By Emily Hilley-Sierzchula
The Highlander
“It’s okay to ooh and aah,” said the astronomy educator to the group of 8th-grade Marble Falls Middle School students who couldn’t help but react upon seeing the entire universe above and around them. Students reclined in the Discovery Dome, watching as day turned to a brilliant night sky brimming with stars and planets.
Over the course of two days, MFMS students got a 10-minute tour of the universe followed by “2 Small Pieces of Glass,” a program about the invention and evolution of the telescope, all while nestled in the black bubble of the inflatable planetarium in the library.
