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Dark Matter Mystery – Exploring a Cosmic Secret

UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States

What keeps Galaxies together? What are the building blocks of the Universe? What makes the Universe look the way it looks today? Researchers all around the world try to answer these questions. We know today that approximately a quarter of the Universe is filled with a mysterious glue: Dark Matter. We know that it is...

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Tilt

UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States

Join Annie, Max and their robot friend for a whirlwind adventure. It’s surprising what a new angle on the world can do. They examine the apparent path of the Sun and Earth's tilt to find out about the day-night cycle and why it is different at different places on Earth and at different times of...

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Two Small Pieces of Glass – The Amazing Telescope

UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States

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...

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Seeing! A Photon’s Journey Across Space, Time and Mind

UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States

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...

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Big Astronomy

UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States

Big Astronomy or Astronomía a Gran Escala, is a multifaceted research and outreach project, supported by several partners and funded by the National Science Foundation, that showcases the award-winning bilingual planetarium show Big Astronomy: People, Places, Discoveries. The planetarium show transports viewers to Chile where the dark skies and dry, remote setting create ideal conditions for...

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Legends of the Night Sky: Orion

UWSP | Science Building 2001 Fourth Avenue, Stevens Point, WI, United States

Orion takes a lighthearted and imaginative look at the myths and stories associated with the constellation Orion, the great hunter of the winter sky. Enjoy this animated re-telling of the classic Greek myth of the famous constellation Orion. This laser show is part of the Junior Scientist programming at UWSP and perfect for families! Accompanied...

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