Fernbank Science Center

We are closed to the public effective immediately. This will be the case until further notice. Any changes or clarifications will be posted here and on our website. We look forward to seeing you all again! Statement from DeKalb County School District: We have been committed to keeping our community updated about the rapidly developing situation with COVID-19. Throughout the process, we have relied on the guidance from the Georgia Department of Public Health, Centers for Dise...ase Control and Prevention, DeKalb County Board of Health, Georgia Department of Education, as well as our state leaders. During today’s 3 p.m. press conference, Gov. Kemp communicated the following, Given the rise of the coronavirus, I am going to issue a call to action. If local communities feel it is prudent, you should consider closing day cares and schools as early as tomorrow through the next two weeks. As a result, Mrs. Ramona Tyson, Interim Superintendent of DeKalb County School District (DCSD), in collaboration with other metro area school districts, will close the school district on Monday, March 16, 2020, until further notice. All employees will continue to be paid and will work remotely from home. Student learning will continue through virtual learning assignments in the VERGE platform. We are exploring options for providing emergency meal service for students. All district and school sponsored events, activities, meetings, and competitions are cancelled until further notice. It also includes athletics, extracurricular, school events and systemwide events. More information will be forthcoming to our stakeholders. Please follow the District’s website and social media channels for more information. www.dekalbschoolsga.org See more

A new video feature from us. Enjoy!

Your guide to what you'll see if you have clear, dark skies this week. Enjoy this, and enjoy our wonderful autumn weather!

If you were with us a few weeks ago for the launch of SPOC, the University of Georgia's first small satellite, as it made it's way to the ISS; here is the deployment of the satelllite to its operational orbit from the ISS very early this morning. Ironically, it was deployed alongside a CubeSat from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. #AthensSquared

This week we will explore the Moon through the stories contained in the rocks returned by the Apollo missions half a century ago. And, courtesy of our friends at the Fiske Planetarium, we will watch a special sneak peak of "Forward to the Moon" narrated by Kari Byron, a fulldome feature set to be released next fall.

We are not showing the PLANET-arium Show today because of our Halloween Special at 4:30 p.m. EDT. Between 1 and 3 p.m., you are invited to view the live Georgia Geological Society Virtual Field Trip at https://www.facebook.com/GAGeolS

Please join us for a very special Halloween-Eve At-Home Planetarium Show. We will be joined by Dr. Michael Barnett, renowned particle physicist and executive producer of Phantom of the Universe: The Hunt for Dark Matter.