Jean Creighton

1 week ago | wuwm.com | Audrey Nowakowski |Jean Creighton |Graham Thomas

The weather is heating up in Milwaukee this week, but it’s not yet the official start of summer. Tomorrow, June 20, is the summer solstice — which is both the longest day and shortest night in the Northern Hemisphere. So what’s the difference between astronomical summer and meteorological summer, and what makes the solstice special around the world? Jean Creighton is WUWM’s regular astronomy contributor and the director of UW-Milwaukee's Manfred Olson Planetarium.

1 month ago | wuwm.com | Audrey Nowakowski |Jean Creighton |Graham Thomas

Science fiction in film tends to lean more into fiction and may not always be factually rooted in science. But when a film bases its storytelling or concepts on actual scientific theories both novices and experts can appreciate it. For our astronomy contributor Jean Creighton, there are a few sci-fi films that stick out. She joins Lake Effect’s Audrey Nowakowski to share why.

2 months ago | wuwm.com | Audrey Nowakowski |Jean Creighton |Graham Thomas

While we’re certainly not experiencing tropical weather here in Wisconsin this spring, you can visit the tropics at UW-Milwaukee's Manfred Olson Planetarium. Their April show “Stars in the Tropics” takes stargazers to different cities near the equator to explore different night skies and astronomical monuments. Planetarium director and Lake Effect astronomy contributor Jean Creighton joined Lake Effect’s Audrey Nowakoski to share more.

Oct 15, 2024 | wuwm.com | Audrey Nowakowski |Rob Larry |Jean Creighton

As we continue celebrating spooky season this month, perhaps you like to get a good scare by watching a horror movie set in space. There’s the classics such as Aliens or 2001: A Space Odyssey, but we don’t need fictionalized versions of space to find it scary. In fact, the longer and harder you think about space — the scarier it can get.