Vanderbilt Dyer News Today

See our extensive calendar of summertime events and meet some of the interesting Nashvillians keeping this summer cool

The president of Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory brings outer space home

Whether you want to see country legends perform, visit beautiful state parks, or taste Nashville hot chicken, these are the best activities in Nashville.

From food and drink events to music fests and more, here’s some of the most enticing stuff going on in Nashville this summer

On Tuesday, Dec. 21, the Earths Northern Hemisphere will be tilted as far away from the sun as possible and well see the shortest hours of sunlight all year.

Billy is the Outreach Astronomer for Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory. A great deal of his time is spent engaging the community in astronomy through Dyer’s monthly public events such as Telescope Nights, Open Houses, lectures, and concerts; leading our summer science camps and field trip groups; going out into the community and delivering science content to outside groups, businesses and area schools; and developing materials for distribution in-house and online. Around the observatory, Billy deve...