StarLab

05/08/2025

Psst... We're Moving!

This page is going into deep space 🌌 But don't worry — the real magic is happening over at our shiny new page:
👉 facebook.com/OfficialStarlab

Come along for:
🚸 Tips for your classroom
📷 Fresh photos of our learning dome in action
💬 Thought-starters for educators
🎓 Real stories from real schools

Same Starlab — just with more fuel and fresher vibes. Go give us a follow — we’ll make it worth your scroll! 💫

The official Starlab page. Part of the Science Interactive Group

05/05/2025

Attention Starlab enthusiasts!

🚀 We’re blasting off to a new digital galaxy!
Like an old, scratched telescope, we’re retiring this page — still legendary, but ready to pass the torch to something brighter.

👉 Follow us at https://www.facebook.com/OfficialStarlab/ for:
✨ Out-of-this-world product pics
🧠 Brilliant STEM tips
💡 Inspiring case studies & stories from schools like yours
📚 Resources to spark minds

Let’s keep exploring the universe together — hit that LIKE button and join us on the new Starlab mission!

The official Starlab page. Part of the Science Interactive Group

05/04/2025

for this week, with worldwide content from our astronomer Chris Vaughan. Clear skies! (image by Cassini JPL)

This image of Saturn’s small moon Mimas was captured by the Cassini spacecraft during its closest pass in 2010. the large crater Herschel and its central mountain peak evokes the Death Star.

04/27/2025

for this week, with worldwide content, from Digital starlab user Chris Vaughan. Clear skies! (image by Ron Brecher)

This spectacular image by “Astrodoc” Ron Brecher of Guelph shows the bright spiral galaxy Messier 81 aka Bode’s Nebula at left and the smaller outburst galaxy Messier 82 aka the Cigar Galaxy at the right. They are near the Great Bear’s nose in Ursa Major. The pair will share the view of even...

04/20/2025

for this week, with worldwide content, from our Astronomer trainer Chris Vaughan. Clear skies! (image by Starry Night) https://astrogeo.ca/an-extra-low-morning-moon-smiles-with-planets-leaving-evenings-for-galaxy-gazing-lyrids-looking-and-the-arch-of-spring/

04/13/2025

for this week, with worldwide content, from our Digital Starlab trainer Chris Vaughan. Clear skies! (image by Wikipedia)

A sampling of galaxy forms. Clockwise from upper left: Messier 87 “Virgo A” (elliptical), Messier 102 “Spindle” (lenticular), NGC 1365 (barred spiral), NGC 4656 “the Crowbar” (irregular), and Messier 81 “Bode’s Nebula” (spiral). All except NGC 1365 are visible on spring evenings fr...

04/06/2025

for this week, with worldwide content from our inhouse astronomer Chris Vaughan. Clear skies! (image by Starry Night Small Dome) https://astrogeo.ca/lunar-sights-before-the-pink-paschal-mini-moon-covers-spica-uranus-sinks-out-of-sight-and-venus-gleams-in-morning/

03/30/2025

for this week, with worldwide content, from our astronomer and geophysicist Chris Vaughan. Clear skies! (image by David Chapman)

My friend Dave Chapman from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia captured this terrific image of Saturday morning’s partial solar eclipse shortly after sunrise from Seaforth, NS.

03/23/2025

for this week, with worldwide content, from Digital starlab user chris Vaughan. Clear skies! (image by Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn)

Meteorologist, pilot, and astro-imager Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn captured this amazing shot of the August, 2017 partial solar eclipse behind Toronto’s CN Tower from Saint Catharine’s, Ontario. See more of her work at www.weatherandsky.com

03/16/2025

for this week, with worldwide content, from Digital Starlab user Chris Vaughan. Clear skies! (image by John Deans)

This magical image of the sword of Orion was captured and processed by my friend John Deans when he was in Bancroft, Ontario on February of 2021. All three patches of light from top to bottom are visible to unaided eyes below Orion’s three-starred belt. Binoculars and backyard telescopes will reve...

03/09/2025

for this week, with worldwide content, from our Digital Starlab astronomer Chris Vaughan. Clear skies! (image by Michael Watson)

This composite of images of the total lunar eclipse of April 15, 2014 was captured and processed by Michael Watson. The curved shadow on the moon told the ancients, and us today, that the Earth is a sphere.

03/03/2025

for this week, with worldwide content, from our in-house astronomer Chris Vaughan. Clear skies! (image by LRO)

This image of the Lunar Straight Wall or Rupes Recta in Mare Nubium was captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. While the feature can be seen through binoculars, a backyard telescope will reveal more detail. (Adapted from NASA LRO)