7:00 pm - 8:00 pm One Sky Project May 27 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm One Sky Project The concept for each film was conceived by the One Sky Project partnership to showcase the ways different cultures see and interpret humanity’s shared sky. The One Sky Project collaborative was convened in the summer of 2019 and involved astronomers, planetarium professionals, educators, and cultural experts from Canada, China, India, Japan, and the United States.... Free
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Back to the Moon for Good May 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Back to the Moon for Good Back to The Moon for Good begins with a tour through the history of lunar exploration, tracing back to the 1960s and 1970s. We hear from some of the teams racing to land a robotic spacecraft on the moon and win the Google Lunar XPRIZE. The audience is taken on a successful launch, landing and... Free
2:00 pm Huba Bodor – voice, piano and violin June 2 @ 2:00 pm Huba Bodor – voice, piano and violin June 2, 2pm in Michelsen Hall
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Supermassive Black Holes June 3 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Supermassive Black Holes Shed light on the physics of black hole formation! Leading scientists in observational and theoretical studies of black holes and galaxies, industrial experts in cutting-edge big technologies, and professionals in science dissemination have been brought together to set up research projects which will combine the latest state-of-the-art observations, numerical simulations and innovative analytic tools to... Free
2024-06-04 At Risk, Collections of the Kohler Foundation At Risk, Collections of the Kohler Foundation June 4 @ 9:00 am - September 14 @ 3:00 pm At Risk, Collections of the Kohler Foundation Our summer exhibit "At Risk, Collections of the Kohler Foundation" featuring work by Gustavo Fares, Glen C. Davies, and John Schacht is open and ready for visitors! We are here weekdays from 9am-3pm (closed on all major holidays), and as always, there is no charge to visit our gallery.
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Phantom of the Universe – The Search for Dark Matter June 5 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Phantom of the Universe – The Search for Dark Matter This planetarium show journeys across space and time, speeding alongside particles before they collide in a visually stunning explosion of light and sound. Then, learn how scientist around the world are collaborating to track down dark matter… the hunt is on. Narrated by Academy Award winner, Tilda Swinton with sound by an Academy Award winning... Free
2024-06-04 At Risk, Collections of the Kohler Foundation At Risk, Collections of the Kohler Foundation
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Two Small Pieces of Glass – The Amazing Telescope June 10 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Two Small Pieces of Glass – The Amazing Telescope Two Small Pieces of Glass – The Amazing Telescope show follows two students as they interact with a female astronomer at a local star party. Along the way, the students learn the history of the telescope from Galileo's modifications to a child's spyglass — using two small pieces of glass — to the launch of... Free
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Earth, Moon, Sun June 12 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Earth, Moon, Sun Join us in the planetarium for a look at the Earth, Moon, and Sun system and how it has influenced life on Earth. Learn about tides, the phases of the Moon, seasons, and see eclipses. The show, voted best full-dome presentation of 2009 Digistar planetariums conference, includes computer generated simulations and high-resolution photography. Admission There... Free
2024-06-04 At Risk, Collections of the Kohler Foundation At Risk, Collections of the Kohler Foundation
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Cosmic Castaways June 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Cosmic Castaways There are places in the Universe where the night sky has no constellations. No Orion, no Saucepan. Nothing but a few lonely, far away stars and some faint, ghostly patches of light. Almost all stars lie within the crowded boundaries of huge galaxies, travelling with their brothers and sisters as a vast galactic family. But... Free
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sunstruck! June 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sunstruck! Heliophysics is the main component of the Sunstruck! planetarium show. It includes information on the sun, parts/layers, space weather and its impact on Earth. With amazing footage from NASA heliophysics missions, the audience should gain an enhanced understanding of the Sun and how it impacts our world. *Recommended for all audiences Admission There is no... Free
2024-06-04 At Risk, Collections of the Kohler Foundation At Risk, Collections of the Kohler Foundation
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Making of a Star and Her Entourage June 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Making of a Star and Her Entourage The Making of a Star and Her Entourage traces the evolution of humankind’s understanding of the universe. Discover the long journey beginning with the Earth-centered model of the universe in which the Sun was considered a planet to our current understanding that the Sun is a star centered in the Solar System and is one... Free
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Seeing! A Photon’s Journey Across Space, Time and Mind June 26 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Seeing! A Photon’s Journey Across Space, Time and Mind Follow the journey of a single photon as it is produced in a distant star, before travelling across the vast expanse of space to land on someone’s retina. This fulldome planetarium show explores some of the fascinating processes of the cosmos, from astrophysics to the biology of the eye and brain. Funded through a generous... Free