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  • The Sky Tonight
    The Sky Tonight is a live planetarium show held every month in the Heikoff Giant Dome Theater. The Fleet's resident astronomer will lead you on a journey through the cosmos as we explore a new topic each month. The Sky Tonight show on the first Wednesday of every month starts at 7 p.m. or 8:15 p.m. No late seatings. After the night showings, the San Diego Astronomy Association provides free telescope viewing outdoors on the Prado in Balboa Park (weather and operational requirements permitting). NEW! The Sky Tonight: Virtual Edition at 7 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month, via Zoom NEW! The Sky Tonight: Family Edition at 11 a.m. on the second Sunday of each month Please note late seating or refunds for late arrivals are not permitted. Fleet Science Center on Facebook / Instagram
  • Protesters against masks, vaccines and vaccine passports march outside the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta in 2021.
    How the CDC could change under the next Trump administration
    If the new administration embraces proposals to cut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's budget and its mission, the public health agency could look very different than it does today.
  • Gary Blume picked up litter with a trash grabber at Allied Gardens Community Park recently.
    San Diego man is hoping to create positive ripples by making it easier to clean up parks
    Bill Nye the Science Guy once said, “To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people’s trash.” A local retired science teacher started a volunteer program doing just that — cleaning up others’ litter.
  • Fishermen from the Vezo community have become "ocean monitors." Above: They're diving around a coral reef in Madagascar's Barren Isles to collect data that can be used to assess ocean health and improve conservation efforts.
    Photos: Fishermen, known as 'Sea Nomads,' dive to protect ocean life in Madagascar
    They make their living off the sea, but their catch is dwindling. So these traditional fisherfolk are taking steps to preserve both sea life — and their livelihood.
  • Scientists found that the little windows in the heart cockle shells stream more than twice as much useful sunlight into their interiors for their algal tenants than harmful UV radiation.
    What a mollusc shell and fiber optic cables have in common
    A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire everything from helping coral survive to designing new camera lenses.
  • This image, taken from NASA video, shows the Boeing Starliner capsule coming down through the darkness over New Mexico.
    With no crew aboard, spacecraft Starliner lands without a hitch
    The spacecraft landed in New Mexico early Saturday morning leaving two astronauts behind on the International Space Station. The crew members will return to earth in February aboard a SpaceX craft.
  • Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind Technologies, speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, May 14, 2024.
    Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on proteins
    The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their work with proteins. The awards continue with the literature prize on Thursday.
  • TJ, 35, and Nicole, 41, came to Chimp Haven from the Alamogordo Primate Facility in New Mexico 2018. Another group is expected to arrive from New Mexico in the coming months.
    Frail chimps headed from New Mexico to Louisiana sanctuary
    About two dozen chimpanzees deemed too feeble to be moved a few years ago will be going to Chimp Haven after all. The NIH said originally they'd be kept in New Mexico for their own safety.
  • A deep sea shark and several eels are attracted to bait placed at the summit of the Cook seamount, as seen from the Pisces V submersible during a dive to the previously unexplored seamount off the coast of Hawaii's Big Island on Sept. 6, 2016.
    Scientists may have discovered 'dark oxygen' being created without photosynthesis
    It has long been understood that photosynthesis creates oxygen, but researchers believe they've found oxygen being created in parts of the ocean with no light.
  • Students from Wegeforth Elementary arrive for a field trip to the Institute of Contemporary Art in Balboa Park, San Diego, Calif., January 18, 2024
    ArtsBusXpress enriching student learning, one field trip at a time
    The ArtsBusXpress helps teachers cover the cost of transportation to arts and science destinations. Donations are needed to lift a hold on future field trips.
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