# Event Details

- **Event Name**: WVUniverse presents: How to Sail the Solar Storms: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Explosive Events
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 30 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: The first WVUniverse talk for the new year will be an 'explosive' one!

WVUniverse talks are general audience, outreach talks that explore different fields of astronomy like cosmology, instrumentation, astrobiology, planetary science and more. Each talk is designed for all ages. 

After each talk, a fun Kahoot quiz is offered and the lucky winner walks away with a prize. 

WVUniverse presents: 
How to Sail the Solar Storms: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Explosive Events at the Sun and Beyond

Free and all ages welcome-bring the whole family!

January 30, 2026
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM EST

WVU Planetarium (take elevator to floor PL in White Hall)
135 Willey Street
Morgantown, WV 26506

Event Information: https://gwac.wvu.edu/blog/2026/01/08/the-first-wvuniverse-talk-of-2026-will-be-explosive-with-how-to-sail-the-solar-storms

Questions? gwac@mail.wvu.edu
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/morgantown/wvuniverse-presents-how-to-sail-the-solar-storms-the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-explosive-events/200029534526316
- **Event Categories**: contests
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 26

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029534526316?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=morgantown-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Morgantown
- **state**: WV
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 135 Willey Street, Morgantown, WV, United States, West Virginia 26505
- **lat**: 39.63287
- **long**: -79.95463
- **full address**: 135 Willey Street, Morgantown, WV, United States, West Virginia 26505

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology (https://allevents.in/org/center-for-gravitational-waves-and-cosmology/21451364)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 30 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 135 Willey Street, Morgantown, WV, United States, West Virginia 26505
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** contests
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about WVUniverse presents: How to Sail the Solar Storms: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Explosive Events ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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