WVU Planetarium

WVU Planetarium More than just an entertaining look at our universe, the WVU planetarium features a variety of profe

For more than 30 years, the planetarium at West Virginia University has given the Morgantown – and surrounding communities – a glimpse into worlds beyond our own! Sitting atop White Hall, the planetarium serves thousands of people each year, including hundreds of WVU students. More than just an entertaining look at our universe, the planetarium features a variety of professionally created shows ea

ch year. Each show begins with a current sky show pointing out visible constellations, planets, and other exciting astronomical objects. Visitors then can see a variety of feature presentations that are both educational and entertaining. At the conclusion of the public show, guests are invited to see our observatory and take a look through our new 14” Celestron telescope at what is currently visible in the night sky.

Public night this Friday at the WVU Planetarium. See the show "A New Blue - the Exoplanet Movie" at 8 PM. Register at pl...
08/25/2026

Public night this Friday at the WVU Planetarium. See the show "A New Blue - the Exoplanet Movie" at 8 PM. Register at planetarium.wvu.edu/shows

04/29/2026

Join us on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 6:00 PM in White Hall G09 for the 2026 Cooper Lecture. This year's lecture will feature Professor Feryal Özel of Georgia Tech. Her talk is titled "In Search of the Small and the Big." A reception will precede the lecture at 5:30 PM in White Hall 105.

Read Dr. Özel's abstract and biography on our website:
🔗 https://physics.wvu.edu/news-and-events/colloquia/cooper-lecture-series/cooper-lecture

ℹ️ | The Cooper Lecture Series honors the legacy of Professor Bernard R. Cooper. Lectures are held annually during the spring semester. Professor Bernard R. Cooper received his B.S. in Physics from MIT in 1957 and his Ph. D. in Physics from the University of California – Berkeley in 1961 working with Charles Kittel. He joined the WVU Department of Physics and Astronomy in 1974 as the Benedum Professor of Physics after working at Harvard and General Electric. He was an expert in the theory of magnetism, especially the magnetic properties of rare earth and actinide metals. He was a fellow of the American Physical Society. The Cooper Lecture series was dedicated in his honor at the time of his retirement in 2003. Professor Cooper passed away in 2013.



WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology
Georgia Tech

04/27/2026

What goes into the process of capturing an image of a black hole?
Our next WVUniverse speaker was the pioneer scientist who led the Event Horizon Telescope project that imaged the first black hole. Join us on April 28th for a special finale talk. Free and all ages welcome. Bring the whole family and your questions!

WVU Department of Physics and Astronomy
WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
West Virginia University
WVU Planetarium
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WVU

Join us in the WVU Planetarium for an Earth Day showing of the fulldome film "Dynamic Earth" on April 22 at 4 PM! Regist...
04/18/2026

Join us in the WVU Planetarium for an Earth Day showing of the fulldome film "Dynamic Earth" on April 22 at 4 PM! Register online at planetarium.wvu.edu/showtimes 🌍

04/08/2026

Last but not least!
Our final WVUniverse talk for the spring promises to be a proper finale.
Taking pictures of black holes was once thought impossible. The Event Horizon Telescope has made it a reality and now lets us place the strongest tests yet on Einstein's theories in the most extreme environments in the Universe.

Join us as we explore black holes and the future of visual observation and exploration.

All are welcome to join us in the WVU Planetarium dome for "Touching Infinity: Imaging Black Holes and Testing Gravity" with our special guest, Prof. Dimitrios Psaltis.
April 28, 2026
6:30 PM EST
135 Willey Street, Morgantown WV
Talk elevators to floor PL
Free and no reservations required. We hope to see you there!
Details: https://gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2026/04/03/final-wvuniverse-talk-of-the-spring-explores-imaging-black-holes-with-dimitrios-psaltis

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