Astronomy Day will be celebrated April 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall, south of 14th & Vine Streets on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus. Prizes and a variety of hands-on activities about space, science and astronomy will be featured at this fun-filled event for all ages.

Activities and demonstrations will be on robotics, rocketry, planets, space travel, microgravity, physics, telescopes, meteorites, optics, the Moon and more. Other attractions include launching of rockets and presentations of the fulldome show “Earth, Moon and Sun.” Outdoor activities will be conducted, weather permitting.