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‘Wayfinders’ show explores Polynesian navigation of stars and winds

Chia Yu Wu | June 4, 2023

De Anza College’s Fujitsu Planetarium presented “Wayfinders: Waves, Winds and Stars,” that taught audience members how to find stars, houses and directions on a compass on May 13. “The Polynesians...

Galaxy Hunting: Virtual Star Party for Astronomy Day

Carolyn Brown, Reporter | June 4, 2021

The De Anza College Planetarium celebrated Astronomy Day with a Youtube livestream featuring pictures of galaxies to showcase why spring is a great time to go galaxy-hunting. The YouTube livestream...

Galaxies on a screen: De Anza College planetarium educates students through Zoom tours

Michael Davis, Reporter | February 15, 2021

Although COVID-19 forced the closing of the De Anza College planetarium, astronomers Toshi Komatsu and Michael Askins have developed virtual tours for students from kindergarten to eighth grade.

Female student assaulted, campus police seeking more information

Jacob Sisneros, Editor-in-chief | January 29, 2015

Look for the full story in the next issue of La Voz Weekly on Monday Feb. 2.

First astronomy show of the fall sells out

LiWei Shih, Staff Writer | October 7, 2013

De Anza College’s Fujitsu Planetarium hosted a sold-out astronomy “Magic Tree” show on Saturday, Sept. 28. Families with kids waited in line to see the first showing of Magic Tree. The audience...