For the 70th anniversary of uranium being discovered in the Gas Hills, join local uranium industry historian Zach Larsen to learn about Wyoming’s uranium mining industry, its sudden rise, and its just-as-precipitous decline.
The Dubois Museum will host Tom Herret for a Wyoming Community Bank Discovery Speakers Series program on January 28th at 6pm at the Dubois Museum.
Tom Herret will teach us about basic astronomy. The program will begin inside the Dubois Museum, followed by a trip outside to look at the white lights in the winter sky. Please dress for being inside and out.
This program is free and open to the public and great for all ages. Contact the Dubois Museum at 307-455-2284 for details. This program is weather dependent and may change if it looks too cloudy.
Have you heard about the newest comet in our sky? C/2022 E3 (ZTF) may not be a very catchy name, but it’s still making a stir! The comet was discovered by researchers last year, who calculated that the last time it passed by Earth was 50,000 years ago! What was Wyoming like when C/2022 E3 (ZTF) last passed by?
Come to Dubois Museum: Wind River Historical Center to learn about the wild animals that saw this comet last, including massive mammoths, American lions, camels, and sloths. At a time when Neanderthals were dominating Europe and humans were starting to spread across Asia, the Earth was covered in the last Ice Age, coating down to the top of Montana, Germany, and Siberia in glaciers.
This is a Wyoming Community Bank Discovery Speakers Series program.