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Travelling with Light

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

Through the conversation between a child and his mother, planetarium show “Travelling with Light” tackles the importance of light in all areas of our lives. This 2020 film presents different scenarios that reveal the complexity of light and its direct influence on our planet. The Sun is the closest star to Earth and generates the...

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Magic Globe (A Story of the Seasons)

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

Using motion capture to bring characters to life, this beautifully produced fulldome feature film has a child-centered story that will enchant family audiences. On vacation at her grandpa’s, a little girl Mia accidentally discovers a mysterious piece of astronomical machinery. Edek, Mia’s eccentric uncle, tricks the girl into using the tool’s secret powers to change...

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Out There – The Quest for Extrasolar Worlds

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

For thousands of years, humankind thought that the Earth was the center of the universe. Thanks to our curiosity, imagination and urge to explore, we now know that planets like our Earth are not special in the cosmos. The Sun is just one ordinary star among hundreds of billions in our galaxy, the Milky Way....

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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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One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure

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

Explore the night sky with your favorite friends from Sesame Street in Big Bird's Adventure: One World, One Sky. Follow along with Big Bird, Elmo, and their friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, as they take you on a journey of discovery to learn about the Big Dipper, the North Star, the Sun, and the...

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Natural Friendships

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

Do you like to make new friends? Do you like to be a part of a team? Bring a friend to the museum for this fun program about how animals live together and use teamwork to survive. This program free and open to all ages but is designed to be engaging for students ages 8-11....

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Earth, Moon & Sun

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

This planetarium show explores the relationship between Earth, Moon and Sun with the help of Coyote, an amusing character adapted from Native American oral traditions. Coyote has many misconceptions about our home planet and its most familiar neighbors. His confusion about the universe makes viewers think about how Earth, Moon and Sun work together as...

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The Hot and Energetic Universe

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

The planetarium documentary “The Hot and Energetic Universe” presents with the use of Immersive Visualisations and real images the achievements of the modern astronomy, the most advanced terrestrial and orbital observatories, the basic principles electromagnetic radiation and the natural phenomena related to the High Energy Astrophysics.  This full dome film immerses viewers in real life...

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Moles, What is Out There?

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

Young children will be introduced to the fascinating world of astronomy in a fun, simple and very humorous way, hand in hand with Plato, a young mole. The animated characters and the attractive backdrops of this full dome entertainment show will keep audiences captivated. With Moles, children will learn basic concepts about science while having...

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Forward! To the Moon!

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

NASA’s 21st century Artemis program, named after the Greek moon goddess and twin of Apollo, is the next step in our mission to explore the universe and land the first woman and person of color on the surface of the Moon. Using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before, NASA uses what...

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Cosmic Castaways

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

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...

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Creatures of the Night

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

As the days get shorter, the nights get longer. Do you think most animals like it better at night or during the day? Come enjoy this free program about nocturnal creatures that specialize in the “nightlife.” This program is free and open to all ages but is designed to be engaging for students ages 8-11. Events...

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