Latest Press Video from the Exploratorium

12/30/2008 International Rubik's Cube Competition 2009

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:30:01 +0100

Watch a few highlights from last year's Rubik's Cube Competition, and get ready to join us here at The Exploratorium on January 18, 2009, from 10am-4:30pm!

10/14/2008 Dispatches from Polar Scientists Preview

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:30:01 +0100

Join the Exploratorium for another season of Ice Stories:Dispatches from Polar Scientists. We will kick off this Antarctic season with a series of nearly 20 Webcasts, every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, starting December 7th through January 4th, 2009, at 1pm. Watch here for highlights from our last Antarctic season. For more information, please visit: http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/

8/17/2008 2008 California State Yo-Yo Championship Event Preview

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:30:01 +0100

All wound up with nothing to do? Swing by the Exploratorium on September 6th, beginning at 10am, for the 2008 California State Yo-Yo Championships. Meet National and World Yo-Yo Champions, watch daredevil tricks, and learn basic techniques from yo-yo masters. This event is included in the price of admission to the Exploratorium. Registration is open to the public and begins at 10am. Winners will qualify for next year's regional tournament. For more information, go to www.calstateyoyo.com.

8/1/2008 Live from China

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:30:01 +0100

On August 1, 2008, a total solar eclipse occurred as the new moon moved directly between the sun and the earth. The moon�s umbral shadow fell on parts of Canada, Greenland, the Arctic Ocean, Russia, Mongolia, and China. The Exploratorium�s eclipse expedition team (our fifth!) Webcast the eclipse live from the remote Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwestern China near the Mongolian border.

8/1/2008 Live from China Totality Highlights

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:30:01 +0100

Watch totality highlights.

7/31/2008 Live from China Telescope-Only

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:30:01 +0100

Watch the telescope-only stream of the total solar eclipse that occurred on August 1, 2008.

7/19/2008 Live from China Webcast Preview

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:30:01 +0100

An Exploratorium and NASA Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum Event

Overnight eclipse viewing party at Exploratorium begins July 31, 2008 at 9pm. and continues through Friday, August 1 in the wee hours.

San Francisco's Exploratorium brings its fifth eclipse expedition team to remote Xinjiang Province in Northwestern China, very close to the Mongolian border, where the Exploratorium will webcast a total solar eclipse live to the world. Spend the Night at the Exploratorium! See the eclipse in person live at the Exploratorium. Pack your sleeping bag and camp out on the museum floor for an overnight eclipse party...or come to the viewing party in Second Life and enjoy the live webcast, exhibits, and music.