2:00 pm - 3:00 pm The Universe in a Room: The Story of The Planetarium September 1 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm The Universe in a Room: The Story of The Planetarium Travel back 100 years in this full dome planetarium show about this wonderful invention! Throughout history, humanity has been fascinated by the night sky, and various mechanical models were built, ultimately leading to a magical innovation, to dynamically represent the starry sky. In ancient Greece, celestial globes, orreries, and astrolabes were created to simulate the... Free
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Spark: The Universe in Us September 8 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Spark: The Universe in Us Journey across space and time as we explore the remnants of stellar explosions, tracing the movements of elements through our galaxy to understand how stars live, die, and seed the Universe with the elements to build new generations of stars, planets, and life. Narrated by Diego Luna, the California Academy of Sciences’ all-new, original planetarium... Free
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Starlight September 15 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Starlight For thousands of years we have looked to the stars at night in wonder and awe. Their mysteries have inspired curiosity across all cultures and civilizations. Starlight is told through the eyes of Margaret, as she steps back in time to relive childhood fears of the dark that awoke her curiosity about the night sky.... Free
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Arcs to Auroras September 22 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Arcs to Auroras The full dome film “Arcs To Auroras” shows the first aurora seen simultaneously from the ground and from the International Space Station. Viewers will learn how the Earth’s magnetic field protects our planet from energetic particles from the Sun and galaxy, and how the magnetic field also protects the water in our atmosphere from being... Free
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Death of the Dinosaurs September 29 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Death of the Dinosaurs What killed the dinosaurs? See how these giants lived and survived on the earth millions of years ago and even watch the cataclysmic event that lead to their ultimate extinction. Featuring animations, on-site locations of dinosaur fossil discoveries, and even Houston Museum of Natural Science world-class Hall of Paleontology, you’ll feel like you are right... Free
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Lars, the Little Polar Bear September 29 @ 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Lars, the Little Polar Bear What happens when a frisky little polar bear named Lars ventures out on the first day of spring? He explores his Arctic home, meets new friends, and saves some endangered whales. Children will learn about how real polar bears live, why they have small ears and tails, what they eat, and how the melting of... Free
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Dinosaur Prophecy October 6 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Dinosaur Prophecy Never before have so many types of dinosaurs come to life in full-dome immersive reality. Long before dinosaurs' massive extinction 65 million years ago, many individual species simply disappeared. Visit dinosaur graveyards, study their bones, and reconstruct how these creatures lived and died to solve four famous cold cases from the age of the dinosaurs... Free