nature and biology include "The Nature of Flight," which demonstrates wing [...]
The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University will have a public showing of “Wonders of the Universe” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 31. The planetarium is located inside Agenstein Hall. Peer deep into space through the eyes of the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope and travel back billions of years in time to witness the [...]
The Bushman Planetarium inside Agenstein Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University will have public showings of “Africa: The Serengeti” at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 26, and “Wonders of the Universe” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 8. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children, students and senior citizens. Tickets must be [...]
The Bushman Planetarium at Missouri Western State University presents “Secret of the Cardboard Rocket” at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 8. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children, students, military and senior citizens. Tickets may be purchased in advance at missouriwestern.edu/planetarium/. In “Secret of the Cardboard Rocket,” the audience joins two children on a [...]
